Via INJ Culbard, original source here. Scary shit!
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Teaching comics again
This week and three weeks on I’m back at Holbæk school of arts teaching comics.
Today was the first of our recurrent music interpretation assignment: students make comics from a given tune, today with the added challenge to only use clippings from discarded encyclopedias and art books.
This found footage approach lets the students work with storytelling and graphic representation without being inhibited by their (perceived) drawing abilities.
Using ready-made imagery allows them to focus on the layouts, and the “lyrical” nature of the assignment relieves them of linear narrative concerns. Every time I give this task to a class I’m blown away by the powerful results.
The music interpreted here is “Making of Cyborg” from the Ghost in the Shell movie. Enjoy the snapshots, I’m mighty proud of this day’s work!
Here’s a fourth thought about comics
A clipping from the opening chapter to Ivan Brunetti’s Cartooning, Philosophy and Practice. The first paragraph I just happen to disagree with in every possible way, but the food metaphor that follows is just wonderful!
Side note: this and previous “Thought about Comics” snapshots are taken with my phone, and I apologise for the image quality. Consider it an incentive to buy the books I quote!
Here’s a third thought about comics:
From Dave McKean”s preface to Pictures That Tick.
This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen
Here’s another thought about comics
Still from the Abstract Comics anthology bio section, James Kochalka ponders the nature of the medium:
Here’s a thought about comics
I was reading through the Abstract Comics anthology again (and if you don’t already own it, buy it! It’s a beautiful book with gorgeous contributions. I’m amazed it’s still in stock after 2 years!)
As I made it to the authors bio section, I was struck by Mark Badger‘s lengthy description. Basically, he recounts his travails from art school, through becoming a “comics pro”, to eventually falling out of that business.
Here’s an excerpt I found especially poignant:
