It’s getting to that time in the semester – what began as a wave of newness, then turned to a mass of projects in multiple directions, now begins a rapid race to the finish line. When I drew up my syllabi this summer, I made a little drawing marked December 7th for the arrival of…
This Friday October 12 at 4pm, I’ll be a guest of the WSU English Department to discuss Unflattening and thinking in comics at Wayne State University‘s Maccabees Building room 10302, reception at Tony V’s Tavern at 5756 Cass Ave to follow [Note this has changed from my original post]. I did my masters there (well, two…
A short update with a little news and some travels. First, the news: the Brazilian edition of Unflattening (Desaplanar in Portuguese) from publisher Veneta won Brazil’s HQ Mix Award for Best Theoretical Book on Comics! The HQ Mix is the principal prize in Brazilian comics industry, akin to the Eisners in the US. Grateful for my…
Some news first, and then below, a look at my classes, and a new Grids & Gestures twitter challenge (with a bonus twist!). Please read on… A belated update about Comic-Con and the Eisners, for which I was nominated for Best Short Comic for my comic on Columbia’s comics librarian Karen Green – I won!! Over…
This week I’m off to San Diego for Comic-Con and the Eisner Award ceremony! My comic “A Life in Comics” on Columbia University’s comics librarian extraordinaire is up for an Eisner for Best Short Story. Fingers crossed – but either way, I’m thrilled to be included and grateful to librarians everywhere for all they’d done…
This April, I was geeked to learn that the short comic I made in 2017 on Columbia’s comics librarian extraordinaire Karen Green was nominated for an Eisner Award in the Best Short Story category! It was a huge effort, despite being a short piece, as it wound through some highlights of the history of comics as a way…
Publication news below with a new comic(!), but first some words about upcoming talks! I’ll be in NYC this coming week for AERA – and excited to reteam with my colleague artist & drawing professor Andrea Kantrowitz and dance professor Kathryn Ricketts to do a session on drawing, dance, and comics. (My individual component of…
This week, I’m traveling to talk new forms of scholarship, and in this overdue post, I share details about that, as well as students Dancing Unflattening and other innovative responses, and some publications and other news… First, I’m off to Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles Thursday March 8, for a talk on Scholarship and the Graphic Novel at…
This week, I’m traveling to Seattle to participate in the International Comics Arts Forum’s (ICAF) annual conference at the University of Washington and the concurrent Short Run Comics & Arts Festival. I’ve been invited to ICAF to speak on my work as artist & scholar, and also around teaching comics. My plan for my talk…
This week, I’m on the road again. First up, a visit to Detroit’s College for Creative Studies for a day of workshops and class visits all connected to Unflattening being their common freshman read. From there it’s off to Ann Arbor to do some workshops and work with folks as a participant in the two-day…