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May 31, 2009
May 28, 2009
Sounds from Texas, Sites from Spain
Quick follow-up to an earlier thread: Dan Goldman checks in to let us know that the audio from March’s SXSW panel on mobile webcomics is finally online here.
Settling in here in Barcelona today. Enjoyed chatting with Mark Waid on the flight over, and seeing/meeting other pros at our pre-show meals, including Mike Mignola, Jeffrey Brown, Todd Nauck, C.B. Cebulski, and one of my earliest important influences as a comics fan, Mr. Jim Starlin.
Also took in the Museum (getting inspired by certain sculp
May 27, 2009
Barcelona Bound
I’m flying out of LAX this morning to Barcelona’s 27th Annual Comic Convention.
If you plan to attend, here’s a rough schedule:
FRIDAY
Signing at the FICOMIC booth, 4:30-5:45 pm.
Conference for Teachers, Conference Hall, 6:30-7:45 pm.
SATURDAY
Signing at the FICOMIC booth, 12:30-1:45 pm.
Lecture, Conference Hall, 5:45-7:15 pm.
Signing at the Astiberri booth, 7:30-9:00 pm.
SUNDAY
Signing at the Astiberri booth, 12:30-2:00 pm.
Signing at the Astiberri booth, 6:00-7:30 pm.
Check at both the Astiberri and FICOM
May 26, 2009
On the Creative Process
Beaver and Steve creator James Turner offers his take on the creative process and yeah, sometimes that’s just how it is.
[Thanks to Dirk Deppey at Journalista for the link (crediting Xaviar Xerexes).]
May 25, 2009
Iconic Identification Examined
Neil Cohn sends news of a Korean neuroscience study testing the iconic identification theory from Understanding Comics Chapter Two. (Does everyone get emails like this or is it just me?). Peculiar but interesting reading.
Meanwhile, a bit closer to my old stomping grounds in Medford, Massachusetts, Neil himself has been hard at work with theories, essays, and studies of his own for some time, all of which can be found at his extensive site. He’s even posted a reaction to the Korean study here.
May 22, 2009
Random Music Thoughts
Been enjoying a relatively new band called The Mummers, especially the songs “March of the Dawn” and “Lorca and the Orange Tree,” though it’s a guilty pleasure since they’re pretty much just pushing my musical buttons over and over. The lead singer, Raissa Khan-Panni, sounds maybe a bit too Björk-y on some tracks, but she has a great voice nonetheless and the arrangements are huge and rich and irresistible (to me, at least). Good speakers recommended for those wonderful bass notes.
Maybe I’m imag
May 21, 2009
Flash Forward
Salgood Sam pointed me (via Twitter) to Manmachine by Martin Hekker, which uses a simple Flash-based side-scrolling thingey that doubles the cursor speed for fairly seamless navigation once its all loaded (”programming by Mike Angstadt” so I assume this was Mike’s doing).
Flash in the pan?
Why yes, there is Flash in that pan!
May 20, 2009
Speaking of Neal Von Flue…
…this collaboration with writer Alexander Danner from 2005 is five kinds of wonderful if you’ve never read it. Reading it again yesterday, I was reminded of Neil Gaiman at his most dry (and most succinct—it’s a quick read).
Neal Von Flue used the original “infinite canvas” application developed at Vienna’s University of Technology by Markus Müller under the supervision of Peter Purgathofer in 2003-2004 (not to be confused with Microsoft Live Lab’s recent experiment). The app isn’t being actively
May 19, 2009
Tymothi Godek’s “!”
Tymothi Godek offers a gargantuan sidescroller simply called “!” that I enjoyed— it’s just a “rough draft” but an entertaining and brain-bending read nonetheless.
Thanks to the Neal Von Flue (no slouch in this department himself) for pointing us to “!” in the comments section of the XKCD post from Friday. Tymothi’s experiment, like the much shorter XKCD strip is playing with parallel narratives, but ramping it up with more characters and some great intersections. Despite the crazed fantasy storyl
May 18, 2009
I am a Crazy, Drunken Sailor
Audio of the TCAF panels here. I sound really crazy.
Also:
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Note
: Scott occasionally uses foul language, but very politely.”
(Politely or not, you might want to skip this one, Mom!)
