This week in high school comics class: working on outlining and structuring our minicomic stories. The structure is there to support them when they’re stuck and for them to rebel against when they’re not. P1: Introductions – We learn about
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Teaching: the Tension Between the Arbitrary and the Algorithmic
This snippet of a recent episode of the Emerge podcast does a terrific job of framing the adaptation that I think is necessary for a good experience in a classroom. Yes, I write lesson plans (that’s the algorithmic part), but
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Hooray for the OAC!
And here’s the final word on my 2023 residency at Tri-Rivers Career Center! This was made possible by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). Over nine weeks I worked with the students to make their own minicomics, which
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My Kid Could Do That!
…it doesn’t have to be by a well-known artist. A child can do an archetype, maybe probably does more type of [archetypal] images than artists do. They spontaneously arise. Thomas Singer, Jungian Analyst I was arrested by this bit on
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Playful Collaboration – The Cartoonist’s Instinct
If you put two or more cartoonists together in a restaurant, something’s getting drawn on. Napkins, takeout containers, pizza boxes–they’re getting covered in doodles. For many cartoonists (professional or not), doodling feels like our first language. So when we’re comfortable
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Free Comic Book Day 2023!
This Saturday I’ll be at Thunderfury Comics in Marion, Ohio. But I won’t be pushing my comics this Free Comic Book Day–I’ll be celebrating these young authors: For the past nine weeks I’ve been working with the Interactive Media students
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Faces
Some more from the last three CPTN SRSLY comics. It’s been a while since I’ve drawn people, and looking at these I remember how fun their expressions can be. Making comics for kids, and teaching kids how to make their
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Making a Plan (this one’s for teaching artists)
Back in 2020 I led a webinar for the Ohio Arts Council on how I approach designing lesson plans for my comics classes and workshops. If you’re a creative person thinking about leading activities at schools and libraries, I think
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Drawing on the Walls
The Ann Arbor Art Center asked me to create some experiential art events for a fundraiser last week. The objective was to get people who don’t identify as artists to engage in some creative activity–and they told me I had
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Thunder Punch Daily 126 – More Updates From the Road
Today I share some of the things I’m working on as we lead up to Kids Read Comics 2011 and use it as a demonstration of the many realms of concern that will face you as you begin your own
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