Why No Comments? By Peter Typically webcomics have a comments section, like any other blog. In fact, ComicPress, which is the WordPress variation that we are using, has a comments section built into it. I had to work hard to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recommended Graphic Novels: reMind By Peter There’s a beautifully drawn Webcomic called reMind by Jason Brubaker that has a couple of things in common with Coiled. A new page is published once a week, and Jason is working on collecting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 2, Page 10 The Writing Process By Peter A little while ago, I finished writing Chapter 5, which is a short scene between two characters you won’t meet until Chapter 3. I thought you might be interested in my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bakka, Part 2 By Peter A quick story about the real student named Bakka. One time I taught a class at Yesler where we created an electronic music-making machine using Augmented Reality technology. I got a famous museum in Seattle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bakka, Part 1 By Peter For the first couple years I taught at Yesler, I had a student named Bakka, whose family was from the Oromo region of Ethiopia, but he had lived in the U.S. most (if not all)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Accents By Peter Part of the story of Coiled involves people speaking English with an Ethiopian accent. I thought pretty hard about how to get this across in a graphic novel. I could write things out spelled incorrectly (instead of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome, new readers! By Peter Many of you are reading Coiled for the first time this week, since we are really working to get the word out. Welcome! If you are new to comics on the Web, the most important[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, Haven’t I Seen This Page Before? By Peter Yes, you have seen this page before. We are just about to start telling everyone about Coiled, and once we’ve done that, then we need to be sure to make every[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Writing and Drawing By Peter The deal I have with Amanda is that I take care of writing, technology, and business, and she does the drawing. It’s not an even deal at all. She ends up spending far more time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recommended Graphic Novels: Endstone By Peter When I was in 7th grade, I had a friend named Benno who introduced me to comics. Of course, I had read comics when I was younger, but Benno was serious about comics collecting.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…