by Tom Batiuk | Apr 26, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
by Tom Batiuk | Apr 25, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
Recently, Michael Gilbert in his Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt in Alter Ego has been discussing logos and lettering, two things that can make or break a splash page. He printed a Mr. Monster splash page that I’d forgotten about that checks all the boxes of the...
by Tom Batiuk | Apr 22, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
Let me tackle the concept of closed endings vs open endings with a couple examples from my own work. For about eleven years, I did a strip called John Darling about a TV talk show host. When the strip ended, he was shot, murdered. Full stop. Nothing after that. No...
by Tom Batiuk | Apr 19, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
by Tom Batiuk | Apr 15, 2026 | Komix Thoughts
While I’m on the subject of rules, let me share a few other thoughts on the subject with the caveat that they will run contrary (there’s that word again) to the accepted wisdom on writing, and the keepers of accepted wisdom would have me pilloried in the square for...
