Today I begin posting a new Meditations piece up at my webcomicsnation site. This one is entitled La Belle Dame Sans Merci and is a visual adaptation of the John […]
I’ve been thinking lately about the differences between “visual language” and “comics”, and why no one has really made the separation between the two before. It struck me that our […]
I went to an exhibit today on Shojo (girls’) manga, hosted by Masami Toku, who does research on art education, especially concerning manga. I have corresponded with her for several […]
Today’s Meditations page is the penultimate segment of Karuna, though its essentially the finale. I drew the mouse’s legs in that panel just as I remembered them – sticking out […]
Tonight, I joined thousands of people across the globe to protest the Iraq war on its third anniversary. Here in Chicago, we marched down Michigan Ave’s Magnificent Mile, next to […]
In the non-fiction comic department, this is a well done piece explaining copyright law. I think it makes a good argument for the place of copyright limitations and freedoms have […]
I got my first shipment of Meditations books the other day (outside of my proof copy), and I must say, I am quite pleased. The printing turned out awesome. The […]
I belong to a “comics scholars” listserve that has been discussing whether there needs to be an established “Comics Studies” field (I say a resounding “no”). This has had me […]
I’ve got a short new piece up at Comixpedia for my ongoing “Comic Theory 101” column called “Two Many Twos.” This one continues my series of short pieces where I […]
I was in the kid’s section of a bookstore the other day looking for a stickerbook for the 5 year olds I teach, and I came across a book titled […]