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.

Thunder Punch Daily 99 – Local Trumps Global

Today I share my thoughts on the Diamond Digital Distribution announcement, and explain the real reason that I think it’s silly for local comics stores to participate in such shenanigans, especially when they’re sitting on a means to save themselves without Diamond.

I also mention Eli Neiburger’s talk on the future of libraries, and my talk from Ignite Chelsea.

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Thunder Punch Daily 98 – One Week Later Observations

Sharing a few thoughts on what I learned and what I fought against in making a mini-comic in a week! Surprises, sadness, and finding my courage to press on.

By the way, the mini-comic is complete! You can read it here.

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Thunder Punch Daily 97 – It Was There All Along

Today I share some observations and experiences I’ve had in my attempt to create an 8-page mini-comic in a week. The most interesting development was discovering a new theme that was there the whole time.

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Thunder Punch Daily 96 – Picking Battles

Today I share a story about doing work-for-hire projects and handling what some call client “thumbprinting”. I share a technique I’m trying out to create battles that I have no intention of winning in order to defend aspects of the job that I feel strongly about preserving.

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Thunder Punch Daily 95 – Short-Term Overextension

Today I explain why I took on making a mini-comic to be completed in the same week that I have a trillion other things going on. Does this fly in the face of my 2011 goal not to overcommit to projects? If not, how?

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Thunder Punch Daily 94 – The Cure for My Ennui

Confronting fears to put a little steam in your stride is today’s topic. I share some thoughts on projects I’m taking on like Ignite Ann Arbor, Ignite Chelsea, and a new video series I’m developing for release next year. At least for me, taking on scary projects does a lot to make the job seem more worthwhile.

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Thunder Punch Daily 93 – Story Recipes

Today I share some thoughts that occurred to me after listening to the latest Spark podcast and witnessing Matt Feazell’s workshop at the Ann Arbor District Library. Can a story have a recipe? If we think about the recipe as something to play with and modify to our own tastes, I don’t think it’s terribly harmful to think of it that way.

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Thunder Punch Daily 91 – Cooperative Storytelling

I recently tweeted a bit about my disappointment with the new Transformers TV show, and my specific problems with the show, reminded me of a distinct advantage that comics has over moving visual storytelling. I use the fantastic Manga Twin Spica to round out my point.

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Thunder Punch Daily 90 – It’s Gotta Be Fun

Today I share a crisis I’ve been struggling with in whether or not I should take on a new creative project as a promotional vehicle for my teaching work. Witness the creative mind evaluating the pros and cons of doing free promo work!

I mentioned the video of my How to Lead a Comics Workshop during this ep.

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