Thunder Punch Daily 115 – Failure IS an Option!

Today I share some thoughts on how a technical goof-up during a workshop made it one of the most pleasurable experiences I’ve had teaching in a long time, and how mistakes can inspire your comics work. [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click or Control-click to Download Supreme RSS Feed [/private]

Art & Story 173 – The Big Advocacy

[private]This week it’s an off-the-cuff but spirited discussion on the lack of funding for arts education and arts initiatives and what we can do about it! Sans Kevin, we do our best to address the problem of the public’s perception of art (and especially comics). Is it really enough to, as some artists say, “Just [...]

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Thunder Punch Daily 100 – Ignite

It’s a wombo-sized episode of TPD today as I share my experiences in developing, practicing, and finally presenting my Ignite Ann Arbor and Ignite Chelsea talks! Thank you for making 100 episodes of Thunder Punch Daily possible, everybody! You can listen to the talks on my YouTube channel. Ann Arbor: Comics Are Great! Chelsea: The 21st [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 77 – Thoughts on Video

In today’s episode I share some of the interesting things we plan to do with video for Kids Read Comics 2011 and extend those thoughts out to wonder about ways to incorporate interactive video in order to share expertise, skills, and strategies for everything we indie creators do. Follow Jerzy on Twitter! Discuss this in [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 63 – Community Spirit

After recording the latest Art & Story Alive! I’m filled with a sense of goodwill and optimism about the community that is forming around the Art & Story content. I share a few thoughts as to why that is and try to differentiate between advantages between big and more cozy communities. Follow Jerzy on Twitter! [...]

Art & Story 137 – The Big KRC Report II

[private] In part two of our Kids Read Comics 2010 wrap up, we reflect a bit on the event and our experiences there. We follow this up with the recording we did at KRC on Sunday, June 13, 2010. For the first time ever, all of the Art & Story hosts were in the same [...]

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Art & Story 136 – The Big KRC Report I

[private] During the weekend of Kids Read Comics 2010, Jerzy recorded a handful of AudioBoo mini-casts with Mark, Kevin, and a bunch of the great guests who came from all over the world to be a part of the event. We’ve collected these mini-casts into this special extra episode of Art & Story, so you [...]

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Thunder Punch Daily 13 – My Speech on “Pro-Tips”

Today I share some thoughts on why I’m generally not a big fan of “Pro-Tips” and how I think Absolutism and Relativism can be reconciled if you think like a compassionate human being. Believe it or not, I think this has a lot to do with cartooning, especially teaching cartooning. Follow Jerzy on Twitter! Discuss [...]

Art & Story 116 – The Big UP! Fair

[private]We’re joined by Kevin Cross and Sara Turner to formally announce the first annual UP! Fair to be held in Lexington, Kentucky this November 19-20! We spend an hour or so discussing our vision for the event, the philosophy behind it, and how you can get involved. If you are an independent cartoonist, we think [...]

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Art & Story 110 – The Big Book Fair

[private]Comics are not what comic book conventions say they are. -Dan Mishkin On the weekend of November 13-15 I tabled and led workshops at the Miami Book Fair, as a road crew member of Kids’ Comic Con. As some of you may have already heard on an episode of Art & Story Extreme, I had [...]

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