Comics are words and pictures which go together sequentially to tell a story. No one ever said the pictures had to be drawn.
Comics are a sub-set of pictorial narrative; therefore, all comics are pictorial narratives, but not all pictorial narratives are comics. Horses are quadrupeds, and dogs are quadrupeds, but […]
The graphic-novel genre is no longer young, but it retains, like Drew Barrymore and certain indie bands, a quirky and semi-adorable glow. Its fragile vibe is Etsy, not […]
Comics are such a direct form of communication – even superhero comics – why waste them saying absolutely nothing? And I’m not talking about saying something profound… I’m […]
The magic of comics is in the ‘sequential’ part of sequential art. Two images in sequence create a moment of time, but a moment made up of two […]
Comics are so often seen as the province of white geeky nerds. But, more broadly, comics are the literature of outcasts, of pariahs, of Jews, of gays, of […]
“Comics are big right now” – that’s what we keep hearing. But let’s be honest, they’re big right now because Hollywood is making them so.
I’m baffled that people continue to work in that area [superheroes] because they don’t have to anymore. The area has been so strip-mined, so why move there, when […]
A lot of people have complained to me that if I don’t like comics I should give them up. Which is defensive and idiotic. You can love something […]
The combination of words and pictures can be extremely powerful. Often by the time you’ve decided not to read a comic, you’ve read half of it. The medium […]
As my career with Dilbert took off, reporters asked me if I ever imagined I would reach this level of success. The question embarrasses me because the truth […]
Hollywood’s fractured and there are probably more filmmakers than ever crowding out each other for a screen in NYC or LA. That sort of feels a little like […]
If you want to make comics for a living or comics that look like comics, study illustration, get some business sense, learn your comics history and tow the […]
You have to tell more compelling stories or tell stories in a more compelling manner, either get out of your small existence and find experiences to write about […]