Today I gave my big first year project presentation to the psychology department. From what everyone has said, it went very well. Of course, the project itself is still underway, […]
I recently got Endnote for my computer, a program that manages citations and automatically generates bibliographies (a dream program for someone like me who writes a gazillion essays). I had […]
An excerpt from my drawn Comixpedia article along with some quotes from your’s truly appear in the new book Character Design for Graphic Novels, written by Steven Withrow and Alexander […]
Today’s xkcd makes great use of the recursive framing that I discussed in my latest Comixpedia article. I have no idea if Randall read the article, but I wouldn’t put […]
There’s a been a little hullabaloo lately about Jesse Hamm’s recent blog post on “Why Comic Book Writers Oughta Mind Their Own Business,” and the Mark Waid reply. Attitudes displayed […]
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m going to be speaking next week at the Popular Cultural Association National Conference here in Boston next week. If you’re interested in […]
I’ve recently been thinking quite a lot about how best to start testing my theories of visual language grammar. Since I’m in a psychology program, I’ve got to actually think […]
At long last, I have a new article up at Comixpedia called “Loopy Framing”! This one tackles the similarities between word balloons, thought bubbles, and panels, arguing that they are […]
I am not too proud to say it: First-year statistics is kicking my butt. And, occasionally, driving me insane. Seriously. Sometimes I dream in excel spreadsheets. So, for my spring […]