Pentathlon #5: Reading/Making Comics
Pentathlon #5: May 6th, 2020
For my final pentathlon of the semester (and I guess of the program!), I edited, reformatted, and added color to the comic I made for Eva’s creative writing workshop. This was the first comic I digitally colored, and I really like how it turned out! It looks much more professional and much more suited for social media or printing.
For the past couple of years I’ve been really interested in comics as both an art form and a storytelling medium. As an English major/literature nerd and an artist I’m really glad to have found this happy compromise between the two.
Comics are also a medium that are perfect for an informative purpose, because they’re accessible, easy to read, and entertaining to read. I recently found this almost 10-year-old comic by JB Brager about the housing co-op I’m currently a member of! Also, this piece by Flynn Nicholls about Mariame Kaba and prison abolition is one of my favorite short comics.
I’m thinking the next piece I make will be more informative, rather than personal and/or abstract. (And luckily one of the organizations I’m involved in is thinking of putting out a quarantine zine, so I’ll have some place to put it other than on social media!)
