Category Archives: Northwest Alternative Comics

After viewing the Northwest Alternative Comics, I saw numerous unique artists that all expressed their comics in different ways. Mita Mahato’s art stood out the most to me. She used several design elements along with design principles to help convey … Continue reading →

When looking at the Northwest alternative comics this was one of the large framed ones. It was kind of hard to believe that these comics were created by people with pen and paper. There was a particular comic in which … Continue reading →

When visiting the WSU Art Museum Collection of the Northwest Alternative Comics collection, one artist stood out to me as I read one of her printed works. However, for this post, I will be focusing on the printed work by … Continue reading →

For this post I chose to analyze something from Ellen Forney Web collections, I was unable to attend the WSU Art Museum Collection Study Center so am opting this as my media choice. The piece is a one panel comic … Continue reading →

In his zine Abruption, Taylor Dow appears to focus on the uses of line, direction, size, and contrast to direct the reader’s experience. As the comic is only black ink on brown paper, there is no color, though there is … Continue reading →

The comic that I chose to take a look at analyzing closure and time frames was a piece by David Lasky. This one in particular stood out to me because of the free form style the art takes on in … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, I was ill and unable to attend the actual museum. After viewing what’s shown online, it seems like it was quite the exhibit! I’ve walked past the art museum many times and have always been interested to go in, … Continue reading →