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Gutter Space #20: Holiday Bullshit
Gutter Space #20 by Leslie Salas Comics in the Real World: Funny Pages as a part of Holiday Bullshit by Cards Against Humanity This Christmas, my brother did something awesome and—without telling me—signed me up to receive 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit, as presented by Cards Against Humanity. Imagine my surprise (and confusion) when I… Continue reading
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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
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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
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Gutter Space #15: When Worlds Collide: Bone, by Jeff Smith
Gutter Space #15 by Leslie Salas When Worlds Collide: Bone, by Jeff Smith To springboard off my post last week about how differences in art styles can affect the reader’s ability to perceive differences between characters, I’d like to take some time to discuss the differences between the way characters are drawn based on where they are from. One of… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #14: Portrayal of Perception: Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli
Gutter Space #14 by Leslie Salas Portrayal of Perception: Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli It’s hard for me to play favorites when it comes to graphic novels, but the one book I just cannot stop raving about is David Mazzuchelli’s Asterios Polyp. It’s the first book in several years that made me genuinely upset me… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #12: Trauma and Watercolors
Gutter Space #12 by Leslie Salas Trauma and Watercolors: Stitches, by David Small Many of us have our own ways of dealing with stress and trauma. Some of us paint, write, sing, play an instrument. Others may run, play a sport, go to the gym. And some turn to cigarettes, booze, brothels. For David Small,… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #11: Imagination as a Coping Mechanism in Comics Essays
Gutter Space #11 by Leslie Salas Imagination as a Coping Mechanism in Comics Essays Perhaps many of you have heard of an Internet entity known as The Oatmeal, a man (Matthew Inman) who writes funny webcomics, draws posters everyone wants on their cubicle walls, and even fundraised enough money to save Nikola Tesla’s lab and… Continue reading
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