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8 The Clackamas Print Mv Oc, 20 2010 Comics jam at CCC Culture • • 21+: Calm your with late night gru Illustration by Jail By Joshua Baird Arts & Culture Editor John Petty Clackamas Print Comic book artist Scott McCloud explains to the audience how three lines can be per ceived as a face, even if it is made of a 2x4 and two cupcakes. . “Maybe the computer screen was just anoth er shape,” McCloud said. “Maybe it was just as limited a thing as the printed page ... Unless we didn’t look at the screen as a page, but we looked at the screen instead as a window.” The future of comics is what we make of it. More than 50 people attended McCloud’s This seems to be the principle lesson of comic presentation Friday night and roughly half came book artist Scott McCloud’s talk last Friday, kick ing off the 24-Hour Story Jam. McCloud spoke in back on Saturday for the workshops in letter pressing and comic production offered by the the Niemeyer Center Auditorium on the past, pres English department. ent and especially the future of comics as literature One participant from the comics workshop, and their interpretation by readers. Clackamas Community College student Eamon Dixon, produced an eight-page mini-comic with a story from his own life experiences. “It’s sort of going to be about an argument that I had with my girlfriend recently that will hopefully come across as humorous,” he said. “A very poorly drawn autobiographical comic.” Another Clackamas student, Jesse Corey, elected to join the letter-pressing workshop. Those who attended that workshop were able to use antique mechanical letter-presses for their projects. When asked his opinion on the notion that electronic gadgetry will one day soon replace such antiquated physical formats, Corey was adamant that digital media will never fully replace physical print as long as people want it in the old format. “You can give me a book on an e-reader, or a Kindle, and I’ll read it,” he Jesse Corey said, “but I won’t enjoy it as much as I would if Clackamas student I had the book in front of me. I like the feel of the pages and the old-book smell.” Trevor Dodge of the English department sees McCloud’s presentation and the 24-Hour Story Jam- as a stepping stone for Clackamas toward McCloud’s main focus was the parallel evolu tion of comics and the media in which they are* offering more advanced curriculum around displayed. He cited cave paintings as the earliest comics as literary devices. Dodge, who will possible example and worked his way up through teach two comic-intensive classes this spring, acknowledges that most two-year schools don’t hieroglyphs, stained glass cathedral windows and eventually to the Web-based comics so prevalent tend to focus on creativity, instead operating today. As the media grew more complex, so could more like refineries tailoring people to fill jobs, the ideas portrayed in the comics themselves and but, Dodge said, the “job track should not over ride the marketplace of ideals.” so could the format those ideas took. Those looking for more information on the McCloud postulated that early on in the com Story Jam or the course offerings involving ing of computers and the Web that there were far comics should contact Dodge or Kate Gray in more possibilities opening up for comics than ever the English department. before. By Kyle Smith The Clackamas Print This week’s emphasis is on the after-party munchies. I am actually convinced that alcohol companies are in cahoots with fast food companies. I say this because everybody I have ever met at a bar or tavern always seems to leave starving. In fact, the first words I muttered on my 21st birthday when my dri ver came to get me through my drunken stupor were, “Taco Bell.” Late night restaurants make a kill ing with the bar crowd, most notable is Taco Bell and Shari’s, though that doesn’t mean that those are the only choices. Recently Subway has been catering to those of us who have a late night hunger for something not so greasy. They are open 24 hours a day at several locations, the closest to the college is on Molalla Avenue. The problem with late night res taurants is that people have to drive to get there and most times have already imbibed copious quantities of the sauce. This is a bad idea in not just my opinion but in the eyes of the law. To avoid this problem, I suggest either having a designated driver in your group who is willing to baby-sit you after a couple hours of drinking, playing pool, dancing or singing your heart out to “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey, or call Designated Driver at 503 722-4042. If you make the choice to call “DD,” it is probably best to either eat a bowl of cereal or have something pre-made that will satisfy your hunger since operating a stove can lead to nasty bums, overcooked food, a trip to the hospital or a kitchen fire. Some simple ideas that you can . make prior to getting your drink on are listed as follows. Toasted Sandwich Ham and I This is an easy recipe that I very little attention to detail. 9 two slices of bread and you™ cheese (use the pre-sliced stun want you to cut your hand I ham. Make a sandwich and pl a toaster oven for a couple I usually 2-3, depending on till you use. Turkey Wrap Best prepared in advance \l have the finger dexterity to sfl toes. 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