I’ve had some requests for booklists for learning comics. I posted this list in 2006. I’ll update it later but for now, here it is: Recommended Books WRITING first, then COMICS and CRAFT Peter Elbow: Writing Without Teachers “The core of Elbow’s thinking is a challenge against traditional writing … Continue reading
From WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show, Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University’s School of the Arts, examines the value of art school. GREAT STUFF http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2013/feb/19/whats-value-art-school/
They’re covering the Golden Age stuff at SAW this week, so thought we’d share these links. From instructor John Ronan: Everything on this guys site is awesome, but here are some milestone comics we have been discussing. The link leads to the cover, but the whole comic book is scanned. … Continue reading
Erin Curry‘s amazing Abstract comic, begun and partially finished at SAW: Erin Curry Abstract Comic 2012 from Sequential Artists Workshop on Vimeo.
Wednesday August 8, 2012: Bring a donation and plan to have a great time!
Hello, Emma the SAW intern here! The other day I was reading the hilarious SAW-produced newspaper, Seriously Comics, and saw this article: I mentioned to Tom that I liked the article, but respectfully disagree that Cathy and Kafka are on such different ends of the literary spectrum that … Continue reading
Hi there, Emma here, SAW’s trusty summer intern. My first project here has been to help alphabetize and catalog the library. As you can see, the shelves are now lovely and organized. But wait, there’s more! Soon you will be able to browse our library from anywhere in the world … Continue reading
Krissy Wilson is up to it again Click here for the FB event or just come: http://www.facebook.com/events/282375041857028/ Her latest project is finding odd google-transcriptions of audio on youtube. She’ll be at SAW May 11 talking about these, showing them and doing a live hunt of some of these digital foraging … Continue reading
“Corman produces an exceptional portrayal, deserving of much laudatory praise and acclaim, of immigrant and Jewish life on par with the works of Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.” —SFSite.com “Corman has an ear for dialogue and a loose, curvilinear brush-line that makes reading her work a pleasure.” —The Boston … Continue reading
We are celebrating Leela Corman and her new book, Unterzakhn this Friday from 7-10 pm at SAW. Come to SAW (18 SE 5th Ave at Main Street behind the CMC and Citizen’s Co-Op) from 7-10 for a chance to see this brand new book and see a small retrospective of … Continue reading