Midterms are approaching (already??). SEQALab has a YouTube page with some great tutorials by alum Ricky Bryant. Also, podcaster Donny Cates will be reviewing books that YOU choose. all you have to do is become a fan of us on Facebook and write us which books you’d like him to read and review on our wall. On with the news!

The iPad was announced today. The comics blogs have been going crazy, as well as the tech, design, etc. communities. Will this really be the explosive game-changer in the comics industry?

Books | You can preorder current undergrad Brooke Allen’s graphic novel, A Home for Mr. Easter, which is coming in June. [NBM Publishing]

Education | Peter Gutierrez includes alum Eleanor Davis‘ Secret Science Alliance in his list of recommended comic books for the classroom. [School Library Journal]

Interview | Alum S.L. Gallant majored in Illustration at the Atlanta College of Art before it was purchased by the Savannah College of Art and Design. He illustrates comics, and talks about how pursuing a job in the industry got him to where he is today.

I just got comfortable drawing for a living, and then I stopped pursuing my dream for a long time. Brian Stelfreeze once told me the only I wouldn’t get work in comics was if I stopped trying to. He was right about that, and a lot of other things.

[Washington City Paper]