November 2011
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I'm so confused
People with the best intentions tell me I shouldn’t pigeon hole myself with comics and that instead I should do art/design. That’s nice and all. But then you look at the real world:
I’ve never wanted do art or design
I’ve done more or less serious comic work on and off for six years, the last three with increasing seriousness and commitment
It’s about as likely for...
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The head of the department of visual communication in NCAD basically told me I shouldn’t stay in NCAD because I won’t get to do anything that’s relevant to what I want to do in life.
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sixteen tons reads a comic: part 2
This time: A Flight of Angels! A flight of angels is a collection of short narratives around the mythology of angels written by many successful and apparently great writers and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. I bought this the moment I got the chance because angels are fucking sexy and the art is just stunning. Any excuse to look at angels half naked is good enough for me. And in the art department...
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sixteen tons reads a comic: part 1
Here we go: batman year one! I’m vaguely aware that Frank Miller made Sin City so I should have known better but this was recommended to me by a nice sales clerk so whatever. I learned a lot from reading this informative book! Apparently as long as you’re not a black man it’s okay to be a sexist jerk and full sentences are for losers. I’m sorry, should I have excused this...
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sixteen tons reads a comic
Despite being an aspiring comics creator, I haven’t read that many comics in my life. Silly me was wasting my time with Swedish feminist comics instead of Batman and what have you. Silly little girl, me! I deserve being sneered at in comic book shops for not knowing about superheroes. Where was I? Oh yes. This is the first time in my life that I’ve been able to afford to buy comics...
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This time of year
2008 or so, I think, me and Eleen started writing what would become 457 because I was frightened, tired and stuck in a dreadful job. Me and Eleen were kind of excited because we were the first in my group of connections that knew about the recession. Not in a happy way you understand, just excited for the big change we could sense. She’s always been better informed than me, so I was better...
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What a week!
So tomorrow is the first proper assessment in college and now we’ll all find out how well we’ve done or not done. I have to admit I’m nervous, because things are quite messy and it’s often unclear just what we’re supposed to do. It also means we have a day off, so I have a nice long weekend to look forward to. My side projects are kind of standing still now because...
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