Books like Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork

Borrowed this book from my friend at 6 months ago and have just gotten around to finishing it. He'll be happy to have it back although it is a little worn because my cat decided to be a book critic as well...Presented in the same graphic narrative style as Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics Etc. by Scott McCloud this art book uses the comic book medium to give instruction and considering that the audience for a work like this is obviously comic book fans, it's a good narrative choice. I'm not much of an artist myself, so i was just reading it to see how it stocks up against other similar books I've perused in the past, such as the aforementioned Mr. McCloud's works and the several thousand volumes of graphic novels and manga I have read over the years. Therefore, I'm not really qualified to comment on the instructional nature of the book, I'm assuming if I'd been sketching along I would probably retain more of it. But I wasn't. So I didn't. The narrator of the book is the author himself, so yay for self-insertion... and he teaches his coffee cup/friend Muggs how to properly draw objects and people in perspective. Personally I found Muggs to be creepy and unlikable. He's a talented enough artist on his own, but he's lazy and a bit dumb. He's also an opportunist and I hate the shape of his skull. Probably Muggs was the most annoying part of this book for me. I would have preferred like a cartoon dog or something... or a talking pencil or pretty much anything. Maybe it's because I'm not a coffee drinker? Anyway, just my opinion. All in all it was a pretty good book. The friend I borrowed it from is an art teacher for Middle School students and he keeps a copy in his class, where I'm sure it's appreciated. Not a bad addition for the book shelf of any budding artist really. Take a look and see how you feel.