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Sequential Erudition at Hooded Utilitarian
I’m editing a (hopefully) monthly column at The Hooded Utilitarian, called “Sequential Erudition.” The idea is to reprint academic comics studies work to try to bridge some of the gap between those works and the more popular type of criticism seem online. Andrei Molotiu kindly agreed to be the first contributor with his article on [...]
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6th Blogiversary
Yesterday was the 6th blogiversary of Madinkbeard the blog. As in recent past years (read last year’s), here’s a rundown of stuff from the past year: On Phoenix 6: Nostalgia: “Nostalgia” starts out weird and crazy and ends up weird and cartoonishly absurd (yes, I do feel guilty using “cartoonish” in such a negative context). [...]
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5 Hour Recipe Comic
Today is 24 Hour Comic Day. I am not that ambitious, but I wanted to do something. So, I made an 8 page comic in 5 hours. It’s my first “comics recipe” about making miso soup (which I did last weekend for another project that will soon see light of day). Read: “Making Miso Soup” [...]
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5th Blogiversary
Today is the 5th anniversary of this blog. My first post was deleted awhile back, but you can see the very brief archives remaining for my first month of blogging in April of 2004. I’m going to repeat what I did for last year’s anniversary, by offering selections from the past year’s posts (in chronological [...]
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Art Show in Second Life
Besides presenting today in Second Life I also put up an art show and talked about the work. Here are some screenshots I took. The avatar in the tuxedo is me. More shots here. For those who may wonder (one person did), the page in the middle of that last picture is a page that [...]
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4th Blogiversary
Today, after what seems like months of build up, is Primary day in Pennsylvania. It’s also my 4th blogiversary. Here are a few bits and pieces from the past year that might entice you to visit the archives: On American Elf: “Comics is often spoken of as an art of subtraction or omission. What is [...]
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My First Magazine Cover
Now official released to a ton of librarians my cover to the December 2007 issue of College & Research Libraries News. I was given the theme of Philadelphia because our January association meeting is here. Naturally I took a comic like layout. I also used a constraint for organizing the panels by Library of Congress [...]
