Course Materials

Critic Sean Witzke takes a look at cinematic influences in comics as they apply to page layouts: http://supervillain.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/emma-peel-sessions-39-cinema/

Lackadaisy creator Tracy J Butler tackles the power of facial expressions in cartooning: http://www.lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

From the Comics Comics blog, Frank Santoro riffs on style in comics – naturalism and mannerism: http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/08/franks-soapbox-4.html#more-5291

Here is a list of local art supply stores where you can get pretty much anything on your materials list. Prizm is maybe the most recommended, having one of the larger selections and cheaper prices.

Prizm

5690 Mayfield Road Lyndhurst, OH 44124 440-605-9434

Utrecht

2768 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 216-371-3500‎

Michaels

Locations

Pat Catan’s

Locations

BONUS: Here is an indepth tutorial from MAD Magazine Artist Tom Richmond about inking. He’s got a very traditional/craft-based approach to it, but it can be pretty useful for learning the nuts and bolts – check them out

Bill Griffith, of Zippy the Pinhead fame, offers some words of advice: http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/04/cartooning-advice-zippy-bill-griffith.html

Here are the slides I showed for my visit with the Akron Museum of Art’s Teen Council.
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Denise Hardman – “Simply Buggy”

Thomas Whitney – “Melecheran: City of Guardian Angels”

Nathan Smith – “”

(NOTE: this comic is laid out manga-style, so read the panels right to left!)