Panel 1: (Narration box:) The following morning finds Angus in North Fairmount, stocking a safehouse at the request of his employer, the Lethal Librarian…
Angus: Good morning, ma’am.
Mrs. Elliot: Now I’ve seen everything! A TALKING COW!
Panel 2: Angus (clears throat): Ahem—I am a minotaur, ma’am.
Panel 3: Mrs. Elliot: Don’t you go stomping around in there! I have Hummels in the china closet!
Panel 4: Angus (hesitant): I… don’t… stomp…
Mrs. Elliot: You’re brown. Does that mean you give chocolate milk?
Panel 5: Angus: That’s a myth, ma’am.
Mrs. Elliot: Ok… So put me down for a quart of regular and a pint of heavy cream.
Panel 6: (Angus stomps his hoof in frustration, making a loud THUMP sound.)
Angus (shouting): I AM NOT A COW!
(A small sound comes from the background: Tinkle.)
Panel 7: Mrs. Elliot (smirking): If that’s the little girl feeding ducks, you’re in deep manure, bossy.
The Hussian School of Art is located on the second floor of Philadelphia’s historic Bourse Building.
When I transitioned to full-time cartooning in April of 2012, I mentioned that one of the things I wanted to do that I didn’t previously have the time to pursue was teaching at the college level. Eighteen months later, I have some very good news to share.
In January, I will be teaching a senior-level course on Arts Entrepreneurship at Hussian School of Art. Located in Philadelphia’s historic Bourse Building, Hussian is a private vocational school for graphic design and commercial art.
For a long time now, I’ve argued (sometimes loudly on Webcomics Weekly) that art schools need to do a better job of preparing their students for the Real World they’re being thrust into. And that means an overwhelming probability of freelance work and running a small business centered around one’s craft — not the studio jobs and staff positions that were prevalent decades ago. In short, it’s not enough to teach a student to draw or design. To really serve the students, an art school needs to teach them entrepreneurship.
Now I get to back up those words with action. And I’m super excited to have the chance to do exactly that at Hussian.
