"Love is Love" raises $165,000 for Orlando Pulse tragedy victims

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/03/27/all-star-comic-book-love-is-love-raises-165000-for-orlando-pulse-tragedy-victims/?utm_term=.2a30a61db1b9"

Cavna, Michael. "All-star comic book ‘Love Is Love’ raises $165,000 for Orlando Pulse tragedy 
      victims." The Washington Post. March 27, 2017.

Ava's Demon

A webcomic suggested by Madison:
http://www.avasdemon.com/

How does the electronic format change our ideas of comics?
How does one's life experiences inform fictional comics?

Terminal Lance

Maximilian Uriarte's comic strip is a humorous, often satirical look into the daily lives of members of the lowest rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, the lance corporal. The comic strips feature two fictional main characters, Abe and Garcia, but are based on his own experiences in the USMC (he was deployed twice to Iran). Uriarte's commentary in his accompanying blog posts give readers insight into how his own life experiences inform his comics. The comics are updated twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
http://terminallance.com/2017/03/28/terminal-lance-467-relativity-ii/

No "I" in Sex

A webcomic by New Zealand author Toby Morris. This is an interesting example of a comic tackling current issues, such as "teenage boys and rape culture," directed to adolescent boys by Morris.
http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-no-i-in-sex

Resist!

The website for political comics and graphics, edited by Francoise Mouly and Nadja Speigelman.
Submission deadline for next issue: April 28, 2017

http://www.resistsubmission.com/

Should mainstream comics have more diverse characters?

Detail of cover of America #2, by Gabby Rivera and Joe Quinones, starring America Chavez, 

Marvel's lesbian Latina superhero.  Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics, one of the most famous publishers of comic books, has been re-thinking its strategy to publish more authors that are women and/or people of color, even though comic book readers are becoming more diverse. Should mainstream comics have more diverse characters written by more diverse authors? What do you think?
Listen to this podcast from NPR: "Changing Colors in Comics"

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/05/522749425/changing-colors-in-comics

Lynda Barry: Accessing the Imaginary

University of Michigan, October 7 2013
This lecture is part of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Distinguished Speaker Series. 

Introduction to Lynda Barry's One! Hundred! Demons!

Barry, Lynda. One! Hundred! Demons! Seattle, WA: 

     Sasquatch Books, 2002.

Questions we have been considering in WRT 307 all semester! 

Barry explains how art by a Japanese monk inspired her to create One Hundred Demons.

The Aswang: A Filipino vampire dog-lady! What demons are part of your ethnic or family culture?

In Barry's world, even pups have inner demons.

Lynda Barry: One Hundred Demons! "Dancing"

http://www.salon.com/2000/07/28/barry_6/

Lynda Barry: One Hundred Demons! "Common Scents"

http://www.salon.com/2000/07/14/barry_5/

Lynda Barry: One Hundred Demons: "Resilience"

http://www.salon.com/2000/06/02/demons5/

Lynda Barry: One Hundred Demons: "Lost and Found"

http://www.salon.com/2000/11/17/barry_15/

Lynda Barry: One Hundred Demons! "Girliness"

http://www.salon.com/2000/08/25/barry_8/

Website for Panel Templates

Some of you may struggle with creating panels by drawing them freehand. Here is a website that provides many templates that you can download for free. I like how the different panel shapes and sizes give me ideas of how to use the gutter when planning the story.

http://comicbookpaper.com/