For the Love of Comics

Jan. 29, 2026 •   Big 3 in concert  •  In-class Exercise 1 •  PET SHOW  •     •   In-class 2     •  Your Next  Assignment  •  Next Time • Here We Go... Have yo u select ed a couple of favorite inking tools (your "pets") to let your mates try out at tonight's Pet Show?? I'm bringing a ton, mostly as backup.  Big 3 in Concert With some art examples on screen, I'll try to suggest all that the Big 3, that is... Line of Action Silhouette  and Acting (pose & gesture)  ...can do for your art, and thus for your readers' experiences in the imagined world or worlds you may already be bringing to life. THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT "Twisted Nursery Rhyme"  Take your (ideally) loose, soft layout of last week and realize the pencils more completely: Add in shading, texture, pattern to the degree you looks good. Try to err on the side of economy: Better to under-do than over-do. But make sure charact...

                               February 2026   •   What's Happening?  •  "Hanging Figures" •  Materials List  Welcome Back! Hail thee, you lucky few-- our original five, you the reenrolled and any new additions! Gio will communicate with you regarding our next meeting details. In the meantime, on the chance that some of our original five are checking back in here, onward I blog! I want to explain one of the several handouts I left with you: Hanging Figures on the Horizon I belatedly added a little text in the upper left to make clearer this easy, yet very helpful, tool of basic perspective. Here's the same song, sung by David Chelsea in his classic book on perspective for comic book artists. Oh, and then he casually introduces  VANISHING POINT , whom you already know, if only in your artist's heart and your dreaming mind. Yeah, ol'  "VP"  himself just drops...