Scott McCloud's Blog, page 57
March 21, 2009
March 20, 2009
Things Y’Can’t Just Show Up To
Webcomics Weekend is upon us. I’m not there myself, but I figured I’d add to public service messages out there that registration is full, so don’t just show up at the door and expect to register.
Ditto for Comic Con hotels and four-day registration, but you probably already knew that.
I’m sure it’s annoying for spontaneous types, but trust me, it’s better than the reverse. I remember when there were a lot more empty patches in comics’ social arenas. I thought for sure that this would be the year
Things You Can’t Just Show Up To
Webcomics Weekend is upon us. I’m not there myself, but I figured I’d add to public service messages out there that registration is full, so don’t just show up at the door.
Ditto for Comic Con hotels and four-day registration, but you probably already knew that.
I’m sure it’s annoying for spontaneous types, but trust me, it’s better than the reverse. I remember when there were a lot more empty patches in comics’ social arenas. I thought for sure that this would be the year that Comic-Con finally
March 19, 2009
We Were Young and Weird
The Canadian cable show “Prisoners of Gravity” from the late ’80s early ’90s has been showing up on YouTube lately. I’m in the third part of a Jack Kirby segment but you can find a lot of comic artists we all know as a bit worn/grizzled/bloated with age, showing up unnervingly young.
March 18, 2009
I am Holding This in My Hands Right Now
Larry Marder is collecting his amazing Beanworlds into gorgeous new volumes from Dark Horse. They feel heavy, blocky and wonderful. Soon there will be NEW Beanworlds and all the world will rejoice, but for now add this collection to your must-have list. It even includes my original introduction from almost exactly 20 years ago.
Webcomics = ?
It’s almost funny watching a well-meaning journalist trying to cover all the different kinds of webcomics out there. Not an easy task these days.
And with luck, it will only get harder.
March 17, 2009
Microsoft, Seadragon and the Infinite Canvas
I first saw Microsoft’s Seadragon and Photosynth projects via Blaise Aguera y Arcas’s stunning demo at TED 2007, and of course, I immediately thought of the implications for my “infinite canvas” ideas. Apparently, I wasn’t alone. Last spring, I got an email from Ian Gilman who worked with the team, to let me know about his efforts to apply some of these ideas to comics and pointing out Seadragon’s baby steps on the Web. Though those efforts are only peripherally related to Seadragon so far, the
March 16, 2009
Comics as CSS?
While working on layouts for the graphic novel, I’m trying out something a little different. I sketch out individual panels in sequence without any concern for how they’ll fall on the page. Instead, I’m first making sure the pacing and order is right—adding and subtracting moments as necessary—and then seeing how they tumble onto the page and whether adjustments have to be made after the fact.
So, basically I’m working out pacing like it was plain HTML, then the comics page is like a style sheet
March 14, 2009
Just Saying…
Just found out that the CBLDF had a Facebook page (yeah, I’m slow), but I noticed that they’d like to get 5,000 members and they’re already at 4,920 as I write this. Seems awfully close to me.
