Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Webcomics As Self-Publishing

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Back in high school, I discovered the internet, and shortly thereafter I discovered my first webcomic: Ctrl+Alt+Del by Tim Buckley. Having grown up in the middle of the woods, in a town with no comic shop, no game store, and … Continue reading →

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Interview with Creative Writer Abbi Nguyen

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Abbi Nguyen came to the US eight years ago from Vietnam, and after some time in San Diego, she decided to move to Ashland in order to major in creative writing. Apparently this was a good choice because since then … Continue reading →

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Facebook survey about handwriting

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Ed Battistella

For the purposes of research, and because I’m attempting to be more than a wallflower on Facebook, I asked my friends some questions about their handwriting.  I found the responses interesting, varied, and thoughtful.  My first post read, “I’m curious:  … Continue reading →

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Copywriting – who knew?

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Ed Battistella

This week in the History of Publishing class, we had a special guest speaker. Samantha Niemeyer is an SOU alumn from 2011 and is currently working as a copywriter for Fire Mountain Gems.I had never heard much about what copywriting … Continue reading →

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