Cartoonist and Center for Cartoon Studies faculty member Alec Longstreth will talk about the many ways technology is making it easier to create and distribute comics in this modern age. Topics covered will include zines, minicomics, print-on-demand books, webcomics and eBooks. If you are interested in self-publishing, you do not want to miss this lecture!
Alec Longstreth has been self-publishing his minicomic Phase 7 since 2002. In 2005, Phase 7 won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic and in 2007 Longstreth won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut. In 2008 Longstreth became a Fellow at The Center for Cartoon Studies. He has been a member of the CCS Faculty ever since. In 2008, L'employé du Moi published a 200-page collection of Phase 7 comics and later this year they will release the French version of his first graphic novel, Basewood. Alec also works as a colorist for FirstSecond books and as a freelance illustrator. His illustration clients include Weezer, Nickelodeon Magazine, National Geographic for Kids and many more. Check out Alec's work at: www.alec-longstreth.com
Co-sponsored by the Center for Cartoon Studies, Ben Saunders, and the UO Program in Comics Studies.
