Horizon Information Portal

HSPLS site

eBooks/Audiobooks

Reading Program

The Rose Metal Press field guide to graphic literature : artists and writers on creating graphic narratives, poetry comics, and literary collage / edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart.

View full image

Brookline, MA : Rose Metal Press, 2023.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technique.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Authorship.

9781941628294 (paperback ; acid-free paper) :

xl, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Broadening the boundaries: A preface -- Foreword / Tom Hart -- Introduction. Creating graphic literature: The magic of image and text / Kelcey Ervick -- Lines and mark-making. Drawing a breath: Abstraction, minimalism, and lines in comics / Leonie Brialey ; My kid could do that!: Abstract comics and the art of play / Nick Francis Potter ; The poetic line and the comics panel: The conscious uncertainty of poetry comics / Bianca Stone ; Communicating and communing: Using technology to make and share art / Tom Hart -- The panel and the page. The problem of the page: Manifesting imagination through panels and page spreads / Marnie Galloway ; Merging traditions: Composing graphic poetry inspired by Japanese Emaki picture scrolls / Naoko Fujimoto ; Juxtaposition as composition in comics poetry: Mapping where the mind went / Alexander Rothman ; Comics magic: The poetics of page design / Trinidad Escobar -- Story structure and style. "Exercises in style" : Working with constraints to uncover your comics' potential / Matt Madden ; Storyboarding and second-guessing: How to find your story's structure / Kristen Radtke ; The fragmented narrative: Using abstraction to deepen emotion / Aidan Koch ; comic Satirical comics: Finding the right format for humorous cultural commentary / Keith Knight ; Surrealist storytelling: Artistic experimentation and spontaneity through improvisation / Scott Roberts -- Creating characters. "Released from forms" : Using found photos and mixed media to compose characters / Oliver Baez Bendorf ; Comics selfies: Creating dynamic characters in a single panel / Sharon Lee De La Cruz ; Drawing the news: Portraying real-life characters in comics journalism / Josh Neufeld ; Beyond memoir: Creating a comics alter ego / Justine Mara Andersen -- Power of Place. A geography of comics: Uncovering layers to reveal the bedrock of story / Arwen Donahue ; Capturing the light: Rendering place with historical accuracy and a wash of ink / Thi Bui ; Stories from the fringe: Mapping the landscape of memory with comics / Zeke Peña -- Voice and Visual language. "Oh, now I get it" : Using concrete imagery to make the abstract accessible in poetry comics / Lauren Haldeman ; Dialogue: The art of miscommunication / Mira Jacob ; Exploded view: Using diagrams and directions to construct new stories / Dustin Parsons ; Material losses: Collage comics as elegy / Mita Mahato -- Transforming archival materials. Disobedient texts: Mining the archives for (voluntary and involuntary) collaborators / Deborah A. Miranda ; Controlled chaos: On turning what's discarded into continuously surprising art / David Dodd Lee ; Round about reality: Digging in the infinite archive when the horse is in motion / Eleni Sikelianos ; The old becomes the new: Transforming books through erasure and collage / Lawrence Sutin -- Teaching resources. Teaching graphic literature in the creative writing class / Kelcey Ervick ; Materials for making graphic literature ; Elements of a comic ; Alternate table of contents by form.

The fourth volume in the immensely popular Field Guide series, gives readers unprecedented insight into the techniques of 28 of today's most innovative creators of poetry comics, graphic narratives, and text + image hybrids. With original craft essays, corresponding exercises, and full color examples of their work, each contributor offers reflection and instruction informed by their own methods and processes.

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

Powered by Dynix

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal