Tips for Creative Types Archives - Page 2 of 2 - First Second Books

Tips for Creative Types

Cowboy Limericks

ON WORD BALLOONS

test headingThere 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 [...]

By |2024-03-27T08:25:40-04:00April 4th, 2007|Tips for Creative Types|1 Comment

MUSING ON THE MUSE

test heading (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 [...]

By |2024-03-27T08:25:06-04:00April 3rd, 2007|Tips for Creative Types|3 Comments

For storytellers

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

By |2006-10-13T17:38:38-04:00October 13th, 2006|Tips for Creative Types|Comments Off on For storytellers

SCOTT MCCLOUD to strike again

Coming in September, from the brilliant Scott McCloud, author of UNDERSTANDING COMICS and REINVENTING COMICS -- both vital reference by a master of conveying concepts clearly and intelligently-- this time it's MAKING COMICS, from Harper Collins. I'm getting in line for Dr. McCloud's latest prescription. And I hope this means UNDERSTANDING COMICS will get a [...]

By |2006-05-16T14:10:33-04:00May 16th, 2006|Tips for Creative Types|Comments Off on SCOTT MCCLOUD to strike again

This doodle’s for Tanya

I'm almost done reading Terrence Real's I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, Overcoming The Secret Legacy of Male Depression . . . Surprising where inspiration finds you sometimes, isn't it? Real's book is filled with fascinating insights about the human psyche. I've been reading it on the train with a yellow highlighter in hand, [...]

By |2024-03-18T03:57:03-04:00April 19th, 2006|Tips for Creative Types|Comments Off on This doodle’s for Tanya

Joann Sfar speaking at Astor Place

test headingOn September 22, Joann Sfar finished his US author tour for THE RABBI'S CAT when he spoke at the Barnes & Noble at Astor place. In the course of the evening, he passed on a few interesting items for those of you working on your own graphic novels. So we're adding these to our [...]

By |2024-03-28T03:08:54-04:00October 7th, 2005|Tips for Creative Types|Comments Off on Joann Sfar speaking at Astor Place

Spy Report on a recent Graphic Novel seminar

On September 15th, 2005 a seminar took place with these luminaries. It was packed. And now it's over. Fortunately, :01's Russian spy Danica Novgorodoff was there, and sent back some juicy items, which inaugurate our new category of TIPS FOR CREATIVE TYPES, because they're that good. NOT verbatim, unless hemmed in by "quotes". *ON PROCESS* [...]

By |2024-03-28T03:14:06-04:00September 19th, 2005|Tips for Creative Types|Comments Off on Spy Report on a recent Graphic Novel seminar
Go to Top