Craig Thompson’s hour presentation at Meltdown Comics on the process of making his graphic novels, Blankets and Habibi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI2tro_-JpE Nice video on using more economic lines and creating stronger images with Francis Vallejo, as part of a longer instructional film (which no longer seems to be available. Anyone know where to get it?). Here’s a sample of some of Francis’s comics work. I love how he creates depth with his blacks, not to…
Reposted from Brain Pickings Ray Bradbury, a lifelong proponent of working with joy and an avid champion of public libraries, playfully defies the question of routines in this 2010 interview: “My passions drive me to the typewriter every day of my life, and they have driven me there since I was twelve. So I never have to worry…
Reposted from Schulz Library Blog Joseph Lambert and the Trials of Helen Keller Posted on August 9, 2013 by Carl Antonowicz Joe Lambert is one of The Center for Cartoon Studies’ most accomplished alumni. Between his multiple Ignatz wins and recent Eisner win for Best Reality-Based work (2012’s Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, a tie…
(Continued from Part 5: Character Design & Wordless Comics) WHAT’S A JAM COMIC? A jam comic is a collaborative comic between students, where the focus is to celebrate and play off of each other’s creations. One student might draw all of the pictures, while another adds the text. Another jam could be made while playing…
(Continued from Part 3) REVIEW Ask the students which comics and books they read yesterday. Ask if they watched any movies or tv shows and if they were able to pick out signs of a three-act structure. It’s a big concept to take in at first, but once students are able to see the structure,…
(Continued from Part 2) REVIEW Ask the students if they did anything in their new sketchbooks between classes. Ask if any of the students would be willing to share what they’ve been writing or drawing and what they like about the sketchbooks. Take a few minutes to give each student the follow handouts (right-click on each…
(Continued from Part 1) HOW DOES A COMIC WORK? One of the big questions we are asking in class is “how does a comic work?” Of course we want to know what a comic is and how to make one, but we’re doing so from the inside-out. We’re taking it apart to understand it. For…