Tom Spurgeon makes some points on why comics shouldn’t strive to be in the mainstream. I’ve addressed the ways I believe the form can become a major force in American […]
In reading several of year end wrap ups for the webcomics scene, I’ve seen the term “evolution of the art form” of comics used several times. I just have one […]
I’ve posted another segment of Permutations today. Here’s some background on the piece “Reminiscence”: The first page for this one sat on my desk for about a month before I […]
I’ve posted another segment of Permutations today. Here’s some background on the piece “Cupid Du Coeur”: I greatly enjoyed the mixing of visual styles in this piece. Much of the […]
One of the papers I’m currently writing is about how “time” is understood across sequences of panels. Scott McCloud’s basic position on this is that “time = space,” so moving […]
In one of my linguistics classes last year, my professor claimed that the arbitrariness of language was noted as early as 2500 years ago in China, by the philosopher Laozi. […]
Whoever thought of this is brilliant. I’ve heard that we’re in the age of the remix, and this is certainly the coolest presentation of “Origin of the Species” I’ve ever […]
I’ve posted another segment of Permutations today. Here’s some background on the piece “Time” in that collection: Inspired by a chapter of the book Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman, the […]
One of the projects I’ve been working on slowly over the past several months is a new edition of the book I did with Thom Hartmann, We the People: A […]
So, this is a review of a paper that is listed in my bibliography. If you’d like to see more of these, let me know… Driest, Joris. 2005. Subjective Narration […]