S&F in Philosophy Now: Personal Identity

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The following cartoon accompanied the print version of Joshua Farris’s What’s So Simple About Personal identity? (Philosophy Now, Issue 107). The article discusses the various theories about what makes up personal identity. For example, some feel that identity is ultimately the result of the collection of memories over time, whereas others argue that it is more attributable to the persistence of character over time, among many other competing theories that I’m not sure we will ever be able to truly resolve.

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Firemen, once more

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Here are the simple sketches completed for Raindance Theatre’s web series video production: The Cinematography of Comics, as I posted about last week. They are firemen, but not your regular kind. Back to regular Simon & Finn cartoons next week!Drunk Fireman smPeggy Fireman - smOldie Fireman - sm

 

Firemen Sketches – Raindance Theatre

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Thought I’d post some sketches in progress for Toronto’s Raindance Theatre. The finals are to be used in their web series video production: The Cinematography of Comics (working title), featuring none other than the infamous Ty Templeton.

I welcome any feedback so as to improve the final product.. not totally satisfied with Sketch #2 just yet, but hopefully the atypical nature of each fireman is fairly clear.

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Bearings – A seasoned executive

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Bearings - ExecutivesmallP.S.  My dad pointed that Latin American executives would use chili powder of course..

Ernie, in process

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Allo!  It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I wanted to give a quick update on a character some might remember from time past: Ernie the Philosopher.  As Ernie is in process of migrating to book form (all very grassroots for now), I thought I’d post a few pics from the ‘beta’ book. 🙂

It remains to be seen what’s next, but it’s been gratifying to witness a 3D Ernie, and I’ll be sure to post any news as it unfolds.  The original Ernie stories can be seen here: https://simonandfinn.com/stories/ernie-stories/

June 2015 Update: Happy to announce that the story, Ernie & The Forest of Envy, tied for first place in Toronto Writers’ Cooperative Helen Knight Short Story contest.

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S&F in Philosophy Now: Are We Naturally Violent?

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I forgot to post this December cartoon!  It accompanied the print version of David Barash’s Are Human Beings Natural Violent and Warlike?  (Philosophy Now, Issue 105).

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 For more on Professor Barash’s work, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_P._Barash

S&F in Philosophy Now: Critical Reasoning

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The following cartoon accompanied the print version of Marianne Talbot’s How to Think: Critical Reasoning (Philosophy Now, Issue 106). The full article can be viewed here: https://philosophynow.org/issues/106/Critical_Reasoning    —  enjoy!S&F Critical Reasoning small

 

Don Frog DeMarco

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I created a little sculpey sculpture for a friend… please welcome Don Frog DeMarco to the planet.  🙂

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Ink exercises

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I’m taking a class with graphic novelist Fiona Smyth, and thought I’d post some in-class exercises we did from Drawing Words, Writing Pictures (relevant links provided below this post).

The concept was to first make some random ink marks, secondly draw whatever we saw in them, and third add some text.  The first one is meant to be read from right to left, starting from the bottom right.  The second is a bit more consecutive.

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Fiona Smyth: http://www.annickpress.com/author/Fiona_Smyth

Drawing Words, Writing Pictures: http://dw-wp.com/

Bearings: Squeaky wheels

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