comic theory
Silence is Arsenic
Yesterday, someone commented on my webcomic. This guy, a fellow Smack-Jeeves comic artist, wrote, "Heh heh." Those words meant a lot to me. When you're publishing funny comics, you'…
watchmen
Moore Should Watch the Watchmen
Continuing from the previous blog post, I believe that Alan Moore should see Watchmen . As a comic book adaptation and a comic book adaptation, it succeeds on two fronts: 1) It is faithfully adapted,…
watchmen
Alan Moore: A Retrospective
If you ever get the chance to read Alan Moore's interviews over the years on this webpage , then you will see the evolution of an artistic intellectual into a bitter cynic about American comics a…
television
The Source Material- Teen Titans and its Adaptations
I'm a big Teen Titans fan, although I became a bigger one when I made two trips to the library and picked up two different comics. One was a collection of several Teen Titan issues from the 1980s…
disney
Kids like to Be Scared!
I'm not joking with the title: we need to remind parents that every good story involves some sort of danger for the protagonist(s); and when kids see action, you need to put the protagonists in d…
television
More thoughts on The Batman
Since we've done two posts in a row about Batman, I decided to write one more, this time concerning the canceled TV show. The Batman was a queer duck to come out of Time Warner after Batman Beyo…
comic theory
When to Call it Quits
There was once a fairytale about a boy who beat gold coins out of a donkey. His evil step-brothers bought it from him. When they took out the rug-beater, though, the donkey fell down dead, having had…
wordgirl
The Ones that Got Away
A few posts ago I talked about the good animated shows out there. Now I have to come to the not-so-ones. Fortunately I have only seen a few, but my God, they had so much potential! Here are the list …
television
The animated cartoon
Jaya here! Hi, everyone! I should be posting more, and I will blame no one but myself for my lack of communication with the comic book world. First, how has the animated cartoon evolved, both in tele…
scott kurtz
Webcomics.com, the fab book, Utamaro and Shoujo Beat
Webcomics.com has impressed me so far. It's a new website where beloved artists such as Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar, Kris Straub, and Dave Kellet pitch in advice to upcoming cartoonists. With a birt…
scott kurtz
Saying Goodbye
Poor Opus. Berkeley Breathed' retirement came as a big shock to me. And Opus was one of the newer strips in my Sunday paper; not only that, it was FUNNY. Even more disheartening is an interview …
Editorial
ANNCast Pays Tribute to Zac Bertschy in Final Episode (My Feelings Are Still Mixed)
When Zac Bertschy died fans of Anime News Network's famous ANNCast podcast had…
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