Comics writers found wanting?
Over at TCR, Ng Suat Tong labors mightily and makes the startling and groundbreaking twin discoveries that cartoonists who write use the formal conventions...
Art distraction: Character Designer Blog
Interviews with folks who design characters for film, animation, video games and comics. For instance, Paul Linsley (his take on the Turtles, above.)
What goes...
The secret of comics
Speaking of Carson van Osten, we really just mentioned him so we could reprint, again, his guide to comics storytelling which is as simple...
A few words on PR dos and don’ts
Whew, there were more emails about new books for MOCCA than ever before -- more both in number and in the detail of the...
John K.: Good Compositions Take Self Control
Speaking of N.C. Wyeth, John K., whose blog we don't link to nearly often enough, compares the illustration great to Yogi Bear in order...
The wisdom of Todd Klein
Since we're not posting much today, you should spend all your time reading Todd Klein's blog. It's like sitting around rapping with the Socrates...
C for Coloring
Over at his blog, David Lloyd talks about the coloring on V FOR VENDETTA:
In my view, what had prompted Dick to offer me that...
The Man who invented Comic Sans
The Wall Street Journal tracks down the designer of the world's most hated typeface, Vincent Connare, and finds the villain cackling with glee from...
Very quick observations
Whoa, we are still here, but it's been a CRAZY week at Stately Beat Manor! We've had house guests, a surprise visit by the...
Wally Wood and Frank Frazetta
Came the Dawn by Al Feldstein and Wally Wood from SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #9 ~ June-July/1953.
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Frank Frazetta's never finished sketches for a remake of...
Quick hits
§ Eddie Campbell is back with one of the secrets of comics, known only to true initiates:
Due to the overwhelming thumbs up in response...
Notes on craft
§ At the FLOG blog, Jacob Covey goes on at some length to discuss his dislike of giclée (digital) prints, as opposed to old...
