Clowes vs. Nadel, Kurt Ankeny with tool talk, Eleanor Davis on the road, Rob Kirby with comics reviews and a look at Stephanie Kubo’s -Turbulence-.
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Daniel Clowes and Dan Nadel in Conversation
Today we bring you a great conversation between Daniel Clowes and Dan Nadel from the Clowes spotlight from 2010’s Alternative Press Expo(APE). Of interest since it dovetails Clowes’ 2016 tour for the release of Patience. This video gives a lot of insight indirectly to Patience.
Filmed by Chris Anthony Diaz, you can watch the conversation here.
Comic book match ups, Burne Hogarth yelling, EC Horror comics, the disappointment in comics history, public vs. private characters, and life in the letters columns, it’s all there.
For more on Clowes, do check out Todd Hignite’s recent interview over at the Comics Journal. And if you like what read there, dig deeper, or simply revisit the 1992 Clowes interview conducted by Gary Groth and Peter Bagge.
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Black Callous Interviews
Deep process and technique interviews with comics makers by Kurt Ankeny will soon be gracing this here website. This is the kind of tool talk the craft junky is sure to get kick out of.
For a nice preview of the kind of conversations you can expect, have a look at Kurt’s recent post about watercolor comics. Read it here.
My technique for comics is quite simple. I lay-in flat shapes of color to define the objects in each panel. Then I draw lines over those shapes where I need to clarify (using the liquid watercolors in a dip pen). If I do it the other way (which, I admit, is less nerve-wracking) the washes of watercolor will tend to bleed any lines which either are a little too thick and therefore have a bit too much pigment on the surface, or that aren’t completely dry. Waiting a day or two before doing the washes ALMOST eliminates this problem, but not fully. I like crisp lines, so I do it the other way…
Stay tuned for more Black Callous updates.
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On the Road
Eleanor Davis has been documenting her recent bike tour via tweets and diary comics (shared on twitter). Interesting sutff. If you’re keen on learning more about the kind of loose, comics “journaling” you can do while travelling, be sure to give Davis’ work a look. It’s a gracefully flowing diary. A great way of honing in on notable thoughts from the day.
Wednesday pic.twitter.com/6TMeOxz4QE
— Eleanor Davis (@squinkyelo) March 18, 2016
Thursday pic.twitter.com/IvNzCQQg4D
— Eleanor Davis (@squinkyelo) March 20, 2016
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Review Round Up
Rob Kirby has put together a solid bunch of capsule reviews of some recent North American small press releases.
- Frontier #11: “BDSM” by Eleanor Davis
- Olive & Old Fat Men Turn Me On by Mama Lips
- Men’s Feelings vol. 2 by Ted May
- Excerpts by Carrie McNinch
- The Social Discipline Reader by Ian Sundahl
Read Kirby’s full round up here.
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Turbulence – Stephanie Kubo
Stephanie Kubo has set up a site for some forthcoming outer space comics. The first comic in the series is a little ditty titled Turbulence. Check it out for some vertical scroll goodness. Forms blend and swirl, as gravity tugs the narrative along full circle. You can read Turbulence here.
over and out,
Juan Fernandez