Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Today I revisit some thoughts on writing, and a go-to technique I use to write stories for clients and for myself: starting with a takeaway, or finding the story’s “aboutness”. It’s a slippery topic, and I’d love to hear from
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Today I share some thoughts I’ve been kicking around about how tablet and mobile devices might be the key to reaching young people with our work. Throughout the discussion I mention a recent episode of the Spark podcast, the Corona
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Today I share some thoughts from the car as I wrestle with a comment reportedly made by a well-known comics personality on the “Manga Syndrome” and beginning artists who ape the style of others. I get a little angry in
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Today I fight through a cold to share some thoughts on how to start up a public comics event in your town. It can be done, if you organize and have a plan! Subscribe through iTunes RSS http://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd104.mp3Podcast: Play in
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Today I share some of the thought process I’ve been using in re-imagining characters from the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise. It turns out that re-designing other people’s characters can be a great way to develop and
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It’s a new show for the Art & Story Supreme Service–the Thunder Punch Special, where I will occasionally sit down with a guest for a longer discussion on topics I like to bring to TPD! This time I’m joined by
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Today I share a loose confederation of thoughts that I’ve been kicking around about the dangers of focusing too much on the “definitive” body of your work, and how that notion is being challenged by the way content is distributed
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As I work through a batch of designs for a new logo for the Kids Read Comics event, I share a little bit about my thinking process about logo design and three methods I use to put a little intentionality
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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
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Today I share my thoughts on the Diamond Digital Distribution announcement, and explain the real reason that I think it’s silly for local comics stores to participate in such shenanigans, especially when they’re sitting on a means to save themselves
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