I finished reading Scott McCloud’s book Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s been years since I read comics (mostly Superman and Pogo and such), but now I think I may pick it up again. The most riveting parts of the book for me were the bits on closure — how our minds fill in the space between panels. I suppose I’m primarily interested in comics from two angles: first, as a storytelling medium (and that’s why closure makes me so excited), and second, as a design/communication tool. They’re quite related, of course. Anyway, I’ll be experimenting. And practicing my drawing skills, since they’re, um, in need of some serious help. :)
In the meantime, here are some comic-ish doodles, with no real point to them:
The font is DigitalStrip from Blambot.com, and I did everything in Illustrator.
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