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  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 010: Getting Organized

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 010: Getting Organized The new year is upon us, and it’s a great time to start some new organizational habits. Drawing comics poses special challenges to…

    Carousel 010: Getting Organized
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 067: Words

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 067: Words Polonius: “What do you read, my lord?” Hamlet: “Words, words, words.” That was in Act 2, Scene 2; Shakespeare wrote those…

    Maggie’s World 067: Words
  • Katie Cook

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 060: How to Draw a Fall Weather Friend

    EVERYBODY NEEDS A LITTLE FALL WEATHER FRIEND! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 060: How to Draw a Fall Weather Friend Written by Published Updated

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 060: How to Draw a Fall Weather Friend
  • Marc Bernardin

    Devourer of Words 59: Finding the Voice

    MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 59: Finding the Voice Unless you’re a novelist, who gets to write purely for yourself, it is likely that at some point…

    Devourer of Words 59: Finding the Voice
  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 009: The Context of Fantasy

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 009: The Context of Fantasy Today’s bookstore shelves are packed with volumes about how to draw fantasy subjects—superheroes, dragons, fairies, aliens, robots, elves. The focus in…

    Carousel 009: The Context of Fantasy
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 066: Classics

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 066: Classics Did you ever read Stephen Becker’s Comic Art in America? It was a sample-packed volume that introduced readers in 1959 to the…

    Maggie’s World 066: Classics