Blog

  • Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society

    Ok, so maybe superheroes actualy can have a major effect on people’s daily lives. Hilarious!

  • Some links

    Dirk sends along his interesting interactive comic blog about his adventures in Japan. He’s got a really cool idea where people can send him “assignments” about exploring Japan, and then he goes out and tries to do it, then writes a comic about it afterwards. Definitely worth checking out and maybe sending him some assignments.…

  • Update and potentially not

    I’ve glad to hear that my last post is generating some discussion in various places. I’d like to reply more, but I’ve been nursing wrist ailments that keep my typing limited (or at least I’m trying). Today’s update of “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” is now online, though I might not be able to get…

  • Superheroes are not Mythology

    This was originally to be a blog post, then an article, and now its back to a (rather long) blog post. I hope it stimulates some good conversation. Enjoy! I’d like to address a common thread among comic analysis/scholarship: the belief that superheroes are modern myths. While I usually refrain from discussing “interpretive” issues like…

  • Styles and genres

    Cross-posted to comixpedia… I think a reasonable argument can be made that certain styles insinuate certain genres. This isn’t to say that genres are drawn in those styles all the time or that those genres can’t use other styles, but that when we see a certain style, we think of a certain genre. I’d like…

  • Matilda’s Dream on WCN

    So, its not exactly new to the web, but I’ve added my 24-hour from 1999 (!!) Matilda’s Dream to my webcomicsnation site. The story is still in the same place, now just with more sites aiming to it. Perhaps more people will read it now?

  • Plug o’ rama

    So, a couple weeks ago I finished reading Crashing the Gate by Jerome Armstrong (of MyDD.com) and Markos Moulistas Zúniga (of DailyKos) and I keep meaning to comment on it. I got the prerelease edition, but hadn’t been able to get to reading it for a while after I got it. It is a very…

  • Blog is where the action is

    So, after great frustration, I’ve taken down the Emaki Forums. I hit several problems upgrading that I haven’t yet been able to figure out solutions to. I think it may be just as well, since the spam was growing and no one’s been posting there in quite some time. Nevertheless, I did like having them…

  • Art v. Language

    The debate rages on over at Comixpedia. Despite the baseless personal attacks against me and totally mischaracterization of my positions, I’m grateful for the help its lent in clarifying my ideas. I think that my articulation of the “Art vs. Language” issue was done clearer than I’ve ever done before, so I’m reposting it here:…

  • Comixpederific!

    This thread over at Comixpedia is worth checking out, which has turned into quite a heated discussion. I’ve mainly been discussing my Art versus Language perspectives regarding Japanese and American styles, to varying responses. I’m actually fairly grateful for the discussion and opposition to my ideas, since I’ve been working on some writing that pertains…