Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Recently Sara Turner reminded me of the virtue of keeping things simple in your storytelling. I share a few thoughts on why I think a lot of us tend to overcomplicate our stories with unnecessary data or overcomplicated research. I
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Today I try out something new. Instead of covering a mini-topic for 10-15 minutes, I handle this episode more like a journal microcast, highlighting several micro topics that have been kicking around in my brain this week. I go from
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Today I share some thoughts on the role of candor in the new media world in which we’re all participating. I share some thoughts that occurred to me after reading a New York Times article on the subject, then break
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It’s a bit of a quieter, mellower TPD as I ruminate about the dangers of cannibalizing one’s audience, using my own direction, projects, and fears about them as a basis for meditation. When dealing with the constant stream of ideas
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Today I share some thoughts about a character commonly known as “The Lovable Loser”, and deconstruct it a bit using the heroes from the Transformers: Animated series as my guide. Don’t forget to check out Rob Stenzinger’s awesome tutorial on
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Today I share some thoughts on what might make a good interface for comics delivered on “smartphones” (iPhone, Android, etc). I look at what Rene van Belzen has been up to, as well as a new pro version of the WPtouch WordPress plugin,
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Today I share some thoughts on the dark places we can find ourselves when we overly define our missions or take our works too seriously. In true Bob Newhart fashion I use a personal anecdote to demonstrate my point. I
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Today I explain and build on some thoughts I’ve recently expressed in the forums on relaunching Art & Story Alive! I tie this into some general thoughts I’ve been having on community building and networking (more of which will be
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Inspired by a recent post in the forum, I throw around a few thoughts that have been percolating in my mind about naming comics projects. Should we fire from the hip on this, or are there other concerns we should
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Following up on thoughts I began sharing in Thunder Punch Daily 43, I expand a bit on what I’m discovering about writing good redemption characters. I do wind up talking a bit about Dinobot, but this time I focus mainly
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