Melissa O’Grady – “The True Tales of Israel Putnam: Colonial Superhero”

Amy S. Fishbach – “Grandma and the Beach”

Jeff English – untitled

Doug Charney – “The Continuing Saga of Chu Cho and Old Dad”

Niki Smith

“Artist, writer, lover of fine comics (and some pretty trashy ones too). Lives in Cleveland, but apt to travel. Hobbies include making nutella-and-strawberry crêpes, stumbling through forests in Germany, and dodging tornadoes.”

– from the artist’s website

Niki’s website

In Maps & Legends – written by Michael Jasper

Niki will be joining us for our final class tomorrow!

NAWLZ – Stu Campbell

Out of everything we refer to as “webcomics,” very few are anything more than paper strips distributed on the internet. Australian Stu Campbell’s NAWLZ is an amazing comic that is tailor-made for the web, utilizing color, animation, sound and unique interactivity – all used in a such a way that is cohesive and dramatically adds to the narrative being presented.

Well worth a look, NAWLZ is a futuristic, Philip K. Dick-esque look at youth subculture.

Encyclopedia Czapiewski

This is my personal blog, where I post writing and comics and anything else I think is worth people knowing about.

Wally Wood’s 22 Panels that Always Work

Wally Wood was a first-class illustrator in the day, having worked with Marvel Comics as well as more subversive material with Mad Magazine and outright pornographic satirical comics. This document here is his fabled “cheat sheet” of sorts that has been passed around among comics illustrators for years.

Cat and Girl – Dorothy Gambrell

Starting with the classic buddy-picture setup of child and anthropomorphic animal sidekick, Cat and Girl departs familiar territory early on and uses its characters to ponder the conditions of contemporary life. Bitter and sarcastic, if not still hopeful, Gambrell writes some very funny satire that is always smart.