Blacksad v4: “A Silent Hell”
Blacksad heads to New Orleans to find a missing piano player with a drug habit and a pregnant wife. And what of the record producer who’s looking for him?
PIPELINE COMICS
The Art of Inking (Jim Lee via Scott Williams)
The true star of ‘Batman Hush Unwrapped ‘ is the artist whose work
isn’t included in the book: Inker Scott Williams.
Blacksad: A Hypernalysis of Juanjo Guarnido’s Art
It’s a two page poker scene set in a smoke-filled back room. A careful reading of it shows a lot of the decisions made to create it. Nothing is ever as easy as it looks!
Pipeline and Sundry: Spirou, Schuiten, Belgian Tax Evasion, and Canadian Book Burners
Spirou throws a party. Francois Schuiten has a Brussels book coming out. Fantagraphics brings us Loisel Mickey Mouse. And Canada is burning comic books?!?
600 Days of DuoLingo: Lessons Learned in Learning French
600 days of learning French at DuoLingo and it’s all come to this – a check-in with you, my accountability buddy, on how things are going.
Review: The Smurfs on Nickelodeon
The new Smurfs animated series debuts on Nickelodeon tonight and it’s an impressive show. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
DC’s Digital Collection Craziness
Collections of digital comics often make no sense. Using DC’s recent sale, I’m going to show you a few examples.
Comixology: Amazon’s New Reading App
Comixology today announced some major changes coming to the digital comics platform “this fall.” I have thoughts.
Appreciating Tom Orzechowski (Part 3)
Jubilee’s first appearance in “Uncanny X-Men” also contains some great Tom Orzechowski lettering. Let me show you some examples!
We Need to Rethink Digital Comic Book “Collections”
Do “collected editions” of digital comics make sense? How might we rethink them? Also, a couple Comixology UI choices that need help.
