Draft 2, 18/56
Month: November 2013
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For Face Value, an upcoming portrait show at Telegraph Gallery. Colored pencil on two layers of tracing paper.
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I am in the process of answering some interview questions, which is a very flattering thing to be asked to do. The first one is, of course, “How did you get into comics?” I wrote the answer below but decided it was too pretentious and obtuse. So I sent something more straightforward instead. Then I […]
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http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/a_few_quick_notes_on_sexual_harassment_issues_and_the_explosion_of_discussi/ I liked the piece linked above by Tom Spurgeon. It is an understatement to say that the main issues at play here are incredibly important, and I don’t want to sideline them, but a quick, tangentially related point: I happen to find convincing Tom’s point that a lack of professionalism in comics might be […]
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So, CAB. It was good. Tiring and fun. It was my first time officially tabling at a convention. I always enjoy reading convention reports, but I feel self-conscious writing them myself. I will try to make this one interesting. I tabled with Frank Santoro, Zach Mason, and Dash Shaw at the Official Comics Workbook Table. […]
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Here are the comics that I will have with me this Saturday at CAB. I’m tabling with Frank Santoro and Zach Mason. We’re on the lower level at table D8. At top is *festival debut* Comics Workbook #2: Variations/Deconstructions. 28 color pages culled from my Comics Workbook one pagers. That’s two copies above; it’s a […]
Hello! I have been enjoying your comicsworkbook one page comics, and have appreciated the more long form works of yours that I have seen too. Is there a central thought to your one page works that you are trying to work through? Something that you have a drive to understand or communicate? What do you feel like you can accomplish through these more abstract one pagers that you can’t through long form works? And what do you feel like longer works can do that one pagers can’t?
Hi! This is a great set of questions. I feel like if I was able to articulately and accurately answer them, my process would be much more purposeful than it actually is; there’s a good bit of flailing around, and failed experimentation, and following instincts that haven’t been thought through in the way I work. […]