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In honor of America’s war veterans

Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Gathering around the Flatiron Building and around Madison Square Park, where the Veterans Day Parade begins in NYC are thousands of war veterans, young and old. We honor and salute their service. In tribute to them here is ALAN'S WAR, by Emmanuel Guibert—one veteran's voice, from the [...]

By |2024-03-14T01:55:51-04:00November 11th, 2010|Behind the Scenes|1 Comment

The Dim Glow

[From the Drawing Board of Leland Purvis] A visual trope in comics graphics is the ‘glow, or ‘halo’. Some artists I know simply like the effect. Many aspiring comics artists seem to use it, and over-use it, simply because they never thought not to. This thoughtlessness, however, has caused a great deal of trouble and [...]

By |2024-03-14T02:53:22-04:00July 14th, 2008|:01 Stop: Watch|6 Comments

Do Something Boring*

[From the desk of Gabe Soria] "The Rut" – it sounds like an epic boogie rock instrumental, doesn't it? A real choogly Leslie West-meets-Billy Squier jam. Well, I wish it was. To me, though, it's a daily challenge that I have to strive to get over. Most of us "creatives" probably have a similar story. [...]

By |2024-03-14T03:02:21-04:00May 19th, 2008|:01 Stop: Watch|3 Comments

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

Over My Shoulder

[From the Drawing Board of Leland Myrick] Illustrating a biography is different from anything else I've done -- exhilarating and frightening at once. Usually when I am writing or drawing, I feel quite alone with my work, sitting or standing at my drawing table out in my studio. But the project I'm working on now, [...]

By |2024-03-14T03:31:51-04:00April 21st, 2008|:01 Stop: Watch|3 Comments

There’s No Such Thing as a Graphic Novel

[From the drawing board of Cyril Pedrosa] That was probably a bad way to start my blog entry. I already regret it bitterly. I would've been better off talking about the arrival of spring or rambling about French trains. Telling you that I'm uncomfortably seated on seat 27, aisle side, heading towards a small town [...]

By |2024-03-14T03:24:35-04:00April 14th, 2008|:01 Stop: Watch|7 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
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