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Recent Reading
I had a chance to read
Reinventing Comics while on vacation. An excellent discussion of possible futures for the medium, especially the section on digital creation, distribution and the next wave. The idea that digital separates the form from the nature of the art form is intriguing. What is the nature comic book that exists apart from ink on paper? Implications for more than just comics.
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Comics And Google
The Google Chrome comic is by Scott McCloud. Google was wise to choose him since he is a master of the nonfiction sequencial graphic format. His ground breaking work was using a comic to describe comics, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art...
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Archie Visits The Library
Reserve your copy of this Archie Comic now. They are sure to be hard to find.This October, Archie Comics is pleased to present a very special story in the pages of Archie #570. In the past, the cause of public libraries has been championed in several...
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Books
Another book I'm looking forward to reading is Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out. I expect that if it is anything like the predecessor, some pieces will have biting, black humor. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down....
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Comic Books
Free Comic Book Day is May 3. I hope some libraries participate in this. I'll donate some comics to any library in the League City, Texas area, if they want to get involved. Then the kids could get an old and new comic from the same place....
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Web Design
I've recently read a couple of books about comics. Understanding Comics : the Invisible Art by Scott McCloud and Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner. Both are worth reading on their own merits.However, it occurred to me that many of the design...
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