We are hours away from Your Future Looks Bright May 13, 2010
Posted by sam in : Uncategorized , trackbackThings are so exciting right now. We have sunglasses, we have games, we have food, we have so much information on how to make sure you get the most out of your degree and your school. The one thing we still need is you. Make sure you come by Arnold Hall tomorrow between 12 and 2:30 to take advantage of what we have to offer.
The following is the schedule for the speakers tomorrow. Each of the talks should last about 20 minutes and there will be much more going on if you don’t want to attend any of the talks.
12:30 pm – Nick Gant, Meddin Studios, How to Start a Creative Business
12:30 – Ai-ling Chang, DeSoto Row, and Kristi Jilson, Kobo Gallery, How to Present your Work
The other day we announced Jeremy Nguyen will be our emcee for the day. Jeremy is big into graphic novels and so we wanted find out a little more about what it is he makes.
What is the difference between a graphic novel and a comic book?
-Graphic Novels are comic books. The main difference is that the graphic novel is usually self contained and longer. Comic books is the medium of telling stories with pictures, but a lot of people would label a 22-page stapled “floppy” a comic book. But they are both comics.
What are the essential elements that make a great graphic novel in your opinion?
-What makes a great graphic novel is no different than what makes a great prose novel. The ones that are liked the best, though, are usually longer, deeper books. The more “award-winning” books are adult-themed, too.
What kind of graphic novels do you like to write?
-I actually haven’t written any graphic novels. I’d like to one day, but right now I am writing shorter stories and trying to find what I would like to write about in a longer form. I do a lot of shorter things, not just because I don’t have the time to work on something larger, but I’m still at odds with a finding a personal style. At first I thought I was set to make “talking heads” comics, like the movies Kevin Smith writes like Clerks. I also thought I’d do a lot of character studies about people with mostly introverted personalities. But I did a children’s action comic with no dialogue at all and I really enjoyed it. I just want to make cool comics, and I’ve been dipping my feet in all sorts of genres. And when I do get enough experience with writing and drawing different kinds of stories, then I could make a graphic novel that pulls from them all.
What kind of jobs are out there for sequential artists?
-Sequential artists can do comics, graphic novels, storyboarding, children’s book illustration, even illustration in general. I’ve seen comic artists who have gotten into commercial illustration using comics as a gateway. Editorial illustration for newspapers and magazines, gig posters, t-shirt designs. Anything where a story is told, a sequential artist can be used.
Where can we get graphic novels and comics written by SCAD students, professors and alumni?
-When I first started at SCAD, I wanted to know who was who in the department, and who had books out that I could read to find out. The Jen Library has a collection of some of the more recent alumni and faculty, but most comic shops and Amazon.com of course carry them. It isn’t too hard to find the books that people are making, it’s hard to find the people who make them. I run a blog on SEQALab.com which originated as a podcast. Most of the students who spoke on the podcast have published books, and serialize webcomics. And on the blog, I relink to other websites who have announcements of SCAD alumni and faculty who are getting work.
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