Two years ago yesterday we lost our beloved friend, studio mate, gifted cartoonist and passionate student and educator of the art, #JesseHamm.

A fine remembrance of Jesse is here: https://tcj.com/jesse-alan-hamm-july-30-1975-may-12-2021/

A collection of his terrific art tips here: https://twitter.com/hamm_tips

Here’s a #comics #protip from my late friend #JesseHamm.
“The space — or "real estate" — on a comics page represents not only the story's passage of time, but the story's emotional priorities.

Is the page about Tokyo's destruction? Give the city more real estate. Or is it about a woman's reaction? Give her face more real estate.

Don't let the subject's size dictate the size of the panel. Here, Alex Toth crams an aircraft carrier into a caption box—because it's incidental.”

Images are borked rn, so let’s share a great #protip thread by my late friend & colleague, #JesseHamm. (lightly edited to fit.)
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“There's a type of person who is smart and gifted, and learns from early childhood to aim for the stars, because "nothing is impossible."

When life's constraints prove otherwise, this person is crushed. Unable to bend and accept flaws, they break.

#Comics attract this person.” (Cont)