I’d been kicking around an idea for a jam comic based on the game of tic tac toe. Recently I invited Tom Hart to meet up with me at a café before class at SVA and give it a try.
Check out examples of my students’ constraint-based comics
I’d like to share a sampling of amusing and occasionally astounding work done by students of mine using constraints.
Unhappy Catalog Living
Though hard to explain to visitors, their dedication to minimalism precluded ablutions and eliminations, so the bath was moved to the basement. (photo and caption from Unhappy Hipsters; Photo: Uncredited; Dwell) There are now two blogs out there that add narrative captions to catalog or magazine photos. An early (1995) comic of mine did something […]
Covered by Charlie Orr
My pal and frequent collaborator Charlie Orr has been making a splash on the internet lately with his new blog The Hypothetical Library, where he designs covers for books by real authors that will never exist. This week he is also guest-blogging about book design over at the Best American Poetry blog. One of his […]
Video piece about me and Jessica at the Huntington Museum of Art
We had a great long weekend down in West Virginia as guests of the Walter Gropius Master Artists series. We taught an intensive workshop and gave gallery talks at the very impressive show they put together of our work to accompany the LitGraphic show.
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I was sorting through my flat file and came across this mostly-inked page from a short project I set aside a few years ago. There’s an oubapian constraint which is pretty obvious I think. More about it after the jump.
Small Haul, Long Post
Back from Strip Turnhout and Paris. Not a lot of room for books (too many diapers in the suitcases) but I thought I’d share with you what I picked up in Belgium and Paris. I wish I had more time to browse the artists’ and publishers’ tables at Strip Turnhout, in the end I got […]
Belles Etrangères wrap-up
As you may know I recently went to France for two weeks as a visiting author for the Centre National du Livre’s annual Belles Etrangères festival. I would love to do a detailed travelogue about the whole experience but I don’t see having the time in the near future. In short, it was a great […]
Nov. 8-21: touring France with Belles Etrangères
For the next two weeks, I’ll be touring France with 11 other American authors as part of the Centre National du Livre’s annual Belles Etrangères festival. A film crew came to my house over the summer and shot a bunch of footage for an hour-long documentary which will be screened in Paris on Monday night. […]
Setting up a new comic project
I’m in the planning stages of a new comic. I’m trying to set it up so that I can make it as portable as possible.