Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
To make good comics and graphic novels, all you have to do is draw really well and write pretty well, then mix them together, right? Then why is it so challenging to make comics that connect with audiences? How do
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I’m back with an essay on dealing with fears and the whys and hows of a Patreon campaign. Why? Because I’ve launched a Patreon campaign for Boulder and Fleet! Links mentioned: Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Lean Into Art Rob
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Talking about composition, context, and color on CAG! Photographers got it easy, right? All they have to do to tell their stories is point their magic box at their subject and hit click. Cartoonists, on the other hand, have to
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El Deafo! Hilda and the Midnight Giant! Roz Chast, and more! We’re continuing our tradition of closing out the year with Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier of The Comics Bakery. Join us for a rapid round of book talks on some
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Talking about the special communicative power of the cartoon on Comics Are Great! Anthropomorphic comics characters have enjoyed a wide appeal almost since the invention of the comic. Who doesn’t love Snoopy? Characters like Garfield have inspired an entire generation
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Broxo! Ewoks! Shakespeare! Banjo music, and more! It’s time to unbox the age-old question of Talent vs. Effort on Comics Are Great! How does your comics work change when you shift your focus from “expressing yourself” to “putting in the
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Challenged Comics! Censorship! Dave Carter, and more! Join us for a discussion on Banned Books Week with David Carter, Librarian at the University of Michigan’s Comics and Video Game Archive. Together we explore censorship in comics and ways we can
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Gregg Schigiel! Laura Given! Erin Helmrich! Finding new audiences for your work, and more! It’s the 100th episode of the Comics Are Great show, recorded live before a studio audience at the 2014 Kids Read Comics Celebration! I’m joined by
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Talking about walking the line between eerie and cute on CAG! In this special unscheduled episode of the Comics Are Great! show I’ll be joined by Eric Orchard, cartoonist behind Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch, published by
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Talking about the role of fandom on CAG! Whatever your stance on cosplay, one can’t deny that it’s an active arena in fan participation with media. Is it simply a distracting branch that interferes with the “pure” transactions between
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