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Sixsmiths panel.JPG
Nov.16.2009
Red Room Original
A while back, while I was chatting to a publisher about lettering in comics, I remarked that I prefer comics to be hand-lettered. I think it looks better, and "warmer," too. "Warmer" is a bit of an ambiguous adjective, but basically it means that it makes me feel better to look at a hand-lettered comic than at one with a font generated by a...
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Smurfette
Oct.26.2009
Geocities
1.) Introduction: This is a discursive analysis of the television programme The Smurfs, created by Peyo, and first aired during the greater part of the eighties. In other words, it is an analysis of some of the socio-political themes I have noticed in the show. The Smurfs is a unique programme. It is, first and foremost, a cartoon, and as such it is aimed at...