It’s been a while since we last checked in with everyone’s favorite underground comics instructor, Professor Ivan Brunetti, who, when he’s not attempting to squeeze tenure out of The Daily Cross Hatch staff, is teaching our readers the way of the comix world, one syllabus entry at a time.
Since the visiting professor first started his [...]

There’s a good chance that, having gone through many years of education, most of us have accrued more than our share of teachers that’d we happily categorize as both ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ I know that’s certainly the case in my own experience.
If I had to find one universal fault in all of my instructors that [...]

Here’s one that’s been bouncing around the comics blogosphere for a little while. A few weeks ago, cartoonist Sam Hiti posted one of his daily warm-up drawings on his blog - a hooded, axe-wielding sort of man-jackal named “The Neuterer” – and challenged his readers to draw a suitable opponent to face his creation in [...]

Really, kids, why throw away another twenty thousand bucks on art school, when the faculty at UTDC has you covered for no money down? Visiting professor, Ivan Brunetti, presents the second round of his syllabus for his upcoming mini-course in Comic Art Magazine.
After the jump, the good professor explains the importance of a sketchbook to [...]

24 Hour Comics Day has a simple enough concept—speech bubble hellweek crammed into a single sleepless day—so it’s no big surprise that this mighty yet nerdy challenge springs up willy nilly throughout the year, not just on the official date. Creator Nat Gertler recently announced this year’s date as October 20th, but for many cartoonists [...]

I had some cool professors while I was in school—honestly, I really did. I’m not just saying that. I don’t have to. Save for those evenings, when I wake up in a cold sweat, sure for a second that I forgot to turn in some final paper, worth 87-percent of my mark, I’m pretty sure [...]