Akira
Honey Hunt
MBQ
Amulet
Skin Deep
Boxer Hockey
The Blot
The Rat’s Nest
The Crow
The Three Shadows
The Arrival
The Abominable Charles Christopher

  This week on SEQALa, ye old grad students discuss the ins and outs of comic theory! Using the quintessential Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud, we delve deep into what makes a comic a comic. Also there’s clapping and singing! Who doesn’t like that?

Last Friday I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Casey Willis of Archer. Casey is the Supervising Producer for Archer on FX. He was thrilled to come down to Savannah with one of his artists and talk to us about working on Archer.

This show will require some work on your part. After I introduce Mr. Willis and then he talks and says he is ready to watch the show you need to go here: http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Archer&st=0

Click on Job Offer. You have to have a membership which is free on Hulu. If you prefer to watch your shows elsewhere then please do so.

After watching the show Mr. Willis takes questions from the student body and talks about how the show works.

For those of you that dont know, Archer has a large number of Scad Alumni working for them from the animation department, the sequential department, and the illustration department. We here at Seqalab love Archer and support it with all our hearts. Watch this show on FX!

Power to the Pod!

Richard Bruning, the Senior Vice President Creative Director of DC Comics came down for SCADCon and Editor’s day this year. He was gracious enough to let us record him. He takes us through the artists that have worked for him, what his job entails and then answers questions for all the students who were free from the Editor portfolio reviews. Those students who did come to his talk were able to get some serious one on one with Mr. Bruning. As with the Editors from all the companies, Mr.Bruning enjoyed his stay here in Savannah and was really amazed with the students that came out to listen to what he had to say.

We here at Seqalab really appreciate the opportunity that SCADCon and Editor’s Day always allows us. Where else can you be able to have some serious reviews with people who can hire you?

So listen in and enjoy.

We will be posting as many other panel discussions as we can from SCADCon over the next few weeks. Some of them have some janky sound so we shall do what we can.

Power to the Pod!!

This week’s podcast includes discussion from fellow PJ’s Donny, Amber, and Kevin about the latest comic news, Will Eisner Week, as well as a bit about Time Management. For any questions about this episode, email the show: seqalab@gmail.com

Kevin and some of the other Podcasters sit down and have a chat with Atlanta Sequential Faculty member and Comics Artist Professor Chris Schweizer. Crogan’s March is his latest book published through Oni Press: http://www.onipress.com/

Listen is as Schweizer talks about his book and his experience with making comics.

This week the Seqalab people talk about color and text in comics. This is Part 4 talking about the process of comics for our Seqalab crew. The crew gets into some serious must reads. Rachel drops a bomb heard round the world by all in the comic world in the news, AND the podcast crew introduces a new podcast member Matt Burbridge.

We are now back on track with podcasts and we promise we arent going to fall off the wagon again! Stay tuned for a special interview next week with Professor Chris Schweizer as he talks about “Crogan’s March”, his latest book with Oni Press.

This is it SEQA Homies!! Come and behold as two Titans of Comic Book Trivia Collide!! Rashad and Donny throw down in the first ever Battle of the PJ’S!! ….oh yeah..and they talk about some other stuff too. BEHOLD!!

Today our SEQA PJs venture to the unknown depths of the future. Don’t worry - you don’t need a Delorean to follow us as we discuss the changes we expect in the comics industry. We also have a very special report from our PJs, Jen and Noelle, and their special guest, Bill, in France about Angoulême! So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride into… the FUTURE.

Must Reads

Essential Fashion Illustration: Poses and Essential Fashion Illustration: Details by Maite Lafuente.

Those wacky SEQAhomies discuss their choice of workspaces! And how they like to get down to business. Comics business.

This week on SEQALAB we get a visit from an old friend. Listen as we discuss the finer topics of webcomics and what it takes to make it on the scene.

The new class talks about life as a Sequential Artist as well as the usual comic headlines and must reads.

A visit to Allie’s house and a discussion on all the ch-ch-ch-changes on the web.

Kara and D.J. KICK OFF their Kickstarter projects and Rashad’s children’s book is now available!Big props!

D.J. announces SeqaLab’s very own YouTube channel AND LiveStream channel. Be on the look out for updates on when you can check your favorite PJ’s working on new art LIVE very soon!

You got questions? We got ANSWERS!
Email the show at: seqalab@gmail.com

This week episode is filled with juicy bits that issue forth from the mouths of battle weary PJ’s. The quarter is over and we have survived, weary, worn, and battered, but still full of enough energy to talk about our end of the term experiences, both good and bad.

Rashad, our resident newsman, brings to us some interesting techie info about Viz media and IDW. He drops a bomb about Zack Whedon, brother of Joss Whedon, and relates to us the happenings of two nosy librarians with too much morals on their hands.

Professor Larison and the crew relate their stories from the end of the term before diving into the Big Topic of the week.

Our must reads this week:

Invincible # 68 :  brought to you by Rashad Doucet

Lupin the 3rd : brought to you by Brett Mullins

Rashad plays stump the PJ’s with his guess the character. This week’s character was tough and obscure. Check out his lovely costume here.

Our big topic discussion this week is about writing scripts and stories for comics.
If you are new to writing for comics but really want to give it a try, then the must read for you is right here! Trust me, this book will get you on the path to creative writing and storytelling.

On this weeks show, the Seqa Crew discuss the sunnier side of the comic industry. Along with the News, Must Reads, and a pretty full Mail Bag, get ready for a meaty SEQALab Super Show experience. Oh, and its a super show because it’s so freakin’ long. Guest appearances by Lady Gaga and the Glee Choir!

SHOUT OUTS: 

Spike of Templar Arizona fame:

Support Spike’s Kickstarter project here: Poorcraft: A Comic Book Guide to Frugal Urban and Suburban Living: http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/ironspike

 Email the show: seqalab@gmail.com

Erin Milligan: www.erinmilligan.com

 Matt Voss: www.vosshogg.com/

 Gabriel Reyes: www.thesinglemaltpodcast.com

 Perry Bible Fellowship: www.pbfcomics.com/

 Cartoon art Museum: www.cartoonart.org/

 Eric Searleman: www.sigikki.com/

 Ron Chan: www.ronchan.net/wordpress/

 Periscope Studio: www.periscopestudio.blogspot.com/

 Email the show: seqalab@gmail.com

This episode was a bit long in the making but here it is! On Friday October 23rd, the legendary Chris Claremont sat down with us for a phone interview. He was kind enough to agree to give us some of his time on a busy Friday afternoon.

It was a small gathering of PJ’s that met together for this interview. The Comics’ Art Forum was going on and everyone was scrambling from workshop to workshop. We however, Rashad Doucet, Donny Cates, and I, the Gelastic John Larison,  asked Mr. Claremont some pointed questions about his time working on the X-Men, his thoughts on writing scripts for artist, and what his plans are for the future.We got him to divulge some of his secrets and thoughts about the industry and share some great anecdotes about his time working for Marvel comics.

Mr. Claremont has a number of new books coming out soon.  Most notably he has been writing X-Men forever, starting up where he left off. He also let us in on the news that next year in April he has some New Mutants books coming out.

This is definitely a long one folks but worth every minute.

I would like to thank Mr. Claremont for taking the time to let us interview him.

This week’s podcast has been replaced with the 2009 Comics Art Forum panel discussion. Each year at Comics Art Forum we ask our guests questions about their personal work, the industry, and working within the sequential world.
This year we were thankful to have Mark Schultz returning for the 15th year out of 16 years at CAF. Mark Schultz is an amazing artist and a wonderful friend to the Sequential Art Department for being such a long standing CAF attendee.  Derek Kirk Kim, Ben Caldwell,  Brandon Graham, and Robert Atkins were there, and Sanford Green gave a special appearance. Colleen Coover and Paola Rivera were not able to attend the panel discussion, but were definitely there in spirit, and they did some wonderful workshops the next day.
The 2009 Comics Art Forum panel discussion was full of industry insights as well as the artist work schedules. There are stories of luck and stories of heartbreak, and over it all are the artists inspiring all the sequential students to go out there and be a mighty force!

This week SEQALab talks about the ins and outs of being back to school for both students and faculty. Listen in on our wondrous must reads! We have some old friends drop by and we try out some newbies as well. Email the show: seqalab@gmail.com

Professor Jeremy Wade Mullins

September 1976-June 2009

On Saturday June 13th, the world lost a great man. Jeremy Mullins was a man who wore his passion and enthusiasm for life, friendship, and comics on the sleeve of his three piece suit. He had only been teaching full time at SCAD for only a year, but he had given many young and confused cartoonists inspiration and a sense of direction. He was a fountain of knowledge when it came to webcomics and is in some way connected to almost all of the webcomics being drawn by SCAD students today. He led by example and even created a hilarious webcomic of his own.

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Today SEQALABers morn the passing of Nick Magazine – a bastion for fun, quality kids comics.  After the news we get strait to a mighty might Must Reads segment!

On today’s episode we’re visited by Web-comic great, and SEQAhomie, Scott Kurtz!  Do we need to say more?  Listen as we talk shop with the creator of PVP, Web Comics Weekly, and the man who wrote the book on how to make Web comics.  Scott talks about the big changes over at PVP, his early years and how he got into comics, what’s going to be going on with him this convention season (besides rollin’ with the SEQALAB crew in San Diego), and exciting things being done in memory of Mike Wieringo.

When you’re done with today’s show – shoot over to the Web Comics Weekly podcast – if you’re a Web-comic creator, and you’re not listening to this show every episode, you’re snoozin’.

Many creators feel uncomfortable promoting themselves, or their projects.  In order to help out, today the SEQA P.J.s provide listeners with an easy three-step process on how to draft an elevator pitch for your project or services, and then provide strategies on how to make sure you’re prepared to deliver clear and compelling information when you find yourself in the company of an editor, art director, or anyone who should become familiar with what you have to offer!

All this, and the news and the weekly “must reads.”

K.C. Green is a Web cartoonist responsible for bringing to the Internet such works as Gun Show, Hate Song, and Horribleville.

Today the SEQALAB PJs tske a look at superhero comics  – what excited us and hooked us back in the day, and what can be done to bering back the fun!  Also, news, department announcements and your reader email!

For your consideration toay SEQALAB offers up a complete recording of the 2009 Editors Day Panel Discussion!  This recordign is chock-full of information necessary to any aspireing comic book creator.

The SEQA PJs talk about what they took away from this year’s Editors Day panel discussion, their individual portfolio review sessions, and classroom visits with visiting editors from DC, Marvel, Vertigo, Nickelodeon Magazine, Viz, and SLG!  Find out what these companies are looking for in a portfolio review!

Also, come back on Thursday for a full-length episode of the Editors Day Panel discussion.

emial us at seqalab@gmail.com

On today’s episode of SEQALAB Rashad and Dave Wheeler lead an interview with talented Web cartoonist Diana Nock – creator of The Intrepid Girlbot, Josh and Imp, and Imaginary Friends Forever. Stick around after the interview for this week’s survey segment on the underground comix movement of the 60s and 70s!

email: seqalab@gmail.com

Today it’s point vs. counterpoint – Jarrett Williams moderates as the SEQA PJs debate the artistic integrity of journal comics in this week’s Big Topic Panel Discussion!  Stick around after the dust settles for comic book industry news and, as always, this week’s “Must Reads.”

In addition to the latest comic book industry news and this week’s “must reads,”  stick around for this week’s panel discussion on comic book stores and what might be done to save them.  We read what you, the listeners, had to say and discuss store set-ups that are working here in the U.S. and abroad.

On today’s podcast the SEQALAB PJs discuss various resources on digital lettering and balloon creation for comics!  Have you ever wanted to make a font out of your own handwriting?  The SEQALAB crew tells you how!  Also, a look back at classic comic creator Alex Raymond.

Thanks to Rashad, we’ve got this cool promo graphic of Kevin Burkhalter as Flash Gordon!

David O’Connell (his very polished Tozo comics and several funny minis - we did one together called ‘Airship’; I also like his ‘Man & Troll’),

 1) Alastair Maceachern (His ‘Bleep & Tweet’ series and ‘Amusing Paper’),

2) Marc Ellerby (lots of things by him are good),

3) Will Kirkby (my fave is his intimate 20 Questions’, although his ‘The Sea’ series is more polished),

4) the Whores of Mensa’s latest zine (with Jeremy Dennis, Ellen Lindner and Mardou),

5) Adam Cadwell’s ‘The Everyday’ series is nice,

6) James Turner’s ‘Beaver & Steve’ book,

 7) Cliodhna Lyons’ GOAL anthology brings together lots of talent,

 8) Oliver Lambden’s ‘Curtis & Terrorist’ is short, handmade and funny, and

9)  Peter Beare’s ‘Dangnabbit’ comics.

 10) If you’re based up north, I’m sure Will Kirkby could give you lots of good tips - chamonkee

 Check out Sarah’s AMAZING artwork!

http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/

http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/ 

 Thanks again, Sarah! Seqalab out!

The Seqa-homies drop their lists for the best comics of 2008. That’s whatsup! Email us at seqalab@gmail.com.

Join us for Rashad’s news followed by a rousing discussion of the future of syndicated comic strips. Can the comics section make a successful transition to the web? Hmmm, we don’t know either.