This sentiment was said to me twice regarding my first assignment for my workshop class. I decided to make a comic deconstructing the Dirty Harry/Judge Dredd type of protagonist in Hollywood action movies and '90s superhero comics: violent, brutal enforcers of authoritarianism and fascism masquerading as relatable anti-heroes. I was trying to critique the manipulation… Continue reading “I Think You Have More to Offer As An Author.”
It speaks to the newness of comics in academia that my MFA program is only four years old, with this summer being only its second graduating class. You'd be hard pressed to find any comics graduate programs created further than five years ago. It's this nascent quality I found most appealing and why I chose… Continue reading School’s In For Summer
Image: CCA MFA Comics What exactly is an MFA in comics? It’s the opportunity to be on the cutting edge by learning and refining one’s storytelling capabilities in a medium that’s only just starting to be explored. It also means a lot of sleepless nights cranking out comics as you spend July doing a semester’s… Continue reading Eric Wong Introduction (California College of the Arts ’18)
