Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Today I play a little catch up and share how I’ve been tricking myself into managing my time better and plowing through a mammoth to-do list.
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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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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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It’s a return to talking about Mailing Lists! This time I share my experiences in setting up an account with Mad Mimi, and some surprises I found when I tested out the service. There’s more to setting up an email list service than I thought.
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After a successful test of the Justin.TV app on my iPhone, I’m compelled to talk a bit about my plans to stream more of my workday and why I think it’s a good idea. For me it has less to do with being an exhibitionist and more to do with stuff I’ve been reading about on Jake Parker’s blog and a conversation I had with Ryan Estrada on the Comics Are Great! show.
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Today I share some observations based on some experimenting I’ve been doing with video streaming apps for the iPhone.
I talk about the following:
You can see some of my tests of the services on my blog:
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Today I pick apart the film About a Boy
to highlight how we comics creators should consider expressing the climax of our stories visually if at all possible. I’ll most likely be doing more of these story deconstruction episodes in the future, as it’s at least a fun, if not educational, exercise.
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Today I respond to another discussion thread in the A&S forums, which was primarily about the role of death and dying in all-ages fiction. I spiral it out to cover some general thoughts I keep in mind when writing stories that are meant to be accessible to young people.
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Today I share some thoughts I’ve been having about revisiting the notion of re-prioritizing my projects for the next year. Or perhaps, based on my having recently read Rework
, re-prioritizing for the next few months.
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Today I share some more of my journey into creating ad campaigns for Art & Story, this time highlighting the difference between Project Wonderful and StumbleUpon ads. As we might expect, each has their own benefits and disadvantages.
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