February 2012
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Comic Recommendations
~Feb 2012~
Little Forest by Daisuke Igarashi
Stories about a hometown told through a character’s memories of the food she ate there while growing up. Very pastoral and thoughtful. This same author also makes Children of the Sea, manga that’s being published in English. I recommend you read that one too.
Saveur Recipe Comics
Various cartoonists illustrate their favorite recipes....
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You Better Make Comics That Are a Manifestation of...
or go home.
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CURIO: Curio Update →
curiozine:
It’s been a long time since I wrote anything about Curio’s status. Between people backing out of submitting, and just a general lack of getting the word out The first issue of Curio only received 5 submissions so instead of putting it out by itself I’ve decided to incorporate it into the second…
YES I will be bothering all my friends! Submit to Curio!!
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I'm the 2012 recipient of the SVA Alumi Society...
“This annual award of $1,000 is given to the highest-ranked undergraduate cartooning student in the Alumni Scholarship Award applicant pool.”
This means the next Bug Boys is going to be a ~COLOR SPECIAL~ because the money is going towards printing. If anyone has had good experiences with offset comics printers, please send recommendations my way.
I’ll be tabling with some...
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Why I Started Making Bug Boys
I wanted to make a comic that used my intuition and skills as a cartoonist, that I would trust myself and not fight myself and just make something. Also instead of thinking “I’m not good enough” I would just DO IT. James Kochalka writes about this in The Cute Manifesto much better than I could.
I loved the beetles in Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo and wanted to draw cute...
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About All-Ages Comics
When people talk about Bug Boys, sometimes they say things like “I’m glad to see someone making comics for kids” or “I don’t usually like kids’ comics, but…” and I’m surprised because I’ve spent a lot of time defending comics from people who think they’re just for children. Lately I realized that the people who made the earlier statements were all people in the comics community, as in they read...
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I Made a Portfolio Page on This Website →
Still have to add lots of things to it…
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January 2012
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Buy Bug Boys #1-5 Combo
Buy it HERE. Five mini-comics for $16 USD. I didn’t realize there would need to be an option to buy all of them at once but here it is!
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Buyin' Comix
If you want to buy a specific permutation of bug boy comics at once, like #2 and #5 or something, please email me your requests at lauraknetz (at) yahoo (dot) com.
The specific price for each issue is $3 and $1 for shipping. So to buy two issues is $7, three issues is $10, and so on.
Thanks! That’s all my schilling for now.
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Buy Bug Boys #5
Buy it HERE! $4 USD for a 24-page mini-comic!
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Buy Bug Boys #4
Buy it here! $4 USD for a 20-page mini-comic.