UBC Comics Online

Comics by my students in the UBC Dept of Creative Writing.* Most have never made comics before + every term I get to watch them fall in love with the form + create great stories. We study craft, theory + history, and read as many comics as possible. We discuss storyline, layout, flow + composition; we create thumbnails, pencils + finished art; and we give each other support + critique. Click on images for slideshow; open in new tab for larger image. * Please do not share without attribution.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Umbrella Underground by David Geary

Draw - erase - cut - paste - think - ink - blot - white out - white space - negative space - Scott McCloud - is God...ish - confusion - madness - draw - erase - cut - paste - closure - 3 point perspective - NO PERSPECTIVE - blobs - globs - blurs - slurs - I love it! I loved it so much that I did the course twice. Many thanks to Sarah and my generous/patient classmates for their feedback and funtimes. My comic UMBRELLA UNDERGROUND was in part inspired by Michael Yahulanaas amazing RED: A HAIDA MANGA. On a much smaller scale, I've tried to make a graphic story that can be read as 4 separate pages but also have the pages ripped out and assembled into one larger piece.

Claire by Kim Sparks

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Zac Hug

Zac Hug is a writer in Los Angeles. Scripted work has been seen in shorts and web series online and includes These People and All Kinds of Time, and he was a staff writer on Lifetime TV's Drop Dead Diva. His non-fiction piece "Whatever It Is" was published in Event Magazine in 2014, and he spends most of his time writing about cats and nonsense on his blog, SoThat's a Thing.