Author Archives: James Sturm

White River Junction, circa 1909 — James Sturm

“A single photograph, it’s provocative, it’s an idea, but if you can do two or three you make of that a phrase and if you can do ten maybe it’s a sentence. It’s a hard obscure language but it’s worth … Continue reading →

As I was moving about CCS today I noticed a mini-comic on several desks. It was an autobio/diary comic called Badaboom Twist by David Libens. I was instantly taken with it. Art wise it was somewhere between Mark Marek Jeffrey … Continue reading →

In No Particular Order… 1. Another Glorious Day at the Nothing Factory This Xeric award-winning book by Erroyn Franklin documents the dissolution of her marriage and the ensuing emotional vortex that results.  The illustrations on each page are white paper … Continue reading →

— James Sturm

Mélisande by Margery Sharp and Roy McKie is a light-hearted rags-to-riches story about a canine opera singer. Like Don Freeman’s It Shouldn’t Happen (1945), Mélisande (1960) is a pantomime story featuring a dog. And like Freeman, McKie is best known … Continue reading →

It is easy to exaggerate the importance of work that was formative to your own, and for that reason I have resisted calling Mark Alan Stamaty’s MacDoodle Street a “forgotten masterpiece.” Revisiting the work, 25 years after my first encounter … Continue reading →

I recently learned that Bob Pendarvis, the co-founder of Savannah College of Art and Design’s Sequential Art Department was let go. I taught alongside Bob from 1997-2000. SCAD’s sequential art department has had a significant impact on American cartooning. I … Continue reading →

This is one of books I’ve used to teach comics over the years. Published in 1991, On Directing Film is based on a series of classes that Mamet taught at Columbia. Mamet believes that the heart of visual story telling … Continue reading →

This from the Vermont Arts Council’s  new classified section. It looks like it could be the coolest thing in the world or a dystopian horror: 5/19/09: CAMP MEADE FORMING WORKING ARTISTIC CAMP – Working artist camp forming at Camp Meade, … Continue reading →