The exceptionally well-attended Drawing International Symposium has been and gone, and it certainly was a success. I had my diary comics showing in the…
Have you noticed how many four-wheel drives and SUV’s there are on the road this days?
I ride a bicycle for commuting whenever possible. It’s…
After writing the article ‘Should you watch the Fantastic Four’ I was left with some broad conclusions and more questions, having externalized the issues…
I’ll start off by saying, if you saw the recent Fast and the Furious movies and thought they were enjoyable romps of rollicking action…
In the last year and a half, I’ve been doing a fair amount of teaching, and I find it equal parts nerve-wracking, exhausting, exhilarating….
I’ve been making comics for years- literally since I was a kid. I’ve never held illusions that my work is cutting-edge or going to…
There are not much more than 8 months till I have to wrap up this doctorate. Cue internal alarm and feelings of inadequacy, then…
Yes- the diary comics continue (there are well over 500 of them now), and I thought some of you might like to read about…
Time for another (long overdue) recap. It’s been a busy time, with teaching and a bunch of other stuff. I remarked to a friend…
24 Hour Comic Challenge: How does it work, what should I do?
A summary in 9 points:
Your process during the challenge
STARTING: Post a message that…
On Thursday 5th March I was lucky enough to be able to see a talk by Marshall Weber, performance/visual artist and founder of Booklyn and Organik. The…
I woke up at 4am this morning and could not get back to sleep. Turning around in my mind were all the things I…
Its been a productive break from teaching and classes. Here’s whats been happening, in a nutshell.
Ashcan X
After taking over the reins of Ashcan Comics…
I’m a bit behind on updating this… archiving all my activities takes almost as long as doing them in the first place! This week’s…
I’ve been working through John Truby’s excellent book The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Anyone who is interested in scriptwriting,…
I gushed at length in a previous blog entry about my visit in August with Frank Quitely in his Glasgow studio. I have finally finished typing…
A short comic detailing my first drug experience, way back in 1995.
There are a lot of concessions I’ve had to make to squeeze this…
At the advice of scriptwriting guru Hugh Burton I’ve been reading The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby….
Scriptwriting for comics is tricky. The last script I wrote for a comic was Fault Lines, my Honours year final piece. At only 12,000 words it was…
I’m currently in the middle of plotting out the story for Chasing Shadows (working title) my final Doctoral output, a sprawling graphic novel that will…
I’ve decided that I’m not busy enough, and so have begun an informal cartooning course, courtesy of master cartoonist Ivan Brunetti. Within a week of…
So whats been happening? Well, a few things.
I recently upgraded my digital creation tools, now running a 22inch HD touch wacom cintiq attached to…
A wise man once said, say yes to everything. So that’s what I’m doing at the moment. Here’s the results.
Right now I have a…
While recently in Glasgow I took the opportunity to visit master illustrator and visual storyteller Frank Quitely.
I’ve loved Frank’s art ever since I first…
I’ve reached a bit of a stalemate in my progress. So far I have made a bulletpoint list of diary entries from my uni…
My submission for the 24 Hour Comic Challenge 2014, Chasing Shadows plays with two interweaving timelines. A dry run for my final graphic novel…
The 24 Hour Comic Challenge is coming up, an event that sees people from all over the world spending a consecutive 24 hours in making…
Notes on a presentation by Professor Trish Fitzsimmons, Deputy Head of Griffith Film School. Please excuse any errors or omissions. This is not intended for…
After receiving my feedback from the confirmation assessment and another meeting with Andi on the 29th April I have a rough trajectory to follow.
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It’s “the Avant Garde, not the Avant Guard.”
The lovely and prolific Professor Jodie Mack- animator, filmmaker and artist- came to visit the university, direct from Dartmouth….