Tag: Comics

Build a Beach Head – James Sturm & Art Baxter’s 1998 Response to Understanding Comics

(Edit 8/8: There’s also a bit of discussion about this strip going on in my Google+ stream. If I have you in one of my circles, you can join in there.) I’m currently teaching an Introduction to Sequential Art class for The Savannah College of Art and Design and the primary text for the class …

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The Favorites Zine: Great Comics Writing for a Great Cause

You may have heard me mention this zine before. It debuted at this year’s HeroesCon and until now that was the only place you could get it. Now, though, you can order it online and have it delivered directly to your grubby little mitts. I got a chance to read mine once I got back …

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Fantasy Comics Adaptations of Classic Literature

And when I say “fantasy” I don’t mean “chicks in chain-mail being rescued from dragons”– I mean fantasy as in “fantasy football.” Here’s the background for this post: a while back, cartoonist Scott Chantler (of the excellent recent graphic novel, Two Generals, among other things) put out a call on Twitter asking other cartoonists what …

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Defending the Honorable Art of Cartooning on WBEZ’s Sound Opinions

Hey, I’m on this week’s Sound Opinions, defending the honorable art of cartooning! I love the podcast and listen every week, so it was really fun to have them pick my phoned-in comments to run on the air. Last week they made some offhand remark along the lines of “if your songs can’t make the …

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Comics Documentary: Folktales and Airships (Featuring Me!)

Did you know that Wake Forest University here in Winston-Salem has a documentary film-making department? I didn’t until I was contacted a while back by filmmaker and MFA candidate Peter Salomone who was interested in making a documentary about comics-making–featuring me. I’m sure you know how exciting and interesting the life of a cartoonist is: …

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