Feb 23 2009
Mixed in with my usual mail from last week (bills, incessant missives from local political crackpot Virginia Foxx, etc.) was the new children’s cartooning how-to book, Adventures in Cartooning. The book’s published by First Second and, as the cover’s “The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents” notes, was put together by three CCS folks: James Sturm, …
Feb 15 2009
The reason I buy all of my art supplies online isn’t just because it’s cheaper: I’m a sucker for picking up pretty much any new drawing tool I happen upon in a “bricks and mortar” store. I usually manage to avoid the temptation, but last week I found myself in the local Michael’s dropping off …
Feb 15 2009
Each week, over at ComicsReporter.com there’s a feature called “Five For Friday” in which readers are asked to submit a list of five answers to some comics-related question. This week’s challenge: Name Five Items Not Primarily Weapons That Only Exist In Comics You’d Bid For Were They To Magically Appear On eBay. You can check …
Feb 12 2009
(* No, not the dopey “DC multiverse” kind.) So, here’s another bookmark I found in my recent organizing: Evidence of a Parallel Universe. This is from waaaay back, but the reason I bookmarked it wasn’t necessarily for its scientific import: like most comics folk, my brain has pretty much one track–and it’s comics. When I …
Feb 08 2009
Yeah, I know: more hands. What can I say? I’m a creature of habit. That’s Barack Obama’s hand in the upper left, taking the oath of office.
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