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This Tachikawa (from @JetPens) might be the best nib holder of all: thick wood body w rubber grip, + it holds ALL nibs! http://t.co/I4YigZh #
Just came across The Comic Archive, a website packed with videos of artists showing their process: http://cot.ag/m9MxMz ^MM (via Dino) #
Let’s make a wiki for comics education. What do you think? http://cot.ag/mQZ33E #comicsedu #wiki #
Just about finished with our second textbook! We’re going to need some beta testers for the activities pretty soon… ^JA #

Nice shout-out from a cartoonist who’s been using our book: http://t.co/uYTYB9B ^MM #
Take note, @Haha_Hilary @whurf! RT @glecharles: New Post: Social Media Overload! What to Unplug? – http://bit.ly/oZO9hP /via @calreid #
DW&WP users: we’d love to see some inked examples of “Chip & the Cookie Jar” (chap 6-8). Please share! #

RT @mmaddencomics: New blog post: Some recent SVA cartooning grads to watch: http://cot.ag/r4mGAN #makecomics #webcomics #
Cheeky pop quiz: off the top of your head, can you tell me who published Drawing Words & Writing Pictures? ^MM #
Interested in helping think about/build the #comicsedu #wiki (it exists!)? Join our Google group http://cot.ag/nrAmFr Please RT #

New guest post from Abby Denson on manga and tabling at cons in Japan! http://cot.ag/ljdv2B@citysweettooth ^JA #
This week, REAL LIFE hip-checks our young interns. Young Cartoonists’ Gd to Social Media continues, in 2 parts. Part 1: http://cot.ag/lP7DIa #
Brian Fies reports on the recent Comics & Medecine conference in Chicago: http://bit.ly/kP41dg #comicsedu #
The Young Cartoonists’s Guide to Social Media, week 5-6, part 2: measuring your exposure http://cot.ag/mpqYhT #

Did you miss our proposal for #comicsedu #wiki? http://cot.ag/mQZ33E Help build it: Join our Google group http://cot.ag/nrAmFr Pls RT #
Turns out one of my students had drawn a comic about me before he knew he’d meet me! #splitrockarts http://t.co/PnLAGwB #
RT @cartoonstudies Peter Laird Announces Xeric Award Will No Longer Be Giving Out Grants to Cartoonists http://t.co/MLgPUrs < terrible news. #
RT @jccabel Don’t miss the wrap up–with great student work–of my 5-day workshop last week. http://cot.ag/qHcB9h ^JA #

RT @ArenaRPG: RT @DEVIR_LIVRARIA: Terminamos a tradução de “Drawing Words & Writing Pictures”, de @jccabel e @mmaddencomics. <–great! #
Looking for attentive reading doc of Fun Home–PDF of pages w notes off to the side? For teacher who’s seen it but can’t find. #

MT @ComicsGrid: As literacy tools, comics are not “easier” to read than prose. They develop multimodal literacies. (1/2) #
MT @ComicsGrid: Using comics to encourage literacy is 1 of the most advanced ways of doing it. Not dumbing down, it’s the opposite. (2/2) #
follow @Jordan_Crane for color commentary (literally!) and links to great comics on whatthingsdo.com #

SVA library full of students 2 wks before school starts. You go. @SVA_News #
(That last link is another new (very positive) review BTW. Not bad for a book that came out four years ago!) #
James Sturm on trying to get a cartoon published in the New Yorker: http://t.co/S8x6IPw #comics #gags #cartoons #

End-of-summer Twitter round-up, July-August