Part 6: Almost Adult
Heading into new waters.
Columns
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/10/11 – Formative Materials)
Reflections on a twisted sister; not too many new comics.
Theater of the Inaccessible Presents: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec!
Hollywood released two, three and sometimes four movies that were not as good as Adele Blanc-Sec every week of the year and change since it came out.
M.M.M.S. FU
Plus a back-up gag by Michael DeForge.
Brian Ralph: Day 5
Quest complete.
Part 5: Rocking Forward
Our man really starts growing up…
Brian Ralph: Day 4
Our hero goes for a dip.
Brian Ralph: Day 3
A lesson in convention etiquete.
Nick Abadzis
Mike talks with the creator of LAIKA and Hugo Tate.
Brian Ralph: Day 2
Our man settles into “the con.”
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/3/11 – Fresh Presentations)
“Oh my god, is that more money? Comics can smurf right off!”
Brian Ralph: Day 1
The author of the forthcoming Daybreak takes us to San Diego.
Gettin’ the Band Back Together
Drawing on the spot – machine gun style.
John Goldwater, the Comics Code Authority, and Archie
How a Poor Orphan Boy Invented One but Not the Other.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/27/11 – Traditions Continue!)
One door closes, another door opens. But often in comics it’s an older door to a room you’ve seen…
Wingnuttin’it
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
Jason Lutes
The author of Berlin and Jar of Fools enters the studio.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/20/11 – Blank Room Dispatch)
A summer travel edition, postcards included.
The Slow Build
So, what does this have to do with comics?
The History of Webcomics
The earliest webcomics predate the World Wide Web and are almost as old as public online file transfer.
Tatsumi Yoshihiro’s “Black Rainbow”
The true roots of Tatsumi’s Black Blizzard.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/13/11 – Future Elephant War)
Dapper Dan may be extraterritorial for now, but we’ve still got all the seasonal metal-crushing fury you can stomach.
Layout Workbook 11
Just some diagramming this week.
Emily Carroll!
Carroll’s sequential art is as ambitious in form and uncompromising in tone as her standalone pieces are lovely to look at.
