Jerzy Drozd

Teaching Artist and Cartoonist. He/him. When life is feeling heavy, I enjoy creating and sharing stories of cute heroes showing extraordinary courage.

TPD 174 – Power Outage

TPD My power went out today, which set off a chain reaction of scheduling re-ordering, which set me to wondering about how to prepare for this in the future.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 173 – Over the Garden Wall Reflections

Over the Garden WallI watched Over the Garden Wall this weekend and had some reactions to share about it.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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TPD 172 – The Non-Sharable Moment

InstagramThis time I share a few thoughts about moments I choose not to share and what I think the difference is between reacting and responding.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 171 – Publishing Strategy

Boulder and FleetIn episode 155 I shared some thoughts on using Tapastic to publish Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire. This time I back up and explain my entire publishing strategy, the thinking that led to it, and how I evaluated the risks associated with it.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 170 – Community Goals

TPD Today I evaluate how things are going with the Webcomics Lab and ask myself what I want out of a cartoonist community. Which leads me to ask–what do you want out of a cartoonist community?

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 169 – Personal History

TPD In my ongoing effort to keep my energy up (and not get sick), I employed a time-tested strategy to recharge my batteries. In this TPD I look at whether or not I have a personal history bias and whether or not my strategies will work for others.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 168 – Energy Triage

TPD This morning I noticed that I’m starting to feel under the weather, so I share a little bit about how I hope to manage my energy this week so as to not exacerbate my cold while still maintaining my deadlines.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 167 – Challenges in the Week Ahead

TPD After looking at my schedule and realizing I have workshop and teaching events every day this week, I look at how I might manage my energy and time to fit my art work into smaller time boxes.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 166 – Heroes Help People

Fight or Flee!Today I finished editing the latest episode of the Saturday Supercast and went to see Big Hero 6, which led me to some thoughts on violence in adventure stories.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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TPD 165 – Coloring and Editing

debrisToday I tried some painting techniques while working on the upcoming Robo Force comic, and before I dive into editing an episode of the Saturday Supercast I share some art journaling.

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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
Jerzy on Google+
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