2008 Woodie Awards
Reknowned comic speaks in Blackman
Jennifer Ruggiero
Issue date: 9/27/06 Section: The Inside
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Scott McCloud, graphic novelist and author of the upcoming book, "Making Comics," made his lecture a family affair at the Blackman Auditorium Tuesday.
"I like how he does the whole family thing with his wife and daughters," said Luke Sideris, a freshman graphic design major. "I thought it was a nice touch."
Introduced by his wife, McCloud arrived on stage with a slide show and a well-versed speech to explain the technicalities of comic book drawing. His 13-year-old daughter, Sky, followed him with a description of the 50 State Tour, "Making Comics," the family has embarked on. And their youngest daughter, 11-year-old Winter, ran a microphone between audience members during the Q&A session.
For the McClouds, the tour, which started this month and ends in August, serves as promotion for the book and a family road trip.
Sky and Winter are to be home-schooled and will participate in weekly activities to aid their father's new book. The daughters will broadcast a weekly audio Podcast, and a video Podcast, called "Winterviews," in which Winter interviews different comic artists that Sky will record and produce.
Tuesday's lecture was the first for the visual art department's fall lecture series. McCloud is renowned for his work on "Zot!" and "The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln."
McCloud also relayed a quick history of comic art.
From Ancient Egypt, where hieroglyphics etched into walls and papyrus showed that "words, in fact, did originate from pictures" to the evolution of the Internet and web based comics, McCloud is enthusiastic about how comics will evolve in the future.
"If comics can pre-date print they can post-date it as well," said McCloud.
The evolution of the Internet brought comic book artists and their artwork online. The challenge, McCloud said, is using the computer screen to the artist's advantage.
"The thing that fired me up in the 90s [when the Internet boomed] was having a large canvas and a very small middleman," he said.
"I like how he does the whole family thing with his wife and daughters," said Luke Sideris, a freshman graphic design major. "I thought it was a nice touch."
Introduced by his wife, McCloud arrived on stage with a slide show and a well-versed speech to explain the technicalities of comic book drawing. His 13-year-old daughter, Sky, followed him with a description of the 50 State Tour, "Making Comics," the family has embarked on. And their youngest daughter, 11-year-old Winter, ran a microphone between audience members during the Q&A session.
For the McClouds, the tour, which started this month and ends in August, serves as promotion for the book and a family road trip.
Sky and Winter are to be home-schooled and will participate in weekly activities to aid their father's new book. The daughters will broadcast a weekly audio Podcast, and a video Podcast, called "Winterviews," in which Winter interviews different comic artists that Sky will record and produce.
Tuesday's lecture was the first for the visual art department's fall lecture series. McCloud is renowned for his work on "Zot!" and "The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln."
McCloud also relayed a quick history of comic art.
From Ancient Egypt, where hieroglyphics etched into walls and papyrus showed that "words, in fact, did originate from pictures" to the evolution of the Internet and web based comics, McCloud is enthusiastic about how comics will evolve in the future.
"If comics can pre-date print they can post-date it as well," said McCloud.
The evolution of the Internet brought comic book artists and their artwork online. The challenge, McCloud said, is using the computer screen to the artist's advantage.
"The thing that fired me up in the 90s [when the Internet boomed] was having a large canvas and a very small middleman," he said.
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