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ESCAPE: A one page sneak peek of my new book, Ex Libris

November 24, 2020 by matt 1 Comment

Here’s a little teaser for Ex Libris in the form of a single-page “comic-within-a-comic” followed by some notes about the circuitous route this comic took before ending up in my book

Filed Under: Blog, Comics Tagged With: art spiegelman, comics by Matt, condorito, dylan horrocks, emanata, hicksville, maus, metafiction, oubapo, plop, preview, wip

Notes from the Labyrinth, report #1: Jason Robinson’s One-Two Punch

September 6, 2018 by matt Leave a Comment

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Notes from the Labyrinth series I’ve been telling myself and my students that I’m going to write a blog post about the amazing work they’ve done and the rewarding conversations we’ve had in my last two Build Your Own Labyrinth constraint workshops but I find that there’s more than I could possibly cover in a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Teaching Tagged With: constraints, Notes from the Labyrinth, oubapo, oulipo, PAFA, process, student work, teaching, workshops

La Cigüeña: notes on a comic

January 22, 2018 by matt Leave a Comment

A behind-the-scenes look at my comic, La Cigüeña (2011).

Filed Under: Blog, Comics Tagged With: comics by Matt, comicsedu, español, oubapo, process

99 More Potential Exercises in Style

November 14, 2017 by matt 3 Comments

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What if I were to draw 99 more exercises in style? I’m not planning to, but here’s a list of potential (and in some cases improbable if not impossible) candidates for a hypothetical second batch.

Filed Under: 99X, Blog, Comics, Oubapo Tagged With: 99X, comics by Matt, constraints, Exercises in Style, oubapo, potential, Raymond Queneau, refrigeration

99 Ways to Read a Book

October 30, 2017 by matt Leave a Comment

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Check out my new interview about books and reading at The Reading Lists.

Filed Under: Blog, Comics, Creative Life, Writing Tagged With: blogs, books, interviews, literature, media, reading

The Ambient Influence of Art Exhibit Posters

September 27, 2017 by matt Leave a Comment

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One of the most gratifying things about the exhibit I had of my 20 Lines drawings a few years ago was the chance to have my very own art exhibit poster. Imagining it hanging on strangers’ walls inspired me to write this short essay on the role posters play in our lives.

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Life, Drawing

A Year in Philadelphia

September 8, 2017 by matt 5 Comments

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The new school year seems like a good moment to post about my new life here in the city of brotherly love.

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Life Tagged With: comics, MdA, PAFA, parenting, Philadelphia

Five Exercises in Style: a Student Video Project

June 20, 2016 by matt Leave a Comment

Five short videos from Spain inspired by my 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style.

Filed Under: 99X, Blog Tagged With: 99X, oubapo, oulipo, Raymond Queneau, student work, video

Jessica and I Talk about Our Lives and Work on Swedish TV

June 15, 2016 by matt Leave a Comment

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A professionally-produced video of me and Jessica being interviewed by Fredrik Strömberg during the Stockholm International Comics Festival

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Drawn Onward, interviews, Jessica Abel, oubapo, video

Teaching with Exercises in Style: a screencast lecture

June 2, 2016 by matt Leave a Comment

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A short and entertaining screencast of a talk I gave recently to show off some student work from a 4-day workshop based on the principle of “exercises in style.”

Filed Under: 99X, Blog, Teaching Tagged With: 99X, comicsedu, public speaking, teaching, workshops

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photo by Gert Jan Pos, 2013

photo by Gert Jan Pos, 2013

I'm a cartoonist and teacher best known for my book 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style (Penguin), a comics adaptation of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style. Thanks to that book I was made the U.S. Correspondent of Oubapo, Workshop for Potential Comics, and later a French knight in the Order of Arts and Letters.

From 2012 to 2016 I did an extended residency at La Maison des auteurs in Angoulême, France. Since the end of 2016 I've been living in Philadelphia where I'm working as a part-time cartoonist and full-time dad.

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ESCAPE: A one page sneak peek of my new book, Ex Libris

Here’s a little teaser for Ex Libris in the form of a single-page “comic-within-a-comic” followed by some notes about the circuitous route this comic took before ending up in my book

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