Thursday, June 28, 2007
Appreciating Comics panel at the library.
The Appreciating Comics panel was a huge success. Big crowd. Great questions. Fun. Informative. All that. The moderator was Douglas Wolk, and the panelists were Colleen Coover, Dylan Meconis, Scott McCloud, Jenn Manley Lee, and Gail Simone.
Big scramble for seats. It was standing room only, and they wound up turning a lot of people away.
Sara Ryan reads the winning door prize number.
Scott mixin' it up, Arsenio-style.
Gail Simone explains all.
Douglas, Colleen and Dylan
Big laffs all around.
Douglas takes another question. Colleen doesn't think he should.
Dylan got a page and a half of Family Man inked between questions.
Gail clarifies something. Scott's thoughtful. Jenn's looking at you out of the corner of her eye, so don't try sneaking up.
Douglas said something alarming, but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was.
Jamie Rich, like those around him, pausing to reflect on just what all of this really means.
At dinner, Shannon Wheeler calmly explains that single panel cartoons shouldn't be arbitrarily excluded from any definition of the medium...
...but Scott is having too good a time to revisit that one.
Jen and Vera go straight to the index of Douglas' new book.
Douglas Wolk is talking about your comic.
Big scramble for seats. It was standing room only, and they wound up turning a lot of people away.
Sara Ryan reads the winning door prize number.
Scott mixin' it up, Arsenio-style.
Gail Simone explains all.
Douglas, Colleen and Dylan
Big laffs all around.
Douglas takes another question. Colleen doesn't think he should.
Dylan got a page and a half of Family Man inked between questions.
Gail clarifies something. Scott's thoughtful. Jenn's looking at you out of the corner of her eye, so don't try sneaking up.
Douglas said something alarming, but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was.
Jamie Rich, like those around him, pausing to reflect on just what all of this really means.
At dinner, Shannon Wheeler calmly explains that single panel cartoons shouldn't be arbitrarily excluded from any definition of the medium...
...but Scott is having too good a time to revisit that one.
Jen and Vera go straight to the index of Douglas' new book.
Douglas Wolk is talking about your comic.
Labels: Colleen Coover, Douglas Wolk, Dylan Meconis, Gail Simone, Jenn Manley Lee, library, Sara Ryan, Scott McCloud
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
APPRECIATING COMICS at Central Library.
Appreciating Comics: A Panel Discussion
art by Jenn Manley Lee
Wednesday, June 27, 6–7:30 p.m.- Central Library, U.S. Bank Room
- 801 S.W. 10th Ave.
- 503.988.5234
Join Scott McCloud, author of Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels, and a panel of Oregon cartoonists for a lively, wide-ranging conversation focused on what can be done in comics that can't be done anywhere else.
- Panelists:
- Colleen Coover, artist of Banana Sunday
- Dylan Meconis, creator of Family Man
- Jenn Manley Lee, creator of Dicebox
- Gail Simone, author of Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds
Douglas Wolk, author of Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, moderates the discussion.
Appreciating Comics is made possible by The Library Foundation and presented in conjunction with the Graphic Novel Intensive at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Space at programs is limited. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Labels: Colleen Coover, Dylan Meconis, library
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Not much. Yourself?
Looks like the news about the Whiteout movie has gone public:
There are a lot of blogs and message boards talking about it. I think my favorite is this one: "British lass Kate Beckinsale is currently in negotiations to star in the Alaska thriller “Whiteout”, based on a graphic novel (i.e. comic book). Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber and drawn by Gerg Rucka." You go, Gerg!
To answer the question I've received in email a couple dozen times this morning, I'm just plain excited. This is a window on a new world for me, and I really hope that comics retailers and booksellers can use this to build a new audience for the Whiteout books and for Greg's wonderful Queen and Country collections. That said, my #1 goal today is the same as it was yesterday: sit my ass down and get some work done. These things don't draw themselves.
Jesse Hamm teaches the craft at his livejournal.
In the unsure world of moving comics to the screen, Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber’s Whiteout appears to have taken a large and definitive one, as Production Weekly has confirmed rumors that Kate Beckinsale will play US Marshal Carrie Stetko in the film version of the story, with Dominic (Gone in 60 Seconds) Sena directing.More at Newsarama
Filming is slated to begin the first week in March in Montreal (presumably on sets) and Manitoba (presumably exteriors). Erich and Jon Hoeber wrote the screenplay adaptation of the story. For those unfamiliar with it, the comic, Rucka’s first major foray into comics, followed Stetko as she must solve the first murder on the Antarctic ice. Stetko is in a race against time to find and apprehend the killer before he leaves for the winter, or be trapped with him for six months.
There are a lot of blogs and message boards talking about it. I think my favorite is this one: "British lass Kate Beckinsale is currently in negotiations to star in the Alaska thriller “Whiteout”, based on a graphic novel (i.e. comic book). Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber and drawn by Gerg Rucka." You go, Gerg!
To answer the question I've received in email a couple dozen times this morning, I'm just plain excited. This is a window on a new world for me, and I really hope that comics retailers and booksellers can use this to build a new audience for the Whiteout books and for Greg's wonderful Queen and Country collections. That said, my #1 goal today is the same as it was yesterday: sit my ass down and get some work done. These things don't draw themselves.
Castle Waiting has its roots in classic fairy tales (Sleeping Beauty shapes the beginning of the story) but the completely original cast of characters drives this book into new and very creative territory. You get bearded nuns, a horse knight, poltersprites, a green baby, an Opinicus, and plenty of other odd and amusing characters, but it’s the depth and complexity of the main characters that is so appealing.Linda Medley's Castle Waiting reviewed at Newsarama on the heels of being named one of the American Library Association’s 2007 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
"I think the rest of the country really doesn't know where Oregon is, they don't know what Portland is. They've got this vague idea and if you ask them to put it on the map, they don't even know Oregon's at the coast."Kristian Williams interviews Jeff Parker
"Cartooning isn't about drawing well, it's about telling a story. We all tell stories (such as anecdotes about things that happened to us, or to people we know); this lesson is about learning to do that with pictures, even the simplest pictures. Later we'll learn drawing techniques, which will help our stories look better, but we'll begin with the more important task of learning to tell stories. A well-told story will hold the reader's attention even if the art isn't great. None of the instruction below requires any special drawing skill to implement."
Jesse Hamm teaches the craft at his livejournal.
Labels: Jeff Parker, Jesse Hamm, library, Linda Medley, whiteout movie
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The New Edition
Nostalgia for vanished integrity time! Oni's just announced that there'll be a new edition of WHITEOUT. This might be the new cover.
Speaking of vanished, looks like Speedball's gone forever. Paul Jenkins responds to intense fan reaction here.
Equally intense but less beligerent: more response to Parker's all-Modok issue of Marvel Adventures- The Avengers:
Comix Experience | Comic Book Resources
And this just in: big congrats to Colleen Coover and Paul "Root Nibot" Tobin for making the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list at the American Library Association!
Speaking of vanished, looks like Speedball's gone forever. Paul Jenkins responds to intense fan reaction here.
Equally intense but less beligerent: more response to Parker's all-Modok issue of Marvel Adventures- The Avengers:
Comix Experience | Comic Book Resources
And this just in: big congrats to Colleen Coover and Paul "Root Nibot" Tobin for making the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list at the American Library Association!
Labels: Colleen Coover, Jeff Parker, library, Marvel Adventures, Speedball, Steve Lieber, whiteout movie
