The graphic medicine class with the Dartmouth Medical students is turning into a really fun event. The students, and the teachers, are getting into the swing of creating comics - its very impressive! The class is even planning an Anthology. I can't even wrap my head around that right now - all I...
Visiting Artist this week was editorial cartoonist Ken Fisher who draws cartoons under the name Ruben Bolling. His recent popular comics are "Donald and John" a (Trump) spoof of Calvin and Hobbes and Tom the Dancing Bug. He was very funny and teamed up with our fearless leader, Luke Howard, to "act...
Lots of classes and note-taking last week! The second session of the Dartmouth Medical School - Graphic Medicine class was very entertaining! We did a group prompt where each group was given a slip of paper with a description... ours was "Dorothy, Tinman, Scarecrow, and the Lion playing strip poker." We then had...
Our Visiting Artist this week was Nick Drnaso. As you can see... ... my sketch notes are not up to my usual standards. (blush) I was multi-tasking, working on another project. Actually, I suck at multi-tasking. So I asked Kurt Shaffert if I could borrow his notes to share with you (he said "yes"...
Our Visiting Artist this week was writer, artist, and anthropologist - Dana Walrath. The first half of her presentation was about how she came to comics from her science background. After burning out in academia, she created an incredible mixed-media comic book about Dementia. Based on her experiences and stories while caring for her mother...
We had the chance to meet with Chris Duffy during Senior Studio this morning. He told us about his experiences as an editor at Nickelodeon Magazine and then SpongeBob Comics. It was fascinating to hear a different perspective and what it is like to work with cartoonists. He showed us lots of cover art for...
