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The anatomy of doors
This is one of several features we had to drop from Mastering Comics for length, and will be posting here. For more like this, and better, check out the book! (For another sample of the kind of stuff...
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Teaching comics to teens day 4: Cartooning through the ages
This is part of a series of posts by Derek Mainhart—an entire year‘s curriculum for a comics class at the secondary level: middle school and high school. Follow us via rss, Facebook, or Twitter...
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Matt’s Comics Process II: The Inking Stage
Into the inky black This is the second of a two-part post where I walk you through the method I used to make a typical comics page. (for part I, go here). In part one I went over my way of doing thumbs...
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Teaching Comics to Teens Week 2 Day 1: Gag me with a ‘toon
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Shujaaz: Kenyan comics for youth
This isn’t our usual mode, but I read about this project on Twitter last year some time, and just thought it was so cool and interesting, I wanted to pass it on. Shujaaz is a monthly comics magazine...
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Teaching comics to teens week 2 day 2: “The Horror!”
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Get this comic: “(NO) PAIN! The mega-mini comic”
Matt and I put a few tips on stretching and posture into Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, and have gotten a lot of positive feedback for it. No one seems to talk about the issue of workplace...
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Best American Comics 2012 table of contents
cover by Gary Panter Every year, we get requests from teachers wanting to know what will be in the new Best American Comics before it comes out, so as to plan their classes. Herewith, therefore, is the...
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Teaching Comics to teens week 2 day 3: How Not To Be Funny
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Best American Comics: the Notable Comics of 2012 (and a giveaway)
As is abundantly clear to those who follow this site, Matt and I are the series editors for the Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). That means that, every year, we try to get our hands on...
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Teaching Comics to teens week 2 day 4: Basic Character Design
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Guest post: Dan Berry’s guide to making 24-hour comics
In a few short weeks (January 29-30) I’ll be hosting the annual 24-Hour Comics event held at the Maison des Auteurs in Angoulême, France (where Jessica and I are currently residents) and sponsored by...
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Book Group #2: “Lucille”, by Ludovic Debeurme
In the fall of 2011 we did a comics reading series at the Brooklyn Public Library. The third book we read and discussed was Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme. Here is a slightly edited transcript of our...
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Teaching Comics to teens week 2 day 5: Yellow Fever
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Best American Comics 2013 Table of Contents
Every year, we get requests from teachers wanting to know what will be in the new Best American Comics before it comes out, so as to plan their classes. Herewith, therefore, is the table of contents of...
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Best American Comics: the Notable Comics of 2013
As you may know, Matt and I have been the series editors for the Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) for the past six years. That means that, every year, we tried to get our hands on...
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A holiday gift idea: the beginning cartoonist’s starter kit
The holidays are coming! Here’s a gift idea for you friends/relatives/encouragers/enablers out there: a beginning cartoonist’s starter kit! To get your special person started in comics, just use the...
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Guest post: A five-week comics unit for teens
We welcome a new guest poster, Jess Worby, with this excellent lesson plan designed for older teens. This spring, I taught comics to an 11th grade studio art class at LOMA, a public art high school on...
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Teaching Comics to Teens week 2 day 3: How Not To Be Funny
This is part of a series of posts by Derek Mainhart—an entire year‘s curriculum for a comics class at the secondary level: middle school and high school. Follow us via rss, Facebook, or Twitter...
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Best American Comics: the Notable Comics of 2012 (and a giveaway)
As is abundantly clear to those who follow this site, Matt and I are the series editors for the Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). That means that, every year, we try to get our hands on...
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