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Social Media for Young Cartoonists Project: Week 1

May 9, 2011

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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.

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Fresh Meat 2011: student comics at SVA

May 3, 2011

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“I feel like a total dork for having missed it,” – Tom Hart.

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What the nib-holding industry doesn’t want you to know.

April 28, 2011

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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, Blog, Making Comics, Comics readers, Educators, Students, Cartoonists

Weekly Twitter round-up for 2011-03-04

March 4, 2011

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A weekly round-up of our tweets about comics and education. Featuring a series of tweets with links to literary journals that publish comics.

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November 2010 Twitter round-up

November 5, 2010

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A weekly round-up of our tweets about comics and education.

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Contributors

March 4, 2010

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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

Teaching Comics to teens week 2 day 5: Yellow Fever

April 2, 2013

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Derek Mainhart lays down the comics history for his students, and gets them to draw their own, updated Yellow Kids!

Drawing Comics, Educators, How to use, Activities, Blog, Lesson plans, Cartoonists, Guest posts

Combined Index to Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics

December 15, 2012

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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

Best American Comics: the Notable Comics of 2012 (and a giveaway)

October 9, 2012

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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.

Blog, Comics readers, Educators, Students, Cartoonists, Links, Comics library

Weekly Twitter round-up for 2011-05-20

May 20, 2011

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A weekly round-up of our tweets about comics and education.

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