“Each and every day a comic strip abuses the use of the silent second-to-last panel.”
The Center for Cartoon Studies
“The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) offers a course of study designed for a small group of dedicated students with a passion and appreciation for graphic novels, storytelling, writing, comics, and design. Experienced and internationally recognized cartoonists, writers, and designers will teach classes.” (Thanks Veer!)
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Flowchart Art and Comics
“Flowchart art uses a multilinear diagram that convey stories or experiences. Examples such as EGBG’s ‘Telemarketing Counterscript’ were discussed earlier on WRT in relation to interactive fiction mapping practices. Some other examples of flowchart art include works by Scott McCloud, Chris Ware, and Craig Robinson.” (Thanks Waxy!)
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How a comic is made
“Kazu Kibuishi is the comics creator who makes Copper (and other comics). In this three-page tutorial, Kibushi gives us a detailed look at the process of creating a comic from pencilling to inking to coloring, with great photos and descriptive material.”
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‘Masters of American Comics:’ An Interview with Exhibition Co-Curator Brian Walker
“Brian Walker has been organizing museum and gallery exhibitions devoted to comics for the last 30 years and he recently wrote an acclaimed two-volume history of newspaper strips, The Comics Since 1945 (Abrams, 2002) and The Comics Before 1945 (Abrams, 2004). He was the co-director of The Museum of Cartoon Art from 1974-1992, and will be again working with the museum in its forthcoming reincarnation as The National Cartoon Museum to be housed in the Empire State Building. Son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, he often remarks that he was born with ink in his veins.”
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The Cheapening of Comics
“Originally delivered at the Festival of Cartoon Art, Ohio State University, October 27, 1989. The text of Watterson’s speech is presented here in the spirit of intellectual discourse.”
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Doug Gilford’s Mad Cover Site
“A reference site for collectors and fans of Mad Magazine… I am sharing my images so collectors will have an easier time identifying which issues they need to complete their collections. A side benefit for collectors who already have the issues is that viewing covers in this manner helps to preserve their precious originals.”
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The bittersweet story of fathers, sons, and comics
“One ‘Gasoline Alley’ Sunday page from 1930 offers a typically bittersweet moment. As father and son take a walk in the fall, Skeezix asks Uncle Walt why the leaves change color. (King was the first cartoonist to forgo the convention of comic strip time and let his characters age.) The answers that Walt provides are less important than the tone and texture of the scene, a leisurely communion between parent and child marked by an undercurrent of sadness, the feeling that even when the idealized world of comics brings fathers and sons together, they will not be together forever.”
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There have been many Batman logos over the years…
Shows Batman logos from the 40s to the 70s, gathered by “This is Pop!”
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Constructive Criticism?
“Indie Comic artist Johnny Ryan, known for his ‘Angry Youth’ Comics and general poor-taste, has been skewering the elder statesmen of indie comics in his ‘Shouldn’t You be Working?’ strip. These strips are mostly not safe for work, and are archived on his website, though some URL-archaeology was necessary to get to some of the older ones. You should probably have an unhealthy knowledge of the indie comics ‘scene,’ and a high tolerance for extreme vulgarity to appreciate most of them.”
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