Here is a fun project that you might enjoy if you are stuck in your house or just bored.
Honestly it stems from me being a pack rat and wanting to hoard a lot of things, especially the comic sections in daily newspapers. I was running out of space; I needed to downsize it was that bad. I began to look through my papers and was just about to throw them away because I didn't read most of the comic strips on the pages; I only liked one or two (and just wanted to save those). I began to cut the ones I wanted to save and throw away the rest, and presto I now have a big pile of comics.
I have been putting comic strips into sketch books for a while just for fun, so that while in my classes I could look through and get a smile. Pretty soon that's almost all that was in my sketch book. I look back at all my "comic books" and have a great time reading through them. Hope you enjoy and have a blast when you are finished!
Sorry for the poor quality of the photos.
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Comics!!!
- Empty sketch book (any size - your preference)
- Mod Podge (Matte)
- Artist Brushes - 1 inch is good
- Cup half full of water
- Washcloth
- Work surface where you can make a mess
Before you begin placing your comics in the empty sketch book, first create an interesting cover for your "comic book." It's design doesn't have to necessarily be about comics or have comics on the cover, it's whatever you are interested in at the time. Although this can be done at any step, you could even wait till the end to create your cover.
Once I have all my materials gathered I start out with finding an order to how I am going to put the comics into the sketch book. If you have a big enough stack you can organize them by comic name, size, color/b&w, orientation (horizontal/vertical), or no order at all. I prefer to organize the comics by orientation first just for the fact that I don't have to turn the book to the side then back to its original position as I turn the page, but other than that I prefer being a little random just to make the book interesting and not predictable. It's however you want it though; it's your "comic book"
A helpful hint if you are organizing your book by orientation is to start at both ends of the book so that you can have vertical on one and horizontal on the other, and meet to fill the book.
When you have decided on your order you can start putting the comics in your book. Apply the mod podge to the back of a comic with a brush. The glue will go beyond the edge of the comic, that's why you need a work surface that you can make messy. A good brush for applying the medium is a one inch; you can apply a lot of glue quickly. A little bit of mod podge goes a long way though, apply a thin coating to the back of your comic then lay it down where you want it on the page. I prefer to not put any mod podge on the front of the comics because I love the look and feel of the bare newspaper.
When you have filled the page and make sure there isn't any extra glue around the comics (it'll smudge, and it'll be fine) close the book so that the pages don't wrinkle too much, and make sure the pages don't stick together.
While your page is drying wash out your brush in the sink or in the cup of water. Mod podge dries quickly so be sure to get you brush cleaned out fast and cleaned out good. Dry it with the washcloth. When the page is dry (I usually wait 15-20 minutes) you can repeat on the next page, and so on and so forth until your book is full and you can begin again.
Hope you have as much fun with this as I do. Enjoy!
Sincerely,
W.B.F.
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