[blog] Year 2, Comic 11 – Junior Show
(Come find me, Huddle! Vol 2., and Check, Please! Year One at SPX W-82!!)
★ Notes on Year 2, Comic 11 – Junior Show★
✓ Update Schedule. I hope to update every other week on Mondays, with short comics, extras, livestreams, and blog posts like these posted during the off weeks. I’m still (still) working through kickstarter fulfillment, so it’s a matter of doing that OR posting new content to this blog. If I’m late on an update, I’ll let everyone know, probably trying to appease the masses with sketches.
✓ Convention Itinerary. The last conventions I’ll be attending in 2015 are (1) the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland THIS weekend, the 19th and 20th, (2) the 7th Annual Webcomics Rampage in Austin, TX October 16th-18th! and (3) the SCAD Sequential Art Mini Comics Expo on November 7th.
✓ Notes on Blog Posts. Blog posts are fun! The only problem is that they can start to get sprawling since I can talk about each comic forever. Like, in “Junior Show” I could talk about the ceilings in the Kotter center and why Shitty’s tie is red with white stripes and what were R&H doing other than demolishing the open bar and what’s that pink stuff on JLZ’s arm (and did Bitty bring an emergency blazer for Chowder (yes) and why does Jack have a camera (homework) and how many art pieces did Lardo make (3?)?) BUT THAT’S A LOT FOR ME. So, shorter blog posts.
✓ When does this comic take place? February of Bitty’s Sophomore year.
✓ Where is it taking place? The Main Gallery in the Kotter Student and Arts Center, which is right on the Pond. Lardo spends most of her time in the student studios at Kotter, the facilities at Faber, and in the Haus. The junior art show was directly inspired by my senior art show in college. Where, yes, there was an installation under the stairs. (Two, if I remember correctly?)
Reviews of the junior art show
“Well!! I didn’t really know what to expect! No one drew any portraits or anything!! I guess abstract art is all about some fancy meaning I guess? I like Lardo’s sculptures (she’s our manager (I thought sculptures were made of clay??)) they were super beautiful!! And then my teammate GOT INTO HARVARD” - ????
“I went and expected it to be weird; it was.” - W.P.
“It was all very…ornate! Very original. These artist, you know–I’ve never really been much of an intellectual, to be honest, so I couldn’t begin to explain much of the ‘intent’, per se, but I loved how interactive parts of the show were! So creative. The art majors here are really…something!” - E.B.
“A surprising number of these were pretty sexual so I don’t know if that was planned or?” - J.O
“It’s always great to go to events like these and see what’s happening around Samwell. Our manager’s in the show and she’s so talented. All the boys came out since she does a lot for the team and we want to support her.” - J. Z.
“It was really a great space for adventurous self-reflection and critical thought…Well, it was until the hockey team showed up.” - Disgruntled Student
Okay! That’s it from me. Until the next update. Right now I’ve got to draw a million things and prepare for a convention! Thanks for reading this and the comic!