Thirteenth Assignment

This week we will have part 2 of our Skype conversations with comics professionals as Becky Cloonan is scheduled to Skype in, A great follow up for last week's excellent and inspiring conversation with Jordie Bellaire, Becky can talk with experience about penciling, comics illustration and writing for both mainline comics publishers as well as independents including self-publication. Becky has been nominated for an Eisner Award three times which pretty much speaks for itself in terms of how highly she is regarded in the comics community. I have put some examples of her comics work on the course resource page and you should read them before coming to class. Think about what questions you want to ask Becky.

After Becky's visit I will start the schedule of individual appointments to review your blogs and do the grade evaluation. This will be our last group meeting of the year. 

Thirteenth Assignment: Skype Appearance by Jordie Bellaire

This week we will have the first of two weeks in which we have guest speakers talking about the business of comics and the life of a comics professional. Our first guest will be Jordie Bellaire a recent graduate of Ringling (2010) whose rise to the status of rock-star colorist has been meteoric. Over the last four years she has colored nearly 300 comics culminating in her selection last week as a finalist for an Eisner award, the academy awards of the comics industry. You can get an idea of her work by reading her blog,

Jordie Colors Things on Tumblr at http://jordiecolorsthings.tumblr.com/

You should read this blog which will answer a lot of questions you might have and give you some insight into the workings of the comics business. Please bring your laptops to class this week and come prepared to ask Jordie questions. Next week we will have the second of our guest speakers, Becky Cloonan an artist and writer working for a range of american comics including work for Vertigo and Tokyopop. She was the first woman to draw the main Batman title. 

Twelfth Assignment: Research Publisher's Submission Requirements

This week you are asked to research the submission guidelines for a comics publisher in which you are interested. If you go to the Script Archives website using the link on this page, you can go to the part of the site that archives submissions from all publishers. Use that to go the publisher's website for the latest information. Or you can try to go directly to the publisher's website and look for the submission guidelines yourself. Write a blog post reporting on what you have learned about submitting work to that publisher. We will discuss submissions in class.