What the hell is “sequential art narrative work”? Have you been reading Scott McCloud while high on Nyquil?
Webcomics have no restraints. (By the way, my spell check’s recommended alternate word for webcomics was “lobotomies.” Seemed relevant.)
Comic book artists invented some of pop culture’s most indestructible heroes. But when it comes to protecting themselves, these writers and illustrators turned out to be as vulnerable […]
Most people connected to comics have a longstanding sense of having the field to the themselves, that little piece of territory the “cool kids” couldn’t touch.
When done right, comics are a cognitive whetstone, providing two or three or more different but entangled streams of information in a single panel. Processing what you’re being […]
It’s important to make something that’s thrilling. A mini-comic, with the right color of paper, the right staples, the right distance apart, the right way to ink, and […]
Entertain yourself. Sounds ridiculously simple, but it’s much harder than it looks. You think you are, but more often than not, you’re playing to an audience, trying to […]
In many ways Harvey [Kurtzman] was one of the godparents of Monty Python. All the smart people loved Harvey’s work; the dumb people didn’t.
Comics are definitely slowing down. No kid wants to buy a comic book for $3.99 when they can play video games. When I first started reading comic books […]
Their stuff [MAD] was smart, it was funny, and it was very sexy too. So much so that I used to hide the comic in the garage so […]
Four thousand people read my comic books. I can’t make money from comics. I sell my original for a lot of money when I sell my comics, but […]
I’ve worked in television, and there are a hundred people between you and the audience. I’ve worked in film, and there are a thousand people between you and […]
I’ve been around a long time, and I’ve also been very productive in my career. Unlike a lot of my colleagues, I don’t actually talk about the work, […]
I don’t read much of other people’s work. Maybe I should. Maybe I’m missing something. I’m learning so much from this experience, from the way people are responding […]