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@Mappletons
1/ Rereading
@maxkriegers
"Chatting with Glue" piece this morning. Still a classic. Wish there were way more visual-spatial essays around the web. I think we get hung up on calling them "comics." Comics are a distinct visual culture people believe requires drawing skills
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🗨️ can we augment our online chats with new affordances? 🧠 what does a conversational medium that supports *thinking* look like? 🔀 Is there a pathway from the linear, one-dimensional, immutable logs we call "online conversation"? I made a comic! a9.io/glue-comic/
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Maggie 🔜 visting SFO 🇺🇸
@Mappletons
2/ "Comics" come with presumptions about how they 'should' be formatted – panels, word bubbles, superhero action shots Scott McCloud made a great case for broadening the medium in 'Understanding Comics'. But still feels trapped in historical legacy and established practices
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Kenshi
@kenshi
I think there is quite a renaissance going on that eschews the standards/formats set by American comics, as younger readers and creators are influenced by manga and things like
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