This collection reprints the first four issues of Phase 7 in their entirety:
#001 features a twelve-page "silent" comic about escaping horrible office jobs, plus a variety of one and... More > two-page comics with plenty of gags and jokes!
#002 has three short stories: a trip to New York City with my friend Gabe, working as a scenic carpenter in L.A. and tree-hugging SPACE ALIENS!
#003 is the epic story of my cross-country road trip with my friend Gabe. Drawn with stick figures in a journal-type Comics form. Adventure! Love! Hilarity! Danger! Gambling!
#004 contains a semi-autobiographical tale that explores the idea of graffiti as art. I used all real graffiti from the streets of Seattle, WA.
This book also features an all-new three page introduction and Phase 7 covers, introductions and letter columns.< Less
Phase 7 is all about clarifying and adding depth to the classroom. Education, to this point in time has been two dimensional – teachers present knowledge, students take notes on knowledge... More > presented. Utilizing ECA – Phase 7 methods, the teacher adds depth and dimension to the classroom experience. Much like Zeuxix, the first Greek painter who added shading to paintings to give them a three-dimensional look and for the first time gave paintings a sense of reality. He painted Fifth century B.C.
"Curriculum is the under riding current that moves the class forward towards its established goal. Much like the currents in the ocean and their effect on a boat, curriculum should be a natural flow within the class that pushes the class in the right direction. Curriculum is not the vehicle of education – it is the substance upon which education is driven." - Brett Peterson - Pg.61< Less
Phase 7 is all about clarifying and adding depth to the classroom. Education, to this point in time has been two dimensional – teachers present knowledge, students take notes on knowledge... More > presented. Utilizing ECA – Phase 7 methods, the teacher adds depth and dimension to the classroom experience. Much like Zeuxix, the first Greek painter who added shading to paintings to give them a three-dimensional look and for the first time gave paintings a sense of reality. He painted Fifth century B.C.
"Curriculum is the under riding current that moves the class forward towards its established goal. Much like the currents in the ocean and their effect on a boat, curriculum should be a natural flow within the class that pushes the class in the right direction. Curriculum is not the vehicle of education – it is the substance upon which education is driven." - Brett Peterson - Pg.61< Less
For the first time, both parts of Transition are under one cover! "Transition: Part One - A Comics Artist is Formed" is the true story of how I grew up with comics, abandoned them, and... More > then returned to them and decided to start self-publishing! "Transition: Part Two - The Best of All Possible Worlds" describes the secret origins of my minicomic PHASE 7, as well as many of the things I learned in my first 4 years of self-publishing. This book secretly contains many useful tips on how to start your own comic book, distribute it and get involved in the comics community!< Less
This collection reprints five issues of Alec Longstreth's minicomic Phase 7 in their entirety:
#012 is a stick figure science fiction story about a college and the barcode system it uses to keep... More > track of its students.
#013 reprints a comics essay in which the idea of everyday art is explored throughout art history.
#014 is a facsimile of the sketchbook that Longstreth took on his first trip to Europe, for the 2009 Angoulême comics festival in France. It includes an account of his trip and many observational drawings created while traveling.
#015 and #016 are comprised of selections from Longstreth's many sketchbooks, starting in 1995 and working up to 2008. Various quick drawings and loose diary comics reveal the cartoonist's struggles with relationships, employment, education and his future.
All of these issues were released while Longstreth was focused on drawing his graphic novel Basewood, hence the title "B-Sides."< Less
On December 19th, 2001 Alec Longstreth drew his first 24-Hour Comic. The experience was so amazing for him, that Alec vowed to draw one a year for the rest of his life. "24x7" collects... More > six of Alec's best 24-Hour Comics from his first ten years on the job. The seventh 24-Hour Comic is the book itself!< Less
Abraham Lincoln as akin to me had a stellar reputation. Let us begin here; counseled by his wisdom.
When he was practicing law, a client asked him if a certain gentleman was a man of means.... More > "Well, I reckon he ought to be," said Abe. "In fact, he's about the meanest man in town."
Lincoln also left us with this conviction: "If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."
This gem alone is worth the price of the book: Evil is to live ---------. ---- is ----, -------. ---------. To be clear with the clue the dashes are 9,4,4,7 and 9 respectively.< Less
On December 19th, 2001 Alec Longstreth drew his first 24-Hour Comic. The experience was so amazing for him, that Alec vowed to draw one a year for the rest of his life. "24x7" collects six... More > of Alec's best 24-Hour Comics from his first ten years on the job. The seventh 24-Hour Comic is the book itself!< Less
Ne renoncez jamais à vos rêves ! Trouvez-les ou retrouvez-les pour être en phase avec votre véritable personnalité et vous sentir toujours à votre place.
In this encompassing examination of health as the greatest priority in fitness and nutrition, author and endurance athlete A. J. Ormiston has simply and elegantly split the nebulous concepts of... More > "nutrition" and "exercise" into the three stages of "Ramp Up", "Sustain", and "Perform". He promotes a lifestyle of wellness and accomplishment through the three pillars of balance, independence, and simplicity.
Included in this book is a 7-stage program that takes the reader through his "Ramp Up" and "Sustain" stages of fitness. It's goal is to teach the principles of the book in a practical and applicable manner.
The Seven-Phase Program is structured as follows:
Phase 1: Assessment
Phase 2: Discovery
Phase 3: Planning and Goal Setting
Phase 4: Implementation
Phase 5: Refinement
Phase 6: Reimplementation
Phase 7: Commitment
After taking the reader through the program, the author proceeds to examine his holistic view of health in the concluding 12 chapters of the book.< Less
