Scott McCloud's Blog, page 44
October 6, 2009
Abstraction Hunter
Artist and scholar Andrei Molotiu takes a look at the abstract side of Understanding Comics and Zot!
Might be fun to see how many other comics might be similarly mined.
October 5, 2009
Bloomington, Indiana - Tonight!
I'll be there. Hope you will be too.
October 3, 2009
24 x 6,935
In honor of 24-Hour Comics Day, here's an old photo of Ivy and me I just received, via my Aunt Pat, dating from around the period over 19 years ago, when the first 24-hour comic was drawn in our Somerville, Massachusetts apartment.
As mentioned last Tuesday, I'm just a bystander this year, but good luck to all those participating today. You're about to scale the Mount Everest of comics. Don't forget to breath!
October 1, 2009
Reconsidering the Shape of Comics?
Yesterday brought more information on Apple's imminent multi-touch device, which looks to be aimed squarely at the print world.
Most of today's comics publishers are likely to jump into the pool with their clothes on—print-style pages intact. But if Apple's gadget is anything like what's being described, we could see a shift over time from point-and-click fragmented delivery, like what we have on the Web today, to more continuous spatial metaphors of the sort a lot of us turn-of-the-century...
September 29, 2009
This Saturday!
Be sure to check for events in your area at ComicsPro's official site and check out my own info page about the 24 Hour Comic and its history here.
I'll be drawing all day myself, though on the graphic novel (my reward for having started the ball rolling all those years ago is that I only had to do it once) but if you've never tried the 24 hour comics challenge, I do recommend it.
For those coming in late, I started the challenge in 1990, but it was Nat Gertler who first came up with the idea...
September 25, 2009
Just Your Average Danish Super-Harbor Comic
Kyle Latino in Tuesday's comments section alerted us to this comics-style architectural pitch for a the construction of a Danish Super-Harbor. Just click on the opening image to read.
September 24, 2009
Oh! And a New Webcomic by John Allison Too
Must be new webcomics week. Check out Mr. Allison's latest here.
Strangely, it also begins with the protagonist in bed (see yesterday's post below). Hmm…
September 23, 2009
DKK
Tom spotted it first: A new webcomic by Derek Kirk Kim with a new panel added every day. Looks cool so far. Check it out.
September 22, 2009
Does This Cover Mean Anything to You?
For American mainstream comics fans born in the early '70s, it seems that the answer is a resounding "yes!" This silent issue of G.I. Joe (a series my crowd dismissed as a forgettable toy tie-in comic) was apparently an important moment in the young lives of future (male?) comics artists of the generation a decade after mine.
I think it was Larry Marder who first directed my attention to this weird phenomenon, but the wise and witty Shaenon Garrity has now penned the definitive write-up (with ...
September 21, 2009
Power Strip
Multiple random plugs (get it? Hanh? HANH?):
One of my favorite This American Life segments: David Rakoff's heartbreaking "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace," Act Three of Episode 389 - Frenemies. If you agree with me that TAL is one of the best shows ever on radio, consider a donation.
Had a surprisingly good time watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Probably helped to be sitting between two kids who were laughing at all the genuinely smart and/or bizarre gags. Way better movie than ...
