HeyJaredIlluminating letters
A monthly(ish) comic or visual essay, as well as collected treasures, from the desk of Natalie Harney.
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Illuminating letters: craft club (opens the original)
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Good morning,This edition of craft club is inspired by ’s 99X.In his own words 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style (2005) is a playful exploration of the possibilities and potential of comics and storytelling. The book is based on a simple one-page anecdote which he re-draws and re-tells 99 times in different genres and drawing styles, in the form of homages and parodies, and in formal experiments that test the boundaries of the medium of comics.You can see selections from the book on
Illuminating Letters: making a mystery (opens the original)
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Dear reader,I’ve been thinking a lot about plotting. How do you reveal just enough in a clue to help a reader to help them determine elements of a story for themselves without showing so much that it’s too obvious?I also love a procedural crime drama and have always wanted to make my own crime solving pin board. This newsletter project is an excuse for me to make the fun stuff I want to and get better at making comics along the way.So this edition’s zine is a case file, featuring all the evidenc
Illuminating letters: craft club (opens the original)
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Dear reader,It’s craft club time again and this month I wanted to really embrace constraints this time around.I really enjoyed our first exercise where a lot of the decisions were taken out of my hands. Dividing a story across a grid with just a few words in each frame and a challenge to fill at least half the frames with only images, ideally abstract ones, got me thinking about how I work differently.So I thought what if instead of spreading the text out and then filling in images the image typ
Illuminating letters: Throwback (opens the original)
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Dear reader,Last year I entered The Faber / Observer / Comica Graphic Short Story Competition (now renamed in memory of Rachel Cooke, a champion of graphic novels). My entry didn’t come to anything, but I’m still really pleased with how my entry came together and the growth it shows from my previous entry.So, I’m sharing it with you…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FkOz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pro
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