USCENE by Lyndzi: Food for thought
Lyndzi Ramos is a sophomore drawing about life at USC, as she sees it, as a plus size Jewish Latina in her comic “USCENE by Lyndzi”.
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Screaming and Crying: Insomniac
Austin Li is a freshman drawing about everything frustrating, hilarious and downright ridiculous about being a student at USC in his comic strip "Screaming and Crying."
L.A. Native: Cold Nights in L.A.
Brisa Parra is a sophomore drawing about the experience of being an Los Angeles native at USC, touching on the musings, comedy and varying cultures that exist here.
‘Screaming and Crying:’ Goodbye guest policy
Austin Li is a freshman drawing about everything frustrating, hilarious and downright ridiculous about being a student at USC in their comic “Screaming and Crying.”
Comics offer incentives to maintain readership
It’s a strange time for comics. It’s a strange time for media. Newspapers and books are struggling with the digital market, while films and music are fighting piracy. It’s not that simple to say the Internet is killing traditional media; new forms of distribution and a rise of independent creators are forcing pillars of any […]
Comics provide space for social commentary
Comics are the funny books, the home of people in tights fighting each other, yet they are a great medium for social commentary and protest. Since their inception, comic books have challenged the established system and worked to highlight injustice around the world. Comics created the space for activism because they were the underdog of […]
Indie comics deserve attention
Everyone loves the indie comic scene. It serves as a great alternative to narrow-minded, studio-controlled projects and, more often than not, indie comics show artists embracing their passions or dream projects. Independent productions are the reason why college radio stations or the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals exist and thrive. So long as major companies […]
Internet offers new medium for comics
Even if you think you don’t think you read comics, there’s a pretty good chance that you do. Have you ever read xkcd or Dinosaur Comics? Those are comics, even if they don’t feature superheroes or come in the regular format. Comic books have been around since the 1930s, but the industry began experimenting with […]
2012 remains promising for comic creators
There’s a lot to look forward to in comics this year. DC Comics brought in some of the best writers and artists for the Before Watchmen books, and its relaunched core titles are picking up steam. Marvel is starting its big company-wide crossover, Avengers vs. X-Men that will take up the summer in a slew […]
Anthology interrupts sexist comic trends
Over the weekend at the WonderCon 2012 comic book convention, IDW Publishing announced that the series Womanthology — which just put out a Kickstarter-funded 300-page graphic novel — is going to become an ongoing anthology series. The book, and the new series, is made up of stories, essays and comic-making tips from an all-female creative […]