Our visiting artist this week, Dylan Horrocks, was a soft-spoken cartoonist from New Zealand. Although his work didn't immediately grab my attention, I did feel camaraderie with him when I learned he was around my age and has kids - one the same age as my own son. He's got a...
Although our class this year has more women than men, in general, I find myself wondering "where are the women in the comic world?!" The books we read about the history of comics are all about men - "The Men of Tomorrow", "Marvel Men", etc. This reminds me of...
Let's see if I can catch up the rest of the week... Wednesday, in Cartooning Studio, we learned about the elements of Gag cartoons and have homework to draw three - one autobiographical, one about White River Junction, and one that is classic (ie: desert island). We learned about our teacher, Jason Lutes,...
I came home from class today, plopped onto the sofa and was promptly pinned down by Minou. I think she missed me. On Friday, we had an interesting workshop with an artist, Kristina Carroll (her work is amazing!) from Strathmore paper company. [KristinaCarrollArt.com] She explained how papers were made and what that meant for...
Yesterday was a rollercoaster day that started at 9 am and ended close to midnight with me curled up, in tears, wondering "what have I done!?" Don't check email... don't check email... agh. I checked. Continuances on continuances on pre-trials for trials on petitions for... good grief. It reminds...
Two days in and two classes survived! And already there are changes to the schedule - for the better I think - and a lot of homework. Monday's class is "Survey of the Drawn Story" - basically - "Cartoon History." The teacher is a legend in the cartoon world-...
