The Secret Language of Comics

Cicadas…

I pondered, unable to muster a thought of a story line. I never knew it was so difficult to think of a storyline for a three panel comic. I needed to think of something short, but something that still have meaning. I thought about the cicada, their life spent mostly underground, just to surface and […]

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Sketch 5: Triptych

When making this comic, I was inspired by Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy. I was especially interested in creating the first two panels in a way where the reader doesn’t exactly know whats gonna happen in the end, but can maybe get an idea using the subtle hints in the previous panels. In my comic, the first […]

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Eternal Love

When making my triptych I knew I had to focus on making a clear story. I went through a couple of different ideas however most of them felt unfinished within the three panels. This then made me switch to a more drastic and drastic line of thinking. I drew some inspiration from the TV show […]

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A Gamble

I found making this comic pretty fun. This idea came to me the day after playing blackjack so it was fresh on my mind. Typically, people think gambling is bad and investing in stocks is good so I tried to flip that perspective as a bit of humor. Although there isn’t much writing on the […]

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