We are back! The Comics Workbook Daily News resumes today. We have fresh ideas to launch in the new year and a few tricks up a few sleeves – but for the moment, while the team is still on its way back home and the last days of 2016 tick away…we have just a few comics and stories to share and many good wishes to send out to you all.
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To kick things off, a very relevant comic from Kyle Baker on The Village Voice (above).
And another comic by Kyle that I somehow missed can found on The Village Voice – HERE.
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Also on The Village Voice this week, Gilbert Hernandez has a new 4 page story…!! Page one below – the rest is HERE.
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Keith Knight has a review of Rogue One that I can happily get behind – a little spoilery – so if you haven’t seen the flick skip this one:
Keith also has a holiday-themed comic on The Nib, which offers some alt-right gift ideas… – HERE.
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While the team was resting this piece (above) by Cory Thomas was published on Fusion – The Weirdness of Being Black in White Spaces After the Election. Check out the whole thing HERE.
Cory Thomas is an Atlanta-based cartoonist who publishes the webcomic Watch Your Head HERE.
(Also check out the full Graphic Culture series at Fusion – plenty more political-themed comics to stir your blood…)
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Paste has all 20 pages of Ronald Wimberly‘s story in the Attack on Titan Anthology – HERE.
“…it’s an intriguing change of pace for cartoonists like Ronald Wimberly, who contributes the 20-page chapter “Bahamut.” Known for his rhythmic, hyper-stylized works like The Prince of Cats and GratNin, Wimberly takes a trip from his usual setting of Brooklyn to AoT’s turn-of-the-century Germanic landscape for a dark, hilarious take on the fiction.” – via Paste
(If you choose to cruise around Paste for a minute after reading Ron’s story, there is a pretty decent “best of” list for comics HERE.)
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The Winter semester of the Santoro Correspondence Course for Comic Book Makers started today, which means a new crew of talented artists are beginning what is often a transformative journey. If you missed out on getting a spot on the course this time round, keep an eye out for the Spring semester announcement in a few months, and meanwhile get yourself a copy of thee Santoro School Handbook – HERE.
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The Suzy and Cecil strips did NOT take a holiday break – in fact Gabriella Tito and I (Sally Ingraham) let the seasonal cheer creep into our stories – here’s a taste:
There are more holiday strips HERE. Daily updates are HERE – and will resume as a regular part of the Daily News tomorrow!
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Hang in there as we ride the rest of this year out – and thanks for making Comics Workbook part of your life in 2016! Cheers – thee Comics Workbook Daily News Team