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December 18, 2013

Gutter Space #19: The Art of Adaptation

Gutter Space #19 by Leslie Salas The Art of Adaptation: Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, adapted by Peter Kuper A topic which I was shocked to realize I hadn’t yet covered in Gutter Space is the art of adaptation of prose into works of sequential art. I’ve done a great deal of research on adaptations in general… Continue reading

Art, Comic Books, Gutter Space

Adaptations, cartooning, Franz Kafka, graphic novels, gutter space, leslie salas, Peter Kuper, Sequential art, The Metamorphosis
December 4, 2013

Gutter Space # 18: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, by Zach Weiner

Gutter Space # 18 by Leslie Salas Utilizing Humor to Teach: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, by Zach Weiner I’m a big fan of comics that like to teach random facts in unconventional and humorous ways. Comics like xkcd fit this bill, but so does Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a daily webcomic by Zach Weiner. While… Continue reading

Gutter Space

cartooning, gutter space, Humor, leslie salas, openmindedness, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Sequential art, serious, SMBC, teaching, unexpected, webcomic, Zach Weiner
November 27, 2013

Gutter Space #17: Metacomic Case Study (Cyanide & Happiness)

Gutter Space #17 by Leslie Salas Metacomic Case Study: Cyanide & Happiness, by Rob DenBleyker It’s been much too long since I’ve written a review about a webcomic, so just in time for Thanksgiving let’s put our lives into perspective with Cyanide & Happiness’ “Depressing Comic Week” comic 3373. For those of you who may be… Continue reading

Gutter Space

cartooning, gutter space, insignificance, leslie salas, meta, models, pixels, Rob DenBleyker, scale, Sequential art, webcomic
November 20, 2013

Gutter Space #16: Cartooning through Delicate Subject Matters (Marbles, by Ellen Forney)

Gutter Space #16 by Leslie Salas Cartooning through Delicate Subject Matters: Marbles, by Ellen Forney Part of what makes cartooning such a powerful medium of expression is the ability to tweak one’s words and pictures to express tonality and nuance in a way that words and pictures alone cannot. This is most clearly illustrated when… Continue reading

Comic Books, Gutter Space

bipolar, cartooning, Ellen Forney, Graphic Novel, gutter space, leslie salas, Marbles, Memoir, mental illness, Sequential art

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Gutter Space #19: The Art of Adaptation

Gutter Space # 18: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, by Zach Weiner

Gutter Space #17: Metacomic Case Study (Cyanide & Happiness)

Gutter Space #16: Cartooning through Delicate Subject Matters (Marbles, by Ellen Forney)

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