"In this drawing guide that is also part memoir, illustrator Elwood H. Smith tutors budding artists in visual expression, encouraging them to tap into their own style and humor"--
Uses cartoon-like drawings to represent such sayings as "Burning their bridges," "Sitting pretty," "To cut a long story short," and "I could just kick myself."
Black ink illustrations help introduce various kinds of colds--and a number of fantastical creatures that are now extinct--in this humorous narrative about the history of our most common illness.