Strapped for time, I dash off a quick essay on how I plan to find more time to draw and think. From here on out, I’m giving myself a day a week off from work. Subscribe through iTunes RSS

Inspired by a recent Twitter conversation I had with Kasey Van Hise, today I share a few thoughts about the difference between real world logic, internal story logic, and story idea logic. Focusing too much on the minute details of the logic of details in a story (such as wondering about the necessity of gender […]

I was asked an interesting question in my Comic Book Academy class about how to figure out an order or sequence of scenes for a comics story. Today I share the answer I gave in class. Mentioned in this episode: Thunder Punch Daily 06 – Argue for Your Theme Thunder Punch Daily 131 – Other […]

Today I give a sort of book review of a comic I finished recently–Peter Bagge’s excellent Other Lives, published by DC’s Vertigo imprint. I break it down by plot and theme, but as you might have guessed, I also talk about how this book demonstrates the things that only comics can do. Subscribe through iTunes […]

Today I share a Non-List (™Rob Stenzinger) of qualities I find in most of the cartoonists you might define as “successful”. Do successful cartoonists think differently than others? If so, can we learn to think that way? Do I answer these questions in a prioritized, recipe-style manner? Can you guess the answer to that? Links […]

Today I share an exercise I’ve used in my classrooms to help develop that “Analytic Eye” we talk about so much on the Art & Story shows. Learning how to stop and ask “how did the author [delight/terrify/disgust/amuse] me?” is a terrific skill to develop as a storyteller. Subscribe through iTunes RSS

Inspired by the latest Kickstarter campaign launched by Jamie Gambell and Jonathan Rector, I share a few thoughts I’ve been kicking around in regards to fundraising. Are services like Kickstarter and Indiegogo a new publishing platform, as Publishers Weekly suggests? Are they the one-stop panacea we’ve been waiting for? Or have they just removed yet […]

Today I share a thought planted in my brain by Brandon Dayton during our time at Kids Read Comics. If you’re in a creative tribe, what is the chief taboo of your group? Are you in a tribe at all? Is a tribe worth searching for, or is the thrill of the hunt the real […]

Today I share some of the things I’m working on as we lead up to Kids Read Comics 2011 and use it as a demonstration of the many realms of concern that will face you as you begin your own public comics events. There’s a lot to do, a lot to worry about, but it’s […]

Not much of an essay this time, but a series of updates on some projects I’ve been working on for Kids Read Comics and Comics Are Great! Also, fighting a cold. Subscribe through iTunes RSS