Tommy Ly of Stumptown Otaku created a fantastic voter outreach comic for members of Portlandās Chinese community, explaining our new ranked choice voting system in both Traditional and Simplified versions. I love seeing comics used like this. www.opb.org/article/2024...
Tommy Ly created a Chinese-language comic strip to explain Portland's ranked-choice voting system by comparing it to selecting mooncake flavors. His goal is to make the complex voting process easier t...
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Following my own injunction here ā for those not on Instagram, Hope Larson has posted from Asheville that her family is safe at home and they have food and potable water.
I agree! Itās not inherently about amount of detail or rendering (I can read Alex Rossās comics!), itās about whether the panels communicate with each other and are designed to pull you forward vs every image being a money shot.
If every panel stops you dead to admire its qualities as a perfect breathtaking standalone image, the story and pace suffers. Each panel should make you want to move on to the next one!
Or go for them all and make it a sort of hyperlocal EGOT
Unfollow and pretend you never saw any of it and their work was found in an old cedar chest somewhere tied up with a yellowed satin ribbon, each piece left mysteriously unsigned
Ah yeah, I know there are many avenues for contributions to overall recovery efforts ā I meant more on an individual level, ie if a cartoonist needs a safe place to couchsurf, replacement art equipment, somebody to cover their gigs, pet fostering etc
OH FRABJOUS FUCKIN DAY
Thereās a huge comics community in this region ā if you manage to touch base with any of them in the coming days/weeks, please post about it so we know where folks are at and can organize meaningful and specific aid ā¤ļø
