“It’s Alive!” My Inquiry Animated
“Look! It’s moving, it’s sha . . . it’s alive! It’s alive! It’s ALIVE!” –Dr. Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931 After weeks of…
Sequential Storytelling and Storyboarding
When a reporter asked Will Eisner what he thought the definition of “comics” should be, the acclaimed graphic novelist replied…
Fast, simple and Professional: Comic Life 3
This week, I sought out the right program on which to design my comic. Given my limited background in visual…
Concise in Comic Sans: Scriptwriting for Graphic Novels
Once you’ve brainstormed, gathered your research, and discovered your unique story, you can begin writing. This week, I turned my…
Mind Maps and Doodle Diaries
“Every journey starts with a single step, and every comic starts with a single idea. Whether it’s a ‘What if?’…
How Comics Teach: Review of Dave Gibbons and Tim Piltcher’s book How Comics Work
“There’s a million books on how comics are put together; but none from the master storyteller behind the greatest graphic…
My Dastardly Research Plan
“How will I do it, Superman? Inquiry–through simple inquiry.” For all their violent misgivings and annoying tendency to rant, super…
POW! SMACK! WHAM!–Learning Literacy through Comics
Comics? Seriously? Seriously. “We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another’s…