Abstract 17 Series 3 ‘Lines’ page 6

Abstract 17 is a six page experiment. Page one is here. I was interested in exploring several ideas. Breaking up and spreading out the elements of a comic over several pages. Seeing if people would use these elements to create narrative. How viewing these pages on the Internet would effect how people viewed these images.
I also like this comic page on its own for its pure miminalism.
Drawingsilence.com

Do you remember when...

..."abstract comics" was such an absurd idea that it could be invoked as a joke? Well, you probably don't. Here's an example:

That's right - "narrative" comics (compared to, what, abstract comics featuring tetrahedrons?) are a great new art form!

Ha ha! "Abstract comics featuring tetrahedrons"! What a hilarious concept! Because everyone knows all comics tell stories, right? Right?

To illustrate this post, I googled "tetrahedrons" and here's something that showed up, from here:



As it says, this "image shows a series of formations that can appear in water, by simply vibrating it at “pure” (Diatonic) sound frequencies. The white lines are caused by tiny free-floating particles suspended in the water, which are gathered up by the pressures of the three-dimensional waves. Hexagonal structures are clearly visible in the centers of the top-right and bottom-right panes, and the top-right pane has two very clear tetrahedrons in it, exactly as they appear on planets in the HD model. The tetrahedrons look like a snowflake from this angle." Which also may interest Mike... :)

Here are some more tetrahedrons--or just one in 3-D, if you want to do that cross-your-eyes thingy:

women

A new review of the Anthology by comicsgirl.

And she is right when it comes to including women in the book.

But I'm sure Andrei would feature them if they excist and make good abstract comics.

Maybe they are somewhere out there and we need to find them.

Or maybe because there are very few abstract comics artists and because most comics are still made by men, there must be an even smaller amount of women working in this field.

So girlz, come on, start making abstract comics!!

Petit Trait by Baladi

I just published a review on my blog of Baladi's "Petit Trait", an abstract comic in L'Association's Patte de Mouche series. Not a shining example of abstract comics, it was published in late 2008.

visual poem by John Moore Williams

from http://fissuresofmen.blogspot.com/ (his others are in different styles)

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Oh yeah, it's Wednesday...

The book is in the stores! So go down to your LCBS, and feast your eyes. (And, oh yeah, buy it.)

To celebrate, here is an image you will not see anywhere else. When designing the cover, Jacob "resident design genius" Covey came up with two possibilities. We picked one (obviously!). Here's the one we didn't pick--which is still pretty great too:



Of course, if you go to the comic-book shop to look for that cover, you won't find it--so, to remind you (and for comparison purposes), here's what the actual cover looks like (yes, I know, posted here for the millionth time):



Which one would you have picked?