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Long Beach Comic Con: My "7 Highlights" List

by Michael Dooley November 23, 2011

  These days, the so-called San Diego "Comic"-Con's main attraction is sugary TV and movie confectionery. But if you enjoy graphic novels and cartoons – and, well, scary stuff – you may have attended the recent Comic & Horror Con at Long Beach, CA's Convention Center. While SDCC has been around for over 40 years, [...]

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Updates from Comic-Con 2010 by Michael Dooley

Portraits of Comic Book Artists as Graphic Designers

by Michael Dooley July 30, 2010

Comics as literature ... Maus 1991, check. Comics as art ... Masters of American Comics 2005, check. Comics as graphic design ... hmm. Among the 100,000-plus at last week's San Diego Comic-Con, the place was plentiful with designers – Chip Kidd being the most famous – participating in panels and signings. But there were even [...]

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Craig Yoe Talks ICON, Krazy Kat, and Whether Today's Cartoonists Ever Get Laid

by Michael Dooley July 7, 2010

Craig Yoe has been called a "celebrated designer" by no less an authority than The Onion. Formerly the Creative Director/VP/GM of the Muppets, Craig is co-creative director of YOE! Studio, and his lively book layouts, such as for his Arf series about comics history, are elegant examples of form following fun. His controversial “Secret Identity: [...]

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