Animation Backgrounds. AWNtv. AnimationResources.org. Animation Resources supporter Marc Schirmeister has been searching high and low for a copy of Zim’s early educational materials with no luck.
But recently this 1910 book, packed with tips for the aspiring cartoonist, turned up in a used bookstore in Arizona. This was Eugene Zimmerman’s first “how to” book on cartooning. It’s worth noting that the price tag on the cover is an important clue to the value of these lessons to contemporary artists. According to the Consumer Price Index, $5 in 1910 is equivalent to $116 today. Five dollars represented a full day’s labor to many of the cartoonists who bought this book.