Comics are essentially: imagery (non-specific), and words (but not necessarily, and not forgetting that words are also images), arranged in a linear sequence to tell a story (non-specific, […]
Comics are, at their essence, a series of composed iconic pictograms organized in such a way as to allow a third party to mentally construct a narrative.
As comic strips are printed smaller and smaller, the drawings and dialogue have to get simpler and simpler to stay legible. Cartoons are just words and pictures, and […]
One of the beautiful things about comics, though, is how modular and malleable the “reading” experience can be. Unlike prose books, most of which have a linear flow […]
Comics are a practice which invokes the object repeatedly, rhythmically, through the incantations of its evershifting name – the image.
It’s a little bit like writing a novel, it’s a little like doing a storyboard and it’s a little bit like a movie, but it’s its own thing.
I’m not sure if I trust any cartoonist, writer or filmmaker that chooses the theme or message first and then tell the story.
Comics are long-running enough, and enough of a group effort, that every single character has multiple personalities, multiple moments of badassery, and multiple failures. If you argue long […]
Comics are one of the few mediums where people use both sides of their brains. They’re using the side that’s visual, but at the same time, they’re picking […]
Comic book movies, for better or worse – and, really, it’s worse, let’s be honest, are so overpoweringly visual that when there’s good dialogue or strong performances, it […]