From high tech to low tech, Scott McLoud (Understanding Comics) penned for google a fascinating comic-style tour of Chrome’s development. Damn those google guys are smart!
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From the comic book scare to video games. Author David Hajdu talks The Ten-Cent Plague and being a father in the digital age. Comic controversy a cautionary tale – On the Level- msnbc.com: Parents, politicians, religious leaders have gone after virtually every art form associated with youth culture – comic books, rock music, and now, video games. [...] I’m a big fan of graphic novels, and this one promises to be a terrific exegesis on Iraq and the media. What follows in an excerpt from an interview with Shooting War author Anthony Lappe… A Wooster Collective comic based on street art characters. Frakken brilliant. I came across the very cool Newspaper Rock blog that covers the intersection between pop and Native culture. It’s produced at Blue Corn Comics, whose comic book, Peace Party, is featured in the above video. Technorati Tags: native america, blue corn comics The ACLU has a comic explaining government abuse of power. Technorati Tags: ACLU Graphic Witness is a great site for political and graphic art (the above Goya image is from the site). The organization is featured in a Canadian show on wordless graphic novels. If you are interested in propaganda, the site has a terrific archive of old posters. Panel from Understanding Comics Yeah, I know Timothy Leary is a kook to many, but I think he was a sage of the times. This excerpt from a comic featuring his ideas, Neurocomic, has some interesting pyscho-grist to chew on. I’m not the biggest fan of tranhumanism, but I do take the idea of media as extensions quite seriously, [...] Watch out! A comic super hero who battles copyright. |
Bridging media literacy with ecoliteracy, this blog features various meditations and musings by Antonio Lopez, an old school dharma punk and media educator. He is the author of:
Mediacology
Now available, Antonio's health and media literacy CDROM curriculum for youth of color, Merchants of Culture. This valuable resource contains dozens of video and print examples of how advertisers market harmful substances such as alcohol and tobacco to various niche audiences, including Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asians, GLBT and Women. This is an excellent primer for introducing the subject of cultural marketing to high school and middle school students. This is also a great product for health professionals and councilors working in the area of prevention. 
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