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November 24, 2008

Graphic Novel Resource | Shannen Pickens

I was looking for some other possible postcard options online and found a lot of vintage postcards on a flickr site. Here is a link to some of the posts, I hope this is helpful!

http://flickr.com/photos/92943860@N00/sets/72157604211552790/

November 10, 2008

Sound Resources

http://www.freesound.org/: a website with free sound clips

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

September 29, 2008

Zine Resources

ZINE WEBSITES:
Punk Zine Archive; http://www.operationphoenixrecords.com/archivespage.html
Giant Robot Magazine: www.giantrobot.com
Maximum Rocknroll: www.maximumrocknroll.com
University of Iowa Library (great old sci fi archive!): www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll search "fanzine"
Infiltration (Urban Explorers): http:www.infiltration.org/zine.html
DIY Culture: http://www.somethingilearnedtoday.org/introduction4.html
Zinewiki: http://zinewiki.com
Zinebook: http://zinebook.com/
Zinelibrary.net: http://zinelibrary.net
Papercut Zine Library: www.papercutzinelibrary.org (Resources page)
Midwest Zine Collective: http://www.midwestzines.org
Fall of Autumn: http://www.fallofautumn.com/
Microcosm Publishing: http://www.microcosmpublishing.com/ (a big distro)

ZINE CREATION:
How to Publish a Fanzine: http://www.zinebook.com/resource/fanzine.pdf
Template: http://caption.org/2002/minicomics/
Instructional Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1W15BWCUk
Reproduction Guide: Download file


LOCAL RESOURCES:

Arise! Bookstore: www.arisebookstore.org
Extreme Noise Records: www.extremenoise.com
May Day Books: www.maydaybookstore.org
Bat Annex Library: www.belfrycenter.wetpaint.com
Steven Square Center for the Arts: www.stevensarts.org
Dreamhaven Books: www.dreamhavenbooks.com
Minnesota Center for Book Arts: www.mnbookarts.org/

ZINE DISTROS:
http://www.thegreenguide.org
http://www.undergroundpress.org/distros.html
www.fallofautumn.com
http://grrrlzines.net

September 9, 2008

Some Narrative Portraits



1."T.B. Harlem" Alice Neel, 1940
2. "Nicolaas Heinsius", Eugene de Loose, 1825
3. Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607
4. "Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear", Vincent Can Gogh, 1889
5. "Death of Marat" Jacques-Louis David, 1793
6. "Broken Column", Frida Kahlo, 1944
7. "Serenade" Romare Bearden, 1969
8. Avicenna (980-1037 CE), Anonymous Artist
9. "Mimi 1955", unknown artist
10. Karl Friedrich Abel Thomas Gainsborough, 1777

September 8, 2008

Uploading Demo

In this demo, I will show you how to upload text, links, images, and video.

This is the html code for posting a link:
< a href="http://www.dafont.com" target="_blank">dafont.com< /a>
(there is no space between "<" and "a" or "<" and "/a")
Here it is when written correctly with no spaces and the code is hidden:
dafont.com

Here is how you upload a video:


In youtube find the code to the right of the video that is under the heading "Embed". Copy this code in its entirety and paste it in your blog post, and viola! Your video will appear on our blog!

Later in the semester, we will go over how to use MediaMill.
Here is the link:
http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/

Here's how you upload an image:
To post your image click on "Upload File" in the left Nav, choose your
file (which should be no larger than 600 pixels wide), upload, check the
"show me the html" button, check the "create a thumbnail for this image"
and make the image 200 pixels wide, and click on the "Popup Image" button.
This will spit out html that you can copy and paste into your entry body.
And Voila! It should be up on the blog! (Always check that your entry
did indeed post).