Category: Comics
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The Orphan Works Act of 2008
I was hoping to have a thoughtful and well-informed analysis of this situation for this post, but my personal schedule has made that difficult. I can only say that this is about two pieces of legislation coming up before the House and Senate here in the U.S. that may adversely affect visual artists here (and…
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Piltdown
Here’s a little diversion for a Saturday morning. Fresh on the heels of Free Comic Book Day we have a free comic with prehistoric theme, in either HTML or downloadable PDF from, called Piltdown, from Wide Awake Press. Naming the book after one of the great scientific hoaxes of the 20th Century gives you an…
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Free Comic Book Day, 2008
Today is, once again, Free Comic Book Day! Comic book stores around the U.S. are giving away free copies of comics that a variety of publishers have created just for the occasion. Aside from the obvious pleasure of picking up a free comic (or two, or more, depending on the store), is the nature of…
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee is a cartoonist and comics artist who is best known as a long-time contributor to Mad magazine. Early in his career, Jaffee worked for Timely Comics and then Atlas Comics, which were early forms of the company that became Marvel Comics. Jaffee joined Mad magazine in in 1955, shortly after editor Harvey Kurtzman…
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Mouse Guard (David Peterson)
Mouse Guard is a comics series (graphic story) about medieval knights, life in medieval villages and communities, territorial differences, commerce, war, and the harsh conditions that marked life in Europe in the middle of the 12th Century; except that the story is about communities of mice, told almost in parallel, as though this were a…
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Draw!
Though its title might suggest a more general interest magazine devoted to drawing, Draw! magazine is focused on topics of relevance to comic book art, animation and related varieties of illustration. Each issue features how-to articles and tutorials from industry professionals, profiles of artists working in those fields and in-depth interviews. Draw! is edited by…