My handwriting has been absolute crap for years, likely ruined by Catholic school penmanship “lessons”. Luckily for me, Blambot offers many fonts that can be used for free if the work is either non-profit or totally independent (ie not involving any of the big, mainstream comic publishers). They provide a nice choice of free fonts for dialogue, sound fx and design. The ones I chose to use for the dialogue is Digital Strip 2.0 BB and the logo is SundayComics BB. Thank you Blambot!
Blambot is excellent. My husband (shamus ofhttp://shamusyoung.com) uses blambot fonts for most of his strips. Oh and he too was much influenced by Maus. Also recommends Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics which is brilliant and which our comic/art loving 10 year old read as well and loves to discuss with us.
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McCloud is great. He really gets to the theory of comics in a way that makes a relative newbie like myself appreciate what a complex form it really is. And he does it all via comics. Super cool.
Oh, and Arp, I can relate to the Catholic school penmanship lessons–been there and survived to tell the tale. When's the next strip comng? Every Monday? Every other Monday? When inspiration strikes? Can't wait.
Every Monday, and once I get faster I'd like to move up to a couple of times a week. Then again, if I start another one (I have 3-4 other ideas) then maybe weekly will be it.
McCloud's way of explaining things is really something – he talks about the power of comics and the whole time you're reading him, that power is in action. If I could explain unschooling with comics half as well as him, I would be very happy.
Now a comics-style approach for a book about unschooling – or growing & learning without schooling – or even natural learning in the context of a society of compulsory schooling, what a fascinating idea.
That's the exact thought that sparked this site
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to explain unschooling/lifelearning/natural learning with comics? I'm hoping to have the material for that eventually through my work here. Next week is my attempt to channel McCloud and explain a little something as part of the current strip's story arc.