Jim Woodring’s Giant Pen
Head over to the Project Site, where Jim Woodring is asking for donations to build a giant fully functional dip pen. I am soliciting $4,500 to manufacture a giant steel dip pen and penholder for public demonstration and display. I hope to promote the understanding and use of this beautiful piece of ... Read More
James Sturm Quits the Internet
James Sturm, director of CCS, conducts an interesting experiment; he quits the internet. As the director of a small school, I have a lot of legitimate reasons to be online. Every day, I am communicating with students, staff, visiting artists, board members, and alumni. ... Read More
Marvel App on the iPad
I'll be posting up a more detailed roundup of some of the talk surrounding the imminent arrival in the UK of Apple's iPad soon, but for the time being, head over to BoingBoing to read their hands-on review of Marvel's iPad app; First impression: ... Read More
Digital Comics and Conventions
Comic Book Resources have an interesting post on the rise of digital comics and how they may affect traditional comics business. The theoretical rise of digital comics changes the game, but doesn't kill it. The first point brought up in the podcast was about publicizing the comics convention, much of which is done today ... Read More
WordPress and Comics
Gone are the days of struggling with a big dusty old tomes of PHP & MySQL to make a content-managed site to show off your comics. CMS systems such as Wordpress have put easily updatable sites into the hands of anyone with an inclination to ... Read More
A beginners guide to pen fetishism.
I have on occasion been described, or accused of being a pen fetishist. This is probably true, so as a new year's gift to everyone, I decided to write up a post about some of the pens that I use. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but gives a brief glimpse into the ... Read MoreRSS Update">RSS Update
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The Smell of Solipsistic Pop
Tom Humberstone, editor of the superb Solipsistic Pop, writes up a fascinating piece about getting the smell of Solopsistic Pop #1 right.
The first book had to do a lot of things. It had
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