I've returned to the state where my head is constantly working on my art, design and organization (ADO) contribution/paper/graphic novel. I almost have chapter 4 laid out (taken out of sequence) and am thinking about the relationship between the background photo and the options for text: the descriptive part under the panel and the dialogue bubbles of Jill and Troll. Somehow I must create an unspoken/ provocative point that the reader "gets". It's difficult to do, and I won't know if I've been successful until my work is read at the EGOS conference.
I did have a small "ahha" today at the
Frary Gallery listening to
Joan Altabe, artist and one-time art critic for the
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, talk about her "adult cartoons' - not pornographic, but lampooning the foibles of the times similar to the work of
William Hogarth and others. Altabe's panels -- black and white with one or two faces and dialogue between them -- made me realize how important is it to try to draw my two characters with faces registering emotions that readers can identify with. Another challenge!
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