In Tad Williams’ The War of the Flowers, protagonist Theo Vilmos is the singer for a modern day rock band. After discovering his uncle’s book, he is transported to a world inhabited by fairies, trolls, and other mystical creatures. Understandably, Theo is disoriented, but at the same time he’s awed by the fantastic [...]

In claiming that the graphic form (especially in sequence) is structured as a language, it might help to parse out how to make the analogy reasonably. It's not as if no one has ever noted the similarities between the forms — in fact, it's fairly common. However, mistakes are often made in my opinion. First, I assume that there is "Equivalence" between the different modalities, which can be

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“I don’t know.” That was the answer I received when I asked my eye doctor what was causing my continued vision erosion.  That was Monday. Now, let me back up a few days. 

Pear-Pear now features RSS feed subscription. Just click the handy icon at the bottom of the page. This comes none too soon, as the school year will shortly be upon me, and updates will return to a much more sporadic schedule. I know I quickly lose interest in a site that doesn't update frequently, so hopefully we can hang on to some readers through the bitter winter months via subscriptions.

 

It looks like Kris Straub, Brad Guigar, and Scott Kurtz have responded to the powderked touched off by Mr. Kurtz’s blog posts about critics. Webcomics Weekly #44 - Everyone’s a Critic A couple of key quotes: Scott Kurtz: “I appreciate & read the works of critics.” Kris Straub: “There’s inconsistency and difficulty in listening to unsolicited critiques.” Scott Kurtz: “I [...]

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Since it hit 100 members and it's still getting bigger, I uploaded a little celebratory sketch to the Templar Facebook group. Go take a look!

So, speaking of Star Wars: About a year and a half, maybe two years ago, I undertook a project. I undertook the project of giving the Star Wars prequels another chance. I'd seen Phantom Menace in the theater - taken by a friend of mine who'd waited in line in the Tucson summer as to purchase tickets for multiple showings on opening day, then was disappointed after seeing the film on its second showing, and disappointed further to find the midnight showing later that same day hosted almost empty rows of seats.

I've alluded to it before, but Dr. Whoosh really did get inserted into the Ghost Board at the last minute. If you don't remember the storyline, click here and read to the end of the arc. There's some pretty important stuff in there. 'Nuff said.

This Friday (August 22nd) at 10PM EST, the 7th episode of The Sequential Artists' Pub gathers cartoonists from all walks on Talkshoe.com to discuss the exciting subject of making comics and all topics therein. Open to ALL cartoonists, this espisode features special guest, Steve Hamaker: The creator of Fish N Chips and colorist of the acclaimed BONE graphic novel series by Jeff Smith.