![]() ![]() ![]() He even bought an old-fashioned fountain pen, the kind you have to dip in ink, to sketch the new drawings. "It was cool to go to used bookstores and just look for and at old comedy books or cartoon books" for inspiration, he says.Įven though Martin had notebooks full of drawings to cull from, he started over almost entirely for the book. Some drawings are reminiscent of Gary Larson's "The Far Side," which Martin loved as a kid. "It might also be a way to say, 'Hey, I know it said 'drawings' on the cover, but lower your expectations - this is the skill set you're going to see in here. The book's first page, a simple "preview" of many lines and shapes he uses, acts as a sort of table of contents. I like if there's an emotion, or a joke, or an idea that can come across in just those few lines." "But I like the simplicity of just a few lines and not much shading. "I can draw, if you want to call it, 'better,' " Martin says. Mirroring his compact, deadpan stand-up style, each drawing reads like a one-liner. "Point Your Face at This," out last week, is 250-plus pages of Martin's simple line drawings. ![]()
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