Comix Talk

The Creative Process of Chris Ware

April 15, 2008Xaviar Xerexes Leave a Comment

One of the many (MANY! can I just declare an "all apologies" alert?) things I overlooked in my email basket was this email from Jennifer Kobzik of CityProjects.net. She wrote to let me know about Encounter: USA Fellows — which features video shorts profiling artists and their work. The "hook" so to speak of this project is that each video tries to show a glimpse of the creative process. One of the featured artist’s videos features the work of Chris Ware set to some music he likes to listen too while he works:

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2008 Eisner Nominations Released

April 15, 2008Xaviar Xerexes 2 Comments

The 2008 Eisner Award nominations are out and here are your nominees for Best Digital Comic:

The Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl
Billy Dogma, Immortal, by Dean Haspiel
The Process, by Joe Infurnari
PX! By Manny Trembley and Eric A. Anderson
Sugarshock!, by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon

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Panels & Pictures: Text in Comics

April 15, 2008Derik Badman 6 Comments

In this month's Panels & Pictures, Derik A Badman makes an illustrated list of the various ways text is used in comics: from speech and thought to sound effects and labels.

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The Savage Digital Critic: Diana Kingston-Gabai

April 14, 2008Xaviar Xerexes Leave a Comment

Over at Savage Critics, Diana Kingston-Gabai has started taking a recurring look at webcomics. This week she looks at work from Chris Daily, Aeire, Shaenon Garrity and K. Sandra Fuhr.

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Brigid Alverson Interviews Jerzy Drozd of Sugary Serials

April 14, 2008Xaviar Xerexes Leave a Comment

Over at Word Balloons, her new blog focused on kids’ comics, Brigid Alverson interviews Jerzy Drozd of Sugary Serials.

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Is This A Comic? Closure and Synthesis (Part 2)

April 13, 2008marvelouspatric 7 Comments

Last month, we began delving into my third of Four Criteria which I propose help to define comics, Closure and Synthesis. We looked at what has been a widely (though not universally) accepted concept of closure, best defined by Scott McCloud as “the phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole.” This time around we’re going to be further exploring the other half of the criteria, synthesis.

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Interview with Steven Cloud of BOASAS

April 11, 2008Xaviar Xerexes Leave a Comment

Rick Marshall posted a great interview he did with Steven Cloud of Boy On A Stick and Slither.

Steven Cloud: Honestly, I’d like a shot at syndication. It was the thing that I wanted to do when I was a kid. I know, even if I am launched, the odds are against me. But still, I’d like to scratch that lottery ticket. At the same time, I’m not hanging my hat on print syndication. Say, it doesn’t work out. There are other viable options for cartoonists these days (see: the Internet).

The bottom line is, I want to draw comics and plan to do so for the foreseeable future. The only thing that is in doubt is how long I will have to continue to work a full-time day job.

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ZudahadaV8

April 11, 2008Xaviar Xerexes Leave a Comment

hpkomic over at The Scienteers offers up a rant about the flaws of Zuda’s flash-driven display for its comics:

I don’t think there is nearly enough criticism of Zuda’s method for displaying comics. The flash player is absolutely terrible and kind of implies that the people behind it have no idea how important usability and simple navigation is to a webcomic site. Why is the webcomic site model virtually unchanged across so many webcomics? It’s because it’s a good model, functional, and the best we have. Zuda’s method is totally against what webcomics should be.

Click here to read the whole thing.

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