FRNK: A Pipeline Portal
Frank is an orphan who falls back into time, where he must get along with the local cave people and try to find his way home. It’s a funny and entertaining series.
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?
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!