Title: Acme Novelty Library 20, Lint Writer/artist: Chris Ware Normally I don’t include interior art from comics in my reviews for fear of copyright issues, but Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library #20 came with a disclaimer allowing small excerpts to be shown for “positive review.” I’m not sure if that’s sincere or if it’s another … Continue reading »
I never thought I’d be bringing up Aristotle’s Poetics in connection to comic books, but I’ve never read a comic quite like Mister Wonderful. If you haven’t heard of Aristotle’s Poetics, it was essentially a book that set down in writing what Aristotle believed to be the criteria which drama should be judged by. Mister … Continue reading »
As you may know, this is Marvel Month at this site, and I have been focusing on all things Marvel for the past few weeks. In December–on the 8th to be specific–I’ll be switching to a different theme. Now, originally I started this site to be about basically anything that involved drawings and stories, but … Continue reading »
With most of the images I create to promote my book The Madness of Art Short Stories, I try to use the comic book method–that is, penciling, inking, then coloring with the computer. There’s two challenges I have to deal with: I don’t have a lightbox (a box that projects light from underneath the image, … Continue reading »
Glib and Hackney are my new characters that I’m going to try and turn into comics and motion comics. Basically, Glib (the one with the “G” on his shirt) is a moody over-educated guy, and Hackney (the one with “H” on his shirt) is a weird thing that mostly speaks in hackneyed expressions. If these … Continue reading »
Calling Congress of the Animals recommended reading is a bit misleading. It’s definitely recommended, but it doesn’t technically involve reading. The entire book doesn’t feature a single word bubble. The only words are on the book jacket. What this is is a story told entirely through pictures–delightful pictures at that. The artwork is done in … Continue reading »
For a mixture of comedy and drama delivered with indie sensibilities, it doesn’t get much better than Daniel Clowes’ Wilson. The only indie book that’s better would be Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware. Daniel Clowes is known for his books about disaffected people in the suburbs feeling out of place … Continue reading »
