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Rabbit Holes: a 24 hour comic
It’s been a while since I updated the old blog here, but I needed a place to share my latest 24 hour comic book. Although 24 hour comics day is officially on October 1 this year, I’ll be heading to the Alternative Press Expo and won’t be able to participate. So I decided to take [...]
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The Art of Journalism Comics: Info-comics
To continue where I left off, here’s a little more on another (often neglected) form of journalism comics… Part Two: Instructional/Info-comics At the core, comics are pictographs. Like all pictographs, the most effective comics are instantly understandably. Think of common pictographs in our culture – street signs, instruction manuals and warning iconography; they are innocuous, [...]
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The Art of Journalism Comics: Narrative Storytelling
Journalism comics? Graphic journalism? Illustrated reporting? Call it what you will, but it’s a burgeoning little genre within the field of comic art. Recently, I’ve been thinking more and more about the application of comics as a medium for journalism. I’ve been hoping for a chance to turn thought into action, which may actually happen [...]
Tintin the Movie: Not Feelin’ It
I have to admit, I’m kind of wary of the upcoming Tintin movie. As much as I love Hergé, the early stills just don’t look right. Empire is already running some of these stills online as a teaser for a cover story in the next print issue. But outside of Pixar films, I’m not sure [...]
100 Favorite Songs of All Time (Part 15)
This post is part of a series counting down my favorite songs of all time. Follow the links at the bottom of this post to read related posts. 30. The Mountain Goats – Golden Boy Let’s get the gushing out of the way first: I think John Darnielle is the best lyricist of the last 20 [...]
The Art of the Self-Portrait
Self-portraits are a staple of every artist’s repertoire, and in that sense, they’re kind of boring. It’s a great exercise, but if you’ve ever created a self-portrait, you know there’s always a little ego-stroking involved. That said, I really like the collection of self-portraits amassed by Burt Britton, though. A large portion of Britton’s self-portraits [...]
Finders Keepers: Pelts, Prints and a Qing Vase
Sometimes I’m pretty blown away by the neat things you can find at a thrift store, yard sale or even in some dusty attic. I already told my story about finding a signed copy of Atlas Shrugged at a Goodwill. And personally, I’ve found plenty of other things that I think are neat, but probably [...]
November: Sketch Blog Image Dump
Back at the beginning of the year, I started a new Tumblr account called Paper + Ink. I planned on posting a doodle each day for the rest of the year. Since it was a spontaneous idea that came to me a couple days before New Year’s Day, I figured I’d peter out a couple [...]
100 Favorite Songs of All Time (Part 14)
This post is part of a series counting down my favorite songs of all time. Follow the links at the bottom of this post to read related posts. 35. Neil Young – Tell Me Why Like Otis Redding, this list should be filled with Neil Young songs. Instead, I trimmed the list down to this [...]
The Why and Whom of Writing
At this time, I’d like to remind the class that this month is National Novel Writing Month. Even though we’re three days into the month, I’m sure it’s not too late to get on board and squeeze out the next great American novel. Oh, and if you’re not feeling ambitious, maybe you can move to [...]