One of the greatest pleasures of working as a lecturer is when you see a former student blossom into an artist and make his or her dream into a reality. Such is the case with filmmaker/ writer and SDSU alum Alex Dandino who took both my ENGL 577: Techniques in Screenwriting course and my ENGL   Read More …

As a gift to myself, I recently broke down and, finally, purchased comic creator Chris Ware’s 2012 magnum opus Building Stories. Upon opening the massive box and peering inside, the book proves to be a lovely gift to any reader who loves the art of storytelling with pictures that transcend the limitations of prose. Comics   Read More …