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  • Oh “Graphic Novel”, I hardly knew ye

    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 “How to draw Graphic Novels” (or something like that). Yet, when I opened up the book (clearly aimed at young kids) it was all superhero…

  • Meditations updated updates

    With the release of the Meditations book, I’m increasing the number of WCN updates for the series to twice a week, now on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So, your first dose of “Karuna” for the week is posted today. Oh, and Happy Birthday to my best friend John!

  • Meditations available now!

    A couple days ago, my proof copy of my new Mediations book arrived, and it was a cathartic experience if I’ve ever had one. This has been a long journey for these works. In 1999, my high school friend, Dan Czypinski, was a director at CalArts and had turned the oldest piece in this book…

  • Genographic Project

    The National Geographic will trace your distant ancestry for you with just a swab of your cheek. If I had a 100 bucks to throw around, I’d totally do it. Supposedly, us Cohn’s have a unique genetic heritage anyhow, so I’m guessing one of the answers they’d give would just be “Mesopotamia.” Also, if people…

  • Photo essays

    Herman Krieger sends me this link to his photo essays which create juxtapositions within the image that then mesh with a caption. The results offer some very interesting combinations. What’s most impressive to me is how he found the elements to take photos of.

  • Why We Fight

    I just saw this tonight, and it’s a movie that every American should go see:

  • Timing

    Newsrama hosts the first part of three articles about Time in sequential art written by Joanna Estep. The piece is very well presented, and I like how systematic her analysis is, especially her use of diagrams to push along the theory. It’s well worth reading, and I look forward to seeing what her next installments…

  • Meditations book

    I’m pleased to announce that my Meditations series of shorts and vignettes is now available as a 258 page book! It includes all of my artistic work that is posted online (as well as lots more to come), a commentary section, and a sketchbook section. The book is available print-on-demand through Booksurge Publishing, and is…

  • Burnt City animation VL

    Last year there was the rather striking discovery out of Tehran of a 5000 year old “animation” of a goat found on an earthenware bowl. Like many, I found this fascinating and recently wanted to take a closer look at the actual sequence to see what its structure looked like. This ended up becoming a…

  • Happy Valentine’s!

    Hope love fills your day, no matter what kind it is. Last year to the day I finished posting my “A Love Story”. Maybe now would be an appropriate day to (re)read it? Update: While you’re at it, also check out Joe Zabel’s short review of “A Love Story” in this week’s Webcomics Examiner. Joe…