Start with high-confidence cartooning books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud
Almost American Girl
Robin Ha
How to Be a Manga Artist
Balthazar Pagani, Asuka Ozumi
Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir
Liz Montague
Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine?
Esther Watson
Adventures in Cartooning
James Sturm, Andrew Arnold
Making Comics
Lynda Barry
Manga Art Secrets
Dalia Sharawna
