Month: October 2023
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Imprinted Image: Comics, and lesser arts, I read the week of October 27
Comics In order to read alongside the “Convincible” series of the podcast My Marvelous Year, I started reading Invincible, by Robert Kirkman, Corey Walker, Ryan Ottley, and Bill Crabtree. I’ve only read the first three volumes, issues 1-13, so I haven’t been able to listen to the podcast yet. The comic series definitely has me…
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The Best Comic Book Face Acting
The Ribbon Queen # 1 and Creating Character Through Facial Expressions How do you get to know a person? In real life, you spend time with them. Seeing how they react to different situations, what they say and do, and why they make decisions lets you know who the person is. All of these things…
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Marvelous Market: Comics I’m Buying the Week of October 25
Pick of the Week Gone # 1 Gone is the first series from new publisher DSTLRY, and this is the first issue. The $8.99 price point is high, but, 1. It’s 48 pages, 2. at magazine size, 3. written and drawn by Jock. I read a little preview short story from this universe in Devil’s…
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How do comic book characters move?
Kaya # 1 and Left to Right Motion Literacy is a magic spell we place on our brains. The squiggles that you are reading currently have no inherent meaning. Humans imbue these arbitrary symbols with the power to represent something greater. The facility for oral language seems to be a part of human nature, but…
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