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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – Lovers Turn To Monsters
Refresh follows a similar approach to other Comic Book Poems in Series 5. It is two pages long and the text and story is delivered in the first page, with page 2 reserved for character development. We...
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Thanks Claire – Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the last Comic Book Poem in Series 5. It is called Thanks Claire and will go live on 10 August 2015. Check back at the blog to see the final Comic Book Poem.
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Thanks Claire- Comic Book Poem
The Final Comic Book Poem of Series 5 is Thanks Claire. Please give it a read below. The individual Pages are below: A slideshow is below: Click to view slideshow. DOWNLOAD If you would like to...
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – Thanks Claire
I don’t want to write much here as I don’t want to give much away. It’s not a traditional Comic Book Poem as the text almost reads like prose. It is a character reflecting back on their life and...
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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – Thanks Claire
Sometimes the visuals say it all and this is a great example. Thanks Claire is a story and was exhibited in Glasgow during the Commonwealth Games 2014. Info on the exhibition can be found here. I...
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Comic Book Poems Series 5 – Portfolio
Now that another 10 Comic Book Poems have been released it is time to collect them together as a downloadable Zine. The title of Series 5 is Portfolio and it collects the ten Comic Book Poems...
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Comic Book Poems Series 5 – Portfolio – Front Cover
Comic Book Poems are being collected together as groups of 10 and presented as a downloadable Zine. Series 5 goes by the title Portfolio and the cover can be seen below. The zine will be made available...
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Comic Book Poems – Series 5 – Portfolio now live
Portfolio is Series 5 of the Comic Book Poems website. This is a collection of 10 Comic Book Poems together as a zine which you can read online, download, read on a tablet or even print off. The...
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Comic Book Poems Series 5 – Portfolio- Lessons Learned
We now have Series 1 – Outsider Art, Series 2 – 1001 Monsters, Series 3 – Unfinished and also Series 4 – Eyes. But here we are looking back at Series 5 – Portfolio. Formula is probably the word that...
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A few Weeks off Before Series 6
Comic Book Poems will be taking a few weeks off before we start Series 6. Expect more Comic Book Poems in September. Until then here is a teaser for Series 6.
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Comic Book Poems Series 6 – What to Expect
For Series 6 of Comic Book Poems I will be looking at theme and formula. All the Comic Book Poems will be of the same length. They will be one page long. This means the Comic Book Poems will be short,...
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Comic Book Poems Series 6 – Starting Soon
A new Series of Comic Book Poems is ready to be published. The first Comic Book Poem of Series 6 will be published on 21 September with a preview on the 18th. Check back on those days to see the launch...
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Minature – Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the first Comic Book Poem in Series 6. It is called Minature and will go live on 21 September 2015. Check back at the blog to see the final Comic Book Poem.
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Minature – Comic Book Poem
The First Comic Book Poem of Series 6 is Minature. Please give it a read below.
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – Minature
Minature is a short and sweet Comic Book Poem to kick off Series 6. The words pretty much say everything. As already noted in the What to Expect blog post – All the Comic Book Poems in Series 6 will...
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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – Minature
As with the writing for Minature (see the Writing a Comic Book Poem – Minature blog post for more details) illustrating the Comic Book was also a fairly short and sweet process. I made use of ink and...
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Spoken Word- Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the Second Comic Book Poem in Series 6.
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Spoken Word – Comic Book Poem
The Second Comic Book Poem of Series 6 is Spoken Word. Please give it a read below.
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – Spoken Word
Spoken Word is a fairly angry Comic Book Poem that looks at poetry as it is written and spoken. I wrote this several days after attending a Poetry Slam in Glasgow. The poets received great responses...
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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – Spoken Word
Spoken Word is abstract in style and gives very little away to the reader. I was experimenting with pen and ink and wanted to create disjointed text to go along with a somewhat disjointed character....
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