Скачать или смотреть #4 From Graphic Journal to Graphic Novel - Studio Set-Up

Hi,
A new episode of From Graphic Journal to Graphic Novel is out.

This time, I’m not talking theory. I’m showing you my studio. In this fourth episode, I walk you through the space where I work - what’s on my desk, what stays around me for mojo, what I keep because it’s useful, and what I keep because it reminds me who I am.

It’s not a super technical setup video (yet). I’m not going deep into paper brands, exact tools, or filming my hand while drawing - that can come later if you’re interested.

For now, it’s the overall ecosystem. The atmosphere. The pile of things that surround the book while it’s being made.

I also talk about the books that are currently next to me - the ones feeding this project right now. Here’s the stack:

Masculinities (Barbican exhibition catalogue)
The Testosterone Files — Max Wolf Valerio
Daring to Be a Man Among Men — Bryce D. Smith (on Lou Sullivan)
Jeunes trans non binaire
Nicole Claveloux (small image catalogue, a gift from P.)
Trans Power — Juno Roche
We Both Laughed in Pleasure — Lou Sullivan
Writings by Frida Kahlo
Beautiful Aliens — Steve Abbott
Paul B. Preciado, Je suis un monstre qui vous parle
Daisy Letourneur, On ne naît pas mec
City of Night — John Rechy
True Noir – Revue de la dissidence sexuelle
Storie di genitori trans
Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
Leslie Feinberg, Drag King Dreams
Alex Iantaffi & Meg-John Barker, How to Understand Your Gender
Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
Paul B. Preciado, Countersexual Manifesto
Jack Halberstam, Female Masculinity

A lot of this more theoretical reflection continues in my Substack newsletter *Frociə in TRANSlation*. https://nicozbalboa.substack.com/
I’ve also turned some of that writing into a small printed fanzine, now available in my shop if you’re curious:
→ nicozbalboa.shop

But this episode is really about the physical space.
Where the book happens.
What surrounds it.
What feeds it.

Thank you for watching.
And please — send feedback. Tell me what you’d like to see more of. Don’t leave me alone in this corner of the internet.

Nicoz
see you:   / graphicjournalclub