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  • I Grew Up with Libraries

    I’ve got an addiction to both books and reading, and I have a deficit of time. Like Burgess Meredith in the famous TWILIGHT ZONE episode “Time Enough At Last” featuring a book worm who tries to satiate his reading habit a little bit of everyday but is met with people…

  • Never Mistake Kindness for Weakness

    Something I live by is when someone shows you mercy, kindness, compassion or understanding NEVER mistake that for Weakness. Instead it’s a demonstration of power, power not to retaliate, not to destroy, not dismissive, not cowardice, not avoiding conflict, but instead choosing to understand the injustice, accept the mistakes of…

  • WILL EISNER My Personal Experience

    Will Eisner was my professor for a number of years, I found him to be a strict but kind and considerate instructor. My first interaction with him had more to do with fashion than with art. Our assignment was to do a pantomime narrative– I threw all the bells and…

  • Will Eisner’s SPIRIT

    I’m not going to add much to the story–Eisner’s work speaks for itself. Note here how paper blowing in the wind creates both the TITLE and opening narration for this story. The Camera Angle from a Birds Eye View sets the stage for what we are about to jump into.

  • Eisner EXPRESSIONS

    We saw yesterday how Gestures combine with words create a change in how the line is delivered, we can do the same thing with facial expressions as shown above. Eisner adds TIMING to the narrative here as the character in the story (himself) makes his way into his office. You…