Posts Tagged as ‘newspapers’

January 12, 2009

Crow and Scarecrow

Today I felt like drawing something like a comic strip, for once.  You know, unlike my usual random, non-formulaic drawings, this actually has a formula and other conventions of typical comics.  I just felt like trying it out.
It has a very standard formula, too.  It works as follows:
A= Left Character (the Scarecrow), B= Right Character [...]

October 6, 2008

Rant: The Downfall of Modern Journalism?

Today’s rant is brought to by ice cream.  It’s delicious, and it makes you fat.
I’m into the news.  I’ve watched it/read it/listened to it every day of my whole life.  I blame my parents for this.  Every morning as a child, right after I woke up, I would drag myself into the den where my [...]

August 12, 2008

Sam Rants: How My Childhood Missed-Out on “Opus”

As a child, I read the Sunday comics page of The Birmingham News religiously.  At the time, The Far Side was still going (on its death-bed, but still going) as was Calvin & Hobbes and Peanuts, three of the biggest inspirations on my own comics (and my life).  With every visit to the book store, [...]

July 28, 2008

Why webcomics frustrate the hell out of me

For the longest time, I have had a biting frustration with the art form we call “webcomics”.  They’re a funny art form, but not always intentionally funny.  I’m not sure if you know this about me yet, but I love webcomics, and comic strips in general.
At one time, the comics pages in newspapers featured page-long [...]