September 30, 2011
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And speaking of naked (in my last post), I found out this week that I am one of five finalists for the 2nd Annual Naked Girls Reading Literary Honors! The lovely naked ladies of the Everleigh Club in Chicago will … Continue reading
September 28, 2011
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I began this post when a Kickstarter backer asked if Sticks and Bones was a comic or a graphic novel. It was a good question, and I set off to discuss the differences between the two. Both comics and graphic … Continue reading
September 26, 2011
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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” E. B. White Rainy Monday morning with German coffee in my Frankfurt … Continue reading
September 16, 2011
by Valya
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I’ve had hearts on my mind. One of the central images and metaphors of Sticks and Bones: Issue 1 (the kickstarter fairy tale comic that I’m creating with artist Madeline C. Matz) is a heart. I don’t want to give … Continue reading
September 11, 2011
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So much has been written, publicized, televised, shown, and sung about this day. I wanted to share a poem by Nobel-prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska. The End and the Beginning by Wislawa Szymborska After every war someone has to … Continue reading
September 5, 2011
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In graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, I took a class called the Shape and Structure of the Book with M. Evelina Galang. It was one of my favorite classes because we broke books apart … Continue reading
September 2, 2011
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Last spring, the lovely people at The Night Garden approached me to be the guest artist for their Inspiration Challenge. I write a bit more about the website and their guest artist at the time (musician Jason Webley) here. The … Continue reading