Punya Mishra's Web » Comics http://punya.educ.msu.edu Punya Mishra's Web Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:54:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A brief history… http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2010/02/15/a-brief-history/ http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2010/02/15/a-brief-history/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:59:04 +0000 Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/?p=1214 … um… pretty much everything, rendered as a 2100 page-long flipbook.

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2010/02/15/a-brief-history/feed/ 0 Is your head in the McClouds! http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2009/01/19/your-head-in-the-mcclouds/ http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2009/01/19/your-head-in-the-mcclouds/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:34:23 +0000 Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2009/01/19/your-head-in-the-mcclouds/ Scott McCloud is a pioneer in his field – the field of comics. (I had previously posted about him here). I just discovered (via Presentation Zen & Matt Koehler) a TED talk he had given back in 2005. It is a wonderful introduction to McCloud the man and his ideas. Worth viewing in full.

Of particular interest to me (given my TPACK leanings) is his idea of a “durable mutation” by which a old genre (that of comics) can realize its true potential given the capabilities of this new digital medium. This connection between form and function, style and substance is not easy to achieve, and McClouds ruminations on this issue are profound and inspiring. Watch the video, below:


]]> http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2009/01/19/your-head-in-the-mcclouds/feed/ 0 Mad scientist v.s. engineers http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/12/16/mad-scientist-vs-engineers/ http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/12/16/mad-scientist-vs-engineers/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:53:41 +0000 Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/12/16/mad-scientist-vs-engineers/ Just came across this brilliant cartoon… just had to blog it!

]]> http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/12/16/mad-scientist-vs-engineers/feed/ 0 Partial to PartiallyClips http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/09/10/partial-to-partialclips/ http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/09/10/partial-to-partialclips/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:58:02 +0000 Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/09/10/partial-to-partialclips/ I Stumbled Upon PartiallyClips, a web-based comic strip based on clip art. The rules are simple, “No changes to the art from frame to frame … Never use the same clip in two strips. No repeating characters.” It it amazing just how well this works, despite these somewhat stringent limitations. Here are two of my favorites:

and

Enjoy.

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