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We Ride at Midnight
December 3, 2024
In this issue, I explain the surrealistic quality of my life right now, recommend a book, share some news, update you on Garry Trudeau drawing his strip,...
Draw, Partner
November 4, 2024
Hello, and welcome to a late-ish latest installment of the How Comics Were Made newsletter! My aim is to send something out roughly monthly, but it has been...
Chalk Talk: How a Cheap Plate Persisted for Illustrations in an Etching Era
August 28, 2024
Greetings, comics history lover! In this newsletter, I jump us way back into the 1800s. First, a quick update on How Comics Were Made. Book Heads to Printer...
Sluggo Is Lit…erature
May 31, 2024
In this issue: An update on How Comics Were MadeThe oldest comic flongNancy Fest: take a bow Roughly Speaking, Nearly Done The rough draft and layout of How...
Black Faces in White Comics
May 1, 2024
In this issue: An update on the book and researchA look at the modern depiction of Black faces in comics A Quick But Significant Trip East Some important...
The Yellow Kid Plays Football
April 4, 2024
Hello! This issue features an update on How Comics Were Made and the odd history of an 1896 Yellow Kid printing plate. An Update on How Comics Were Made The...
Watercolors in the Age of Digital Reproduction
March 4, 2024
One of the most surprising things I found in researching How Comics Were Made is how many daily newspaper cartoonists work with traditional media—paints,...
Everybody Loves the Ben Day Artist
February 2, 2024
In this issue: The latest on How Comics Were Made: full interview list, and the book heads to crowdfunding shortly!Ben Day screens: the complicated story of...
That Explains the Tints
December 26, 2023
In this issue: An update on the status of How Comics Were Made!Color isn’t real—in newspaper comic strips Images in this issue nearly all from the Billy...
The Hand (and Mind) Is Where It All Begins
November 6, 2023
The Rich History of Printing Comic Strips In 2017, I asked myself what I thought was a simple question after starting some research into printing history...
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