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Notables 2010: Hellen Jo’s Jin and Jam

March 7, 2011

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Jin & Jam is about two disaffected teens creating somewhat-surreal chaos to make their suburban (OK, San Jose) life less ordinary. The details are funny (conjoined twins, fights over french fries) but it’s the elegant drawing that really sets this one apart.

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Deleter: have you ever wondered?

February 10, 2011

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Savvy comics artists have been using Deleter brand graphic white to correct their art for years. Despite the name, it’s a Japanese brand, very high density, easy to use, good coverage. Finding a good graphic white is tough: when you find a good one, you really feel some loyalty. Deleter has earned ours.

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Observations on text/image combinations in comics

October 25, 2010

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In this post I discuss a few examples of ways that the dissonance between word and image can be creatively exploited in comics.

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

Building a core library: comics for high school students

June 9, 2010

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As part of my preparations to teach a workshop to high school students at the Miami Wolfsonian Museum in a few weeks, I’m trying to put together a quite short list of books the Wolf could buy and have available for the kids to read.

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