The Art of Comics

Frank Santoro on the Geometry of Page Layouts

kevinczap — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:22:33 +0000

Comics artist Frank Santoro has a really in-depth series of posts on the Comics Journal about constructing the geometric proportions of your pages. Check them out! http://www.tcj.com/author/frank-santoro/

Sean Witzke on Page Layout- Cinematic Comics

kevinczap — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:31:27 +0000

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/

Tracy Butler on Cartooning – Facial Expressions

kevinczap — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:31:13 +0000

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

Frank Santoro on Style

kevinczap — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:26:56 +0000

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

Repost: Local Art Supply Stores

kevinczap — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:08:05 +0000

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.

Bill Griffith’s Advice on Cartooning

kevinczap — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:04:21 +0000

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

Akron Museum of Art Teen Council Recap

kevinczap — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:05:17 +0000

Here are the slides I showed for my visit with the Akron Museum of Art’s Teen Council.

Airport pamphlet

IKEA instruction manual

Katsushika Hokusai, Hokusai Manga

Rodolphe Topffer, HISTOIRE DE M. VIEUX BOIS

R.F. Outcault, Yellow Kid

Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together

Richard McGuire, Here

Michael DeForge, Lose #1

Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Watchmen #4

Vincent Giard, L’oreille qui Manque un Boutte

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, The X-Men #1

Eleanor Davis, The Island

Richard Hahn, Storms

Julie Douchet, 365 Days: A Diary by Julie Doucet

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akria

Harvey Pekar, R. Crumb, American Splendor #4

David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp

Lauren Albert, Astral Plane

Kate Beaton, Hark! A Vagrant

Alan Moore, Bill Sienkiewicz, Big Numbers #1

Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Dave Sim, Gerhard, Cerebus

CLAMP, Clover

Warren Craghead, Un Caligramme

Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets #21

Akria Toriyama, Dragon Ball vol. 32

Jules Feiffer, The Explainers

Kevin Huizenga, Ganges #2

L. Nichols, Gardening Comics

Seth, George Sprott

Frank Santoro, Incanto

Gary Panter, Jimbo

Brandon Graham, King City #8

George Herriman, Krazy Kat

Matt Groening, Life in Hell

Art Spiegelman, Maus vol. 1

Naoki Urasawa, Monster, vol. 1

Katie Skelly, Nurse Nurse #5

Seth, It’s a Good Life if you Don’t Weaken

Jim Rugg, Rambo 3.5

Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, Ronin #6

Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon, vol. 2

Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki, Skim

Charles Schulz, Peanuts

Osamu Tezuka, Phoenix, vol. 5

Taiyo Matsumoto, Ping Pong

Chris Ware, Quimby the Mouse

Rebecca Dart, Rabbithead

Kevin Huizenga, Gloriana

Gene Deitch, Terr’ble Thompson

Yuichi Yokoyama, Travel

Garret Price, White Boy

Barabara Friedlander, Alex Toth, Vince Coletta, Young Love #78

Chester Brown, Yummy Fur

FINAL PROJECT – Denise Hardman

kevinczap — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:30:24 +0000

Denise Hardman – “Simply Buggy”

FINAL PROJECT – Thomas Whitney

kevinczap — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:28:29 +0000

Thomas Whitney – “Melecheran: City of Guardian Angels”

FINAL PROJECT – Nathan Smith

kevinczap — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:26:29 +0000

Nathan Smith – “”

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