Web Comics!

I think that, compared to printed comics, I've ended up reading web comics a whole lot more. I thought I'd share some info with you guys about a web comic artist that I recently discovered.

A couple of weeks ago when I was at Borders, I found a graphic novel version of the first book of The Babysitters Club. Of course, like I know a lot of girls did, I read The Babysitters Club series when I was in elementary school, and I remembered reading an article about the new graphic novels online a while ago, so I bought the first book out of curiosity... and I thought it was actually pretty cool. I did a search on the artist, Raina Telgemeier, and come to find out, she also has a really awesome web comic! Also, I hadn't realized that she's the wife of Dave Roman, another comic artist who I've known about and talked to on LJ. Talk about a small world!

Check out Smile!. It's a really great webcomic. Right now it's on hiatus since she's planning on publishing the rest in book form, but hopefully when it comes out to print it'll be an awesome comic comic, too.

Also, here's a list of a bunch of other webcomics I frequent that you all may be interested in reading:

White Ninja Comics
Cat and Girl
Perry's Bible Fellowship
Thinkin' Lincoln
Ryan Estrada Comics
Kiskaloo (This comic is actually drawn by one of my favorite Disney artists, Chris Sanders, who directed Lilo and Stitch)
Bob The Angry Flower

And here's a short synopsis on web comics from a guy that I think some of you might find familiar. :)

MOEBIUS REDUX. documentary on moebius (2007)

Revel in the cheap CGI chapter divisions!

Be amazed by Alexandro Jodorosky's rage towards
America!

Wonder at the French usage of wild gesticulations!

Watch as Stan Lee extrapolates from within his empire of paper based-entertainments business!

Be Hypnotized by the subtle emotions displayed in the tremors of Moebius' creased countenance!

CLICK HERE FOR A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS,
CONVERSATIONS AND AWKWARD DIGITAL PANS! IN MOEBIUS REDUX! a documentary on Jean "Moebius" Giraud.

Money for Comics

Here are links to some funding sources of interest:

The National Cartoonist's Society offers the Jay Kennedy Comics Scholarship for artists pursuing comics in their junior or senior year of college (next year). The deadline is February 6.

For the rest of you, especialy those of you graduating this year, apply apply apply for a Xeric grant. This grant provides funding to self-publish and distribute a comic, and has gotten many great comics artists off the ground running, including Jessica Abel, James Sturm, Scott Mills, Ellen Forney, David Choe, and so many more. There are two deadlines per year, one in March, and one in September.

Go bananas for APE!

Hey guys, it's around that time again. The bay area is having their 14th (technically 8th) comic convention for the alternative/ self-published/ and other presses. So, if you can afford a flight to the Golden Gate Bridge after a night of masquerading in spandex/ capes/ or no-clothes, feel free to attend. Also if you went to Comic-Con in July, you get in for free. Well here is a link if you want more information; possibly to even get a booth in the future.

GO APE SHIT!

P.S. There already is a link provided on the right. Also, please feel free to disregard both puns above.

Paul Pope "Animation"

I had mentioned this during my presentation but, couldn't come up with the goods during. So, below is a link to the downloadable PDF the video is embedded deep within. The PDF for the magazine "MGZN" is fully interactive and rife with hands-on potential. Pretty sweet for a free digi-zine. Enjoy?

MGZN


<3

Chris

International Comic Arts Forum

SAIC will host the International Comic Arts Forum this week, October 9 - 11 in the Ballroom, hosted by the department of Visual Critical Studies. Want a detailed breakdown? Go to the ICAF website HERE.

World Building Reading

Hi all, HERE is the McCloud reading on world-building for next Friday. I look forward to seeing all kinds of site studies in class next week!