Month: April 2024
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Literal Colors are Boring – Try Coloring Expressively
Lunar New Year Love Story and Colors as Emotions Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham’s masterful graphic novel tells a love story using color Green with envy. Blue comedy. A yellow-bellied cur. Color is a fundamental metaphor that shapes our lives on a subconscious level. The strict scientist understanding of colors as wavelength bands of…
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Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy April 24
The Bleeding Edge of Pop Culture Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Unless you are a millionaire looking to subsidize and patronize a niche industry, this isn’t a…
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Imprinted Image: Writing on the Light Rail the week of April 20
Are electric trains the greatest mode of transit? All signs point to yes Welcome to Imprinted Image, my newsletter. If this is your first time here, thank you for joining me. On most Mondays I break down how comics work in a way that gives insight to seasoned wizards and new comics apprentices alike. I…
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Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy April 17
And also one suggestion for if you can casually drop $100 on comics Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Are you considering buying a new comic book for…
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Imprinted Image: Enjoying the Weather the week of April 12
Summer will kill me but Spring is Here Welcome to Imprinted Image, my newsletter. If this is your first time here, thank you for joining me. On most Mondays I break down how comics work in a way that gives insight to seasoned wizards and new comics apprentices alike. I call this Divining Comics, because…
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Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy April 10
Now With Thumbnail Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world’s greatest comic critic, am buying this week. Are you considering buying a new comic book for the first time? It can be overwhelming to know what,…
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Akira Toriyama’s Secret Masterpiece
Sand Land 1 and Detail versus Simplicity The Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball mangaka wrote a series that is now a hit anime and video game Some of the great artists of comics make their career off of obsessive detail. The recently departed Kentaro Miura was known for the intricate linework in Berserk. On the…
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