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.
Blacksad v3: “Red Soul”
Senator McCarthy is a rooster and a left wing intellectual salon is starting to feel the effects of his hunt. Or are they?
Substack: A Comic Book Creator’s Best Business Opportunity?
Why is the Substack newsletter deal so great for comics creators? Why is a good thing? How long will it last?