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Category Archives: comics

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity”: There Must Be Stars

I take this passage in Escher’s essay to be particularly appropriate for comics creators:

Posted byMarek10 Dec 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: art, Escher, infinity, math, science, space, time2 Comments on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity”: There Must Be Stars

Bakhtin: “Deepest Communion”

Drawn from a quote in the introduction to D. Soyini Madison’s “Critical Ethnography”…

Posted byMarek02 Dec 201402 Apr 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, ethnography, FeatureTags: community, consciousness, D. Soyini Madison, ethnography, Mikhail Bakhtin, quote, socialization, the otherLeave a comment on Bakhtin: “Deepest Communion”

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 2: Music & Eternity

“to approach eternity by means of sounds”…?

Posted byMarek20 Nov 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: Escher, infinity, math, music, radio, science1 Comment on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 2: Music & Eternity

Build Your Own 8-page Mini

So you’ve drawn your 8-page comic (including covers & inside pages)… Now let’s PUBLISH it!

Posted byMarek17 Nov 201424 Nov 2024Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Feature, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: cut, diy, fold, mini-comics, photocopy, publish, scissors, staple1 Comment on Build Your Own 8-page Mini

Escher Exhibit

Journal comic inspired by a recent visit to the Currier Museum’s mind-bending exposition…

Posted byMarek01 Nov 201430 Nov 2016Posted incomics, mathTags: currier, Escher, museum, tessellation, triangle3 Comments on Escher Exhibit

Walking Meditation with Beverly Naidus

Drawn at a workshop at Plymouth State University’s Karl Drerup Gallery.

Posted byMarek08 Oct 201430 Nov 2016Posted incomics, Comics WorkshopTags: Beverly Naidus, meditation, mindfulness, Plymouth, walkingLeave a comment on Walking Meditation with Beverly Naidus

The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)

Drawn with James Sturm ~ Summer 2014

Posted byMarek25 Sep 201430 Jun 2023Posted inAC Resources, Applied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Feature, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, ShopTags: applied cartooning, art, art education, careers, ccs, Center for Cartoon Studies, cheese, james sturm, manifesto, mice1 Comment on The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)

Drawing QB 4: Just Start

How about some space armor, laser guns, and big explosions?!

Posted byMarek22 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 4: Just Start

Drawing QB 3: Name Game

Drafting a list of possible names for a new strip…

Posted byMarek03 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic strips, quasarLeave a comment on Drawing QB 3: Name Game

Drawing QB 2: Why not?

Because SOMEBODY has to do it…

Posted byMarek02 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 2: Why not?

Drawing QB 1: What We Need

A glance at the comics page in the student newspaper …

Posted byMarek01 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, Buck Rogers, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 1: What We Need

Hotel Infinity

“Up ahead in the distance, / I saw a shimmering light…”:

Posted byMarek11 Apr 201414 Nov 2017Posted incomics, mathTags: hotel infinity, infinity, mathLeave a comment on Hotel Infinity

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