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National Birds – a Comic
Posted in Comics, Sketchbook Also tagged Angry Birds, Cambodia, illustration, symbols, travel, webcomic
Sketchbook: Cambodia 2012
Posted in Sketchbook Also tagged Cambodia, color, illustration, plants, travel, wires
New Comics – WAIJIAO: The Blackboard
As a language teacher, I rely heavily on visual communication – flashcards, pictures, and, most of all, the blackboard. Trying to avoid direct translation and encourage my students to find other ways of understanding, I find myself constantly drawing as I teach, aiding my images with simple words, gestures, and sounds. The blackboard and chalk [...]
Posted in Comics Also tagged chalk, China, illustration, teaching, visual communication, webcomic
Public Education Posters – Part 1
Note: I am very interested in visual communication and the use of comics and other images as educative tools. Around China, we have seen many posters meant to inform the public on issues from health to disaster response. These are quite distant from the propaganda posters of the past, with cartoons replacing the raised fists [...]
Posted in Reviews Also tagged China, health, hygiene, illustration, posters, propaganda, public education, sanitation, visual communication, yichang
Two New Waijiao Episodes
China is full of cities of negligible differences, with buildings just like other buildings, parks like other parks, shopping districts like other shopping districts. And within each city are numerous schools, all of which more or less comply with the trend of repetition. In this episode, School Tour, see the typical elements of a Chinese [...]
A Couple of New Things
1. “Home” is a short descriptive story about our living conditions in Yichang, where we first lived upon coming to China a few years ago. It first appeared in Pif Magazine on September 1, 2011. 2. Though Waijiao is told through a first person perspective, I am thankfully not alone here. The most recent episode [...]
Posted in Comics, Essay, Updates Also tagged buildings, China, construction, expat, illustration, photo, sichuan earthquake, webcomic, yichang
Three Comics About China – a Review
With so many books and articles on the topic of modern China, one trying to understand this complex country can almost get lost in the sea of competing words. China is not easy to describe, with so many old stereotypes mingling with constant change. Photography and film help to fill the gap, but there is [...]
Posted in Comics, Reviews Also tagged books, China, graphic novels, guy delisle, herge, illustration, mao zedong, rius, tintin
A Short Lesson on Vocab
Where am I? What am I doing here? What does Waijiao mean? In a brief lesson at the blackboard, all of these questions are answered. If you are new to Waijiao, or don’t remember what you’ve seen, you may want to go back and take a look at some of the others before reading this [...]
Posted in Comics Also tagged chinese language, hangman, illustration, mandarin, vocabulary, webcomic