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Why Sketch?

[From the Drawing Board of Nick Abadzis] A cartoonist friend of mine once told me about another cartoonist friend of his who sneered at the idea of spending time doing life drawing. This isn’t from the horse’s mouth, you understand, so it could be a wind-up, as I have difficulty imagining a cartoonist who would [...]

By |2024-03-14T03:03:02-04:00May 12th, 2008|:01 Stop: Watch|4 Comments

LAIKA: making-of site

Have a look-see: Nick Abadzis calls this gem a 'micro site' dedicated to the making of his LAIKA. Well worth a visit, it's a beauty! It's an online version of the slideshow talk he gave at various venues last October and November when Laika came out.  http://www.nickabadzis.com/laika/   "a luminous masterpiece filled with pathos and [...]

By |2024-03-14T05:14:17-04:00April 1st, 2008|News|Comments Off on LAIKA: making-of site

The Formation of Stories

From the drawing board of Nick Abadzis “Where do you get your ideas from?” This is supposedly the dumbest question a person could ask a storyteller – a cartoonist, a writer, a performance artist or whatever. But it’s a question that hints at the cluelessness any storyteller faces at the beginning of the creation of [...]

By |2024-03-18T01:41:46-04:00October 1st, 2007|:01 Stop: Watch|Comments Off on The Formation of Stories

GENE YANG on STEREOTYPES

Apparently, MySpace has made American Born Chinese a featured book... Not all good news, though, since it seems to come with a rather tasteless ad campaign that uses the Chin-Kee character out of context, and has led to all kinds of discussions among people who haven't read the book. Gene Yang responds. Does acknowledging a [...]

By |2007-05-01T15:15:04-04:00May 1st, 2007|Uncategorized|15 Comments

ON WORD BALLOONS

There are some precious lessons to be gleaned from Eddie Campbell's blog, including an entry called THE LAST WORD IN SPEECH BALLOONS. Several First Second creators have found this valuable in the midst of their thumbnails, so let's add this link to it here, in our TIPS FOR CREATIVE TYPES category (which is filling up [...]

By |2007-04-04T10:40:26-04:00April 4th, 2007|Tips for Creative Types|1 Comment

MUSING ON THE MUSE

(a doodle from the train ride) Been thinking about inspiration. I jotted a few things down on the train ride back from the Center for Cartoon Studies, where I had a most impressive visit. They're doing something amazing up there, Sturm and the gang. The following musing wasn't directly related to the CCS though, rather [...]

By |2024-03-18T01:54:50-04:00April 3rd, 2007|Tips for Creative Types|3 Comments

O, YE BOOKSELLERS OF EVERY ILK

Download onesheets.pdf BOOKSELLERS, BOOKSELLERS! All around America, I've been meeting independent booksellers, large and small. Some of those who've jumped into the Graphic Novel adventure have been very pleasantly surprised! Others aren't sure, or haven't made it work yet, and are wondering what to do. For those, we're putting together a special pamphlet we'll update [...]

By |2007-03-14T17:15:43-04:00March 14th, 2007|News|Comments Off on O, YE BOOKSELLERS OF EVERY ILK
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