Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy by Christopher Hart
Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner Instructional Books) by Will Eisner

So here we have two books on drawing… one by a relatively young guy, and another by a giant in the field, published posthumously from his notes.

It surprises even me that, while I liked both books, I found the young guy’s more educational.

It’s obvious that Will Eisner is the better artist.  There are many drawings from Christopher Hart’s book that I find… less than publishable-quality.  But Christopher Hart is the first person to really make me pay attention to skeletal and muscular structure.  I don’t know why; Almost all the figure drawing books I have go over this.  But there’s something in the way Hart breaks it down that made it easy for me to digest.  Amazingly Easy, I guess.

Granted, the books don’t have the same aim.  Eisner is addressing expressiveness and storytelling.  Hart is trying to communicate the basics.  It’s entirely possible I’m just not ready for the Eisner.

I can accept that.  I’ve got it in my library for later.