By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting With finals week just around the corner, Iâve been listening to a lot of ASMR playlists filled with classical music, rain sounds, and crackling fireplaces. Somewhere along the way, I ran into WUZU Clayâs channelâspecifically, the video above. Iâm not sure exactly why it suddenly came up in the autoplay on my YouTube. Itâs not something I would typically … Continue reading Recommended Watch: WUZU Clay ASMRďżź
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting I know I said I would not be putting out a post this week because itâs a holiday weekend and my birthday, and Iâm on a hiatus, but I feel the need to write this. I, very recently (yesterday, in fact), had a very long conversation with a friend of mine about writing. She is in a graduate program … Continue reading A Recommended Watch for Content Creators
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @psweditingâ Itâs Womenâs History Month (March for those that donât know), and I have recently found myself in a lengthy discussion about women in animation and comics. Some of the discussion was industry based, and some were more geared towards depictions of women in comics, some favorites too, as well as prevalent resources we were looking at in regards to … Continue reading “Not Just a Princess:â Women in Animation (Recommended Watch)ďżź
By: Krow Smith | @coffeewithkrow We have recommended many panels that explain the benefits of graphic novels being used as an educational tool for children. This panel seems like it will be just the same, however, I feel that it has an interesting perspective as it comes from the creators themselves. They explain the process of taking books worthy of research and condensing it into … Continue reading Recommended Watch: âShow Me History: How To Create A Successful Nonfiction Graphic Seriesâďżź
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting LINK: http://www.sbs.com.au/theboat/ In one of the classes Iâve taken for part of my animation certification program, we were asked to look at different forms of adapting stories to visual mediums. Comics are an obvious example, as are games and movies. The point is, there are several ways to adapt to a graphic medium. One thing I like about Webtoons, … Continue reading Other Forms of Adaptation – âThe Boatâ by Nam Le (Recommend Watch/Read)
By: Beata Garrett | @zhongxia246â Haunted houses are a staple in horror, and have a rich history of terrifying us as places that blur the boundaries between the living and the dead, hell and heaven, and reality and delusion. What I love about haunted houses are the ways in which they prey emotionally and psychically on their inhabitants, and the parasitic relationships that emerge in … Continue reading The House – Parasitic Horror in Three Parts (Review)
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting LINK: https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_the_visual_magic_of_comics If you plan on working with or in the US comic industry, you probably have heard of Scott McCloud. His books and knowledge have contributed greatly to how American comics (and others) are written and directed for visual and graphic novels. Understanding Comics (1993) is largely considered one of the âmust-readsâ for most creators, as is his … Continue reading The Visual Magic of Comics – Speaker: Scott McCloud (Recommended Watch)
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf released on Netflix last August and was a fantastic animation to go along with The Witcher show. I, personally, loved it and felt it blended the fantastical nature of magic and story better than the live-action show. Animation really is a great form to adapt such stories and can do a lot more than … Continue reading Recommended Watch: Behind The Animation of Nightmare Of The Wolf
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @psweditingâ I know for a fact that some of you are sleeping on this series because its a CGI and a Chinese ONA, AND I AM CALLING YOU OUT. This series is one of the best romances I have ever read, and the officially licensed English version is available to read for free on MangaToon, Tapas, and Webcomics (Webcomicsapp <- which … Continue reading Romance of the Season: No Doubt In Us / Liang Bu Yi
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM(PDT) |Â Friday 4 September 2020 – 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm central Panel Description: Mecha anime has a storied history that deserves to be told. Join NoS Anime on a journey that highlights the major milestones throughout the years. In this first installment, discover the origins and early development of mecha anime from Tetsujin 28 to Mobile Suit Gundam Featuring: … Continue reading Crunchyroll Expo 2020 – History of Mecha: The 60s & 70s – Recommended Watch!
