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“Horticultural Fudge” also got a mention on the mighty Austin Kleon’s Tumblelog.
Notebook 2008 page 21
Be A Nose
Foligatto by Nicolas de Crécy
I stumbled across this comic book story in an old copy of Heavy Metal magazine I picked up in a sceond hand book shopt in the early nineties. I had never seen anything like it. The mastery of the form, the colours the expressionistic artwork that so fit the purposes of the narrative so well. Here’s some of the early pages in the story that only hint at the glories to come.
Seems like I’m not the only one who has had such an experience with the work.
“You can see the careful consideration and planning that went into every line and color and choice of this intro. This functions like the Abstract of a scientific paper, the dumb show of early theater or the overture of an opera: here is the story in miniature, veiled in symbolism, wordless. All the themes are introduced, the tone is set, the aim established.”
Hourly Comics Day
First thing next morning looking over it, it didn’t turn out as I expected, I meant to do it all myself, but chores and parental stuff took over, and once the children had seen what i was doing they all wanted to do it themselves.
So the experience has been great for three reasons:
1). Introducing me to the idea of diary comicing again. something I’d like to keep trying, because I do believe it helps fluency.
2). My wife really got into drawing her bit, and was inspired to do the “butterfly parade” page at the end there. That made her very happy.
3). Introducing my children to the idea of drawing comics. They’ve seen me sitting about drawing in little books, but was great to invite them in and then see them taking part.
My Eldest was so inspired, she ended up continutng her own spin-off-cross-over piece I’ll attach below.
So we all had a full day and a great time doing the comic, hopefully I’ll be on board next year.
cheers then
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You can see our comic here.
Hourly Comic Day
Tomorrow is Hourly Comic Day, when artists the world over will make one comic per hour of wakefullness.
I intend to participate in this, although Sundays are usually hectic at my place.
Will let you know how it goes.
the most facile
“As cartoonists and comics still attempt to acquaint themselves with not only how to express real human emotion but also try to decide exactly what human emotions are worth expressing, the most facile and immediate way to do it is to write about oneself”
The Comic Strip Art of Lyonel Feininger
Of all the “Masters of American Comics”, Lyonel Feininger is clearly the least well known. Who is this artist placed between Winsor McCay and George Herriman? He’s best known as a “fine” artist, having taught at the famous Bauhaus school.
Paul Greer 