We’re Matt and Jessica’s interns, 21-year-old tenderfoots, and we’re embarking on a summer-long study of social media for cartoonists… not just how to use it, but how to use it effectively to launch or boost a career. Each week we’ll share our progress, our theories, and our discoveries in navigating the vast sea of this World Wide Web.
Cartoonists, Students, Professional practice, Educators, Blog
“I feel like a total dork for having missed it,” – Tom Hart.
Hilary Allison came in one day beaming because she’d cracked the Nib-Holding Industrial Complex’s iron grip on her student budget, and I encouraged her to throw a post together about it for you, dear readers. This is what she came up with.
Tools and techniques, Comics readers, Making Comics, Blog, Educators, Students, Cartoonists
A weekly round-up of our tweets about comics and education. Featuring a series of tweets with links to literary journals that publish comics.
A weekly round-up of our tweets about comics and education.
Editors: Jessica Abel Matt Madden Guest bloggers/collaborators: Hilary Allison JP Kim Lior Zaltzman Jarod Roselló Mari Ahokoivu Student artists for the DWWP1 book guide: We would like to thank our former students who have kindly allowed us to use their work on this site. Below is a list of their names as well as some Read More
Derek Mainhart lays down the comics history for his students, and gets them to draw their own, updated Yellow Kids!
Drawing Comics, Lesson plans, Cartoonists, Guest posts, Activities, Educators, How to use, Blog
This is the combined index as it appears in Mastering Comics (obviously, we didn’t know what would be in MC when we first published DWWP, so it’s got an index only for itself!). These are not linked to anything. The idea is that if you’re wondering if a topic you’re interested in is covered in Read More
A complete list with links of the Notable Comics 2012 from the Best American Comics, and a giveaway of some of those very books! Comment to enter the drawing.
Comics readers, Blog, Educators, Students, Cartoonists, Links, Comics library
A weekly round-up of our tweets about comics and education.