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Maggie’s World 088: Who Knew
MAGGIES WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 088: Who Knew Reading through Walt Kelly’s “Albert and Pogo” stories for Dell’s Animal Comics recently, I stumbled over one in #19 (February 1946) in…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 077: How to Draw 2020!
KATIE COOK LOOKS BACK FONDLY AT 2020 You Can Draw with Katie Cook 077: How to Draw 2020! Written by Published Updated
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Carousel 029: Composition
CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 029: Composition Aspiring comic book artists are often admonished to work on their perspective, their anatomy, and their storytelling, but I don’t often hear “composition”…
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Maggie’s World 087: A Robot Century
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 087: A Robot Century When the play R.U.R. by Karl Čapek had its premiere on January 25, 1921, Rossum’s Universal Robots introduced the word “robot”…
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Carousel 028: Timing Your Efforts
CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 028: Timing Your Efforts I once read a book on drawing in which the author described, in detail, how to draw highly realistic figures. I…
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Maggie’s World 086: Maggie Anecdotage
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 086: Maggie Anecdotage Now and then, I’ve been known to launch into a “that reminds me” anecdote—and people have occasionally responded with a…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 076: How to Draw a Spooky Friend!
OOOOOO …. SPOOKY! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 076: How to Draw a Spooky Friend! Written by Published Updated
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Maggie’s World 085: Vacuous Villainy
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 085: Vacuous Villainy The 37th Maggie’s World focused on evildoers and their motivations and challenges. The motivations were summarized as: Hunger. Control. Insanity. Vengeance. Occupation. Plot…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 075: How to Draw Sushi!
I’LL DRAW IT, BUT I AIN’T GONNA EAT IT! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 075: How to Draw Sushi! Written by Published Updated
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Carousel 026: Figure-Ground
CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 026: Figure-Ground One of the challenges of drawing comics is that you have to make figures appear to be separate from the environments behind them.…
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Maggie’s World 084: Manners
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 084: Manners As folks mull good behavior—and possible lack thereof—in today’s society, it’s interesting to consider the history of comics “manners.” Those who…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 074: Going to the Beach!
BEACH DAY! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 074: Going to the Beach! Written by Published Updated