Lo and behold, I now have a new book out! My mentor, Ray Jackendoff, has a new book, A User’s Guide to Thought and Meaning, and it is chalk full of illustrations […]
The recent compilation, The Art of Comics edited by Aaron Meskin and Royt Cook contains several new articles on a “Philosophical Approach” to comic theory. This book tackles many interesting […]
So, after 12 years of research and 6 years of grad school, I’m proud to say that I successfully defended my dissertation yesterday and now have a PhD in Psychology […]
For anyone in the Boston area and interested in hearing about comics and the brain, I’m defending my dissertation on Monday, and it’s open to the public. I’ll be speaking […]
I have a new paper available online (pdf), and I’m proud to say that this is my first brainwave study on comics. In this paper, now published by Cognitive Psychology, we argue […]
Here’s a few links I’ve been meaning to post… First, head over to my friend Helena’s website. She’s an amazing artist, so go check out her paintings! Second, if you […]
It’s not exactly a new article, but I realized that my article “Un-Defining ‘Comics’” from the International Journal of Comic Art way back in 2005 was not downloadable from my site. […]
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to blog as much as I’d like these days, and the coming months are likely to be a little quiet around here. I’m hoping to have […]
I’ve posted a few studies that have looked at how people’s eyes move across comic pages (here and here), and I recently found another. This short study looked at when […]
Craig Fischer has a nice article over at The Comics Journal about how panels focus attention, particularly focusing on the work of Jack Kirby. He nicely keys in on several […]