Comic are an artform that is misunderstood at best. I try to give some insights in the art behind comics in my articles.
How I highlighted four characteristics of the medium. BACKGROUND StripGlossy is a Dutch magazine (a glossy, actually) completely devoted to … comics! One of the categories is the so-called ‘strip-battle’ (strip is the Dutch word for comic) in which three young (uhum) comic book artists compete against each other. Last year, I was asked to …
Hoe ik vier kenmerken van het medium belichte in de Stripbattle *this article is in Dutch, an English version can be read here! ACHTERGROND De Stripglossy is een Nederlands magazine (een glossy eigenlijk) helemaal gewijd aan… strips! Een van de rubrieken is de zogenaamde ‘strip-battle’ waarin drie jonge (kuch) stripmakers het tegen elkaar opnemen. Vorig …
Ah, the Holidays are comic…err, coming! This month a very tiny and short zen-like comic about the value of family and taking it slow. This is December’s monthly digest. (if you missed out on last month, go here) SNOW Sometimes I get caught up in drawing a little too much. I forget to take a …
Hello there! Winter is slowly closing in, so what better to do then light a few candles, put the kettle on and in the meantime, READ SOME COMICS! It was a bit of a slow month due to non comicsperiment related drawing, but here it is anyway: the monthly digest of this month, November! (if …
I thought it would be nice to summarize the entire For No One Project into a little video. Here’s a video of me explaining how to make a song into a comic: When I started calling myself ‘comicsperimenter’ this is really what I had in mind. Seeing how far I could push the envelope in …
Hello there! I hope you’ve got your favorite record on, cause this month was MUSIC MONTH over at comicsperimenter headquarters. That means comics about music and music-inspired comics. With a very special Beatles Comicsperiment to kick things of. Here we are with the monthly digest of this month, October! (if you missed out on last …
I hope you have a nice cup of coffee or tea (or something more spicy, depending on the time of day you decided to read this) at hand. And that you are ready for some COMICS! Because here I am with the monthly digest of this month: September! Here is this month’s rundown of comicerimenter …
*UPDATE: We’re currently a little over 200 votes which is amazing. I’ll keep you posted right here! Today marks the first day of the comicsperimenter campaign. Before October 15th I’ll be trying to gather 900 votes! (yikes) And I thought of a very special way to reward everyone who votes for me Each. And. Every. …
Art of the word balloon – part III This is part three of my little series about wordballoons in comics. In my previous chapters I already stated that: • Word balloons originated as a kind of ‘necessary evil’ but turned into an crucial element of comics (read part one, right here) • Dialogue in comics …
Art of the wordballoon – part II DIALOGUE AND TIMING IN COMICS In Art of the word balloon – part one, I spoke about the importance of word balloons and what you as a reader can demand from them. Today I want to talk about the shift word balloons made from a ‘desperation device’ to …