Name up to three books published in the last decade that you have not yet read that you have “book guilt” about not reading.
October 23, 2009
October 23, 2009
This past week, I got to talk to one of my childhood heroes: Berkeley Breathed, the man who created Opus, Bill the Cat, Milo, Oliver Wendell Jones, and the rest of the cast of Bloom County(which debuts on the New York Times graphic novel bestseller list at number one). Each morning in the 1980s entailed my reading this strip, along with Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side
Carol sent me this story, and it moved me beyond words. It shows what the power of comics really is: The ever-inspiring belief in the best in yourself and the ability of that part of you to overcome whatever is thrown at you.
How often do your teachers assign new books (published in the last three years or so) to read for class?
October 21, 2009, 502 voters
The Harvey Awards were held last night, and it looks like it was quite a star-studded event! I wish I could have attended, but alas... However, I was so happy to hear that Alex Robinson's Too Cool to Be Forgotten won Best Original Graphic Album last night. Robinson's book, about a late-30s guy who gets hypnotized to quit smoking and then suddenly finds himself transported back to high school (which is when he started smoking), is one of my recent favorites.
Quite often in the creating comics workshops that I teach, my students will hear me proclaim, “An artist reflects what they experience, see, or learn in life.” In other words, our views and feelings are what we bring to the table on any project.
We hear about it all the time: digital piracy. The scourge of the entertainment industry, digital piracy has been taken on by music companies, movie studios, and major publishers. But what of comic piracy? Does it affect the industry as a whole? We talked to three people in graphic publishing to see what the state of matters is and how they are combating illegal downloading.
October 16, 2009
With all the traveling I do, you think my suitcase would be trained to pack itself by now. Seriously. Wednesday night as I went to pack for my trip to Indianapolis for Bouchercon, I hoped the clothes would line up and just fold themselves in. Atten hut....fold and march. Of course, I needed to rethink for cold weather. I had missed the "it’s getting colder" memo and walked around the block from my parking garage the other day with a light fleece sweatshirt on and realized everyone else had on winter coats, and scarves. I had not even added socks with my loafers! Flipping to the Indy forecast I saw numbers I had not seen in a while --- 30 and 40. I like 70 and 80. So I unboxed my turquoise cowboy boots and pulled out my turquoise vest --- and smiled. Sometimes it’s the little things. Forgot how much I loved those!
