blackhoundblue » comics http://www.blackhoundblue.com Wherein blackhound relays his views on expressive frippery & designer tomfoolery with utter nonsense to an assorted assemblage of both well-wishers & neigh-sayers. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:11:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Typographic Conventions in Comics, or TypoComiCon http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2009/02/typographic-conventions-in-comics-or-typocomicon/ http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2009/02/typographic-conventions-in-comics-or-typocomicon/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:07 +0000 blackhound http://www.blackhoundblue.com/?p=389 comictype

Blambot has a fantastic breakdown of how type conventions work in comics and graphic novels. Full of things that are news to me, like the use of breath marks. Great as a supplement to the always relevant work of Scott McCloud and Will Eisner.

Comics Grammar & Tradition (via BoingBoing)

]]> http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2009/02/typographic-conventions-in-comics-or-typocomicon/feed/ 0 Chrome First Browser Superhero http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2008/09/chrome-first-browser-superhero/ http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2008/09/chrome-first-browser-superhero/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:08:33 +0000 blackhound http://www.blackhoundblue.com/?p=176 Had a small OMG moment when I saw this. Scott McCloud–that fantastic author of Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, Making Comics, and the dear-to-my-heart Zot! series–has created an introductory comic for Google’s Chrome browser. While I’m somewhat concerned that Google felt they needed to explain their browser in a comic, I can’t think of a better storyteller to tackle this subject and give an audience a better grasp of why Google feels now is the right time for a new browser. Cheers, Scott.

Google on Google Chrome

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