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Alum publishes book
Chambers' unique Mannequins comic strip a hit
Jessica Danielewicz
Issue date: 10/23/01 Section: News
The Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Bookstore will soon feature the unique work of a 1986 Eastern graduate.
Don Chambers, who majored in graphic design, recently published his first comic strip book featuring photographs of 230 towns, universities and parks surrounding Champaign-Urbana, called “Mannequins at home in Illinois and Western Indiana.”
“I wanted it to be something completely different from anything that anyone had ever seen before,” Chambers said.
Along with the photographs, the comic strips feature three dimensional computer-created characters complete with scans of real clothing and hair, Chambers said.
He said he has been the first person to publish a comic strip using such technology.
Chambers published his first Mannequins strip in 1996 and continues to publish one each week which runs in: The Altamont News, The Arthur Graphic-Clarion, the Atwood Herald, The (Cerro Gordo) News Record, the Georgetown Independent News, the Mt. Zion Region News, and the Teutopolis Press.
During is college career at Eastern, he also published comic strips in The Daily Eastern News.
The bookstore is expected to begin carrying Chamber’s book sometime this week. Currently, the Table Arts Center and the Lincoln Bookshop carry the book, which sells for $14.95.
Chambers spent 13 months traveling central Illinois and western Indiana taking photographs for the book.
While photographing different cities on the weekends for the book, Chambers said that he ran into a few interesting situations.
While walking around Eureka College, Chambers said he asked a student if she knew of any little-known landmarks around the area that he might get a picture of. The student said that there was a monument outside of town that commemorated the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln had practiced law.
After driving for what seemed like a very long time, Chambers said that they finally pulled over on a road out in the middle of nowhere, and the student got out of the car and parted the grass to show them the monument.
Don Chambers, who majored in graphic design, recently published his first comic strip book featuring photographs of 230 towns, universities and parks surrounding Champaign-Urbana, called “Mannequins at home in Illinois and Western Indiana.”
“I wanted it to be something completely different from anything that anyone had ever seen before,” Chambers said.
Along with the photographs, the comic strips feature three dimensional computer-created characters complete with scans of real clothing and hair, Chambers said.
He said he has been the first person to publish a comic strip using such technology.
Chambers published his first Mannequins strip in 1996 and continues to publish one each week which runs in: The Altamont News, The Arthur Graphic-Clarion, the Atwood Herald, The (Cerro Gordo) News Record, the Georgetown Independent News, the Mt. Zion Region News, and the Teutopolis Press.
During is college career at Eastern, he also published comic strips in The Daily Eastern News.
The bookstore is expected to begin carrying Chamber’s book sometime this week. Currently, the Table Arts Center and the Lincoln Bookshop carry the book, which sells for $14.95.
Chambers spent 13 months traveling central Illinois and western Indiana taking photographs for the book.
While photographing different cities on the weekends for the book, Chambers said that he ran into a few interesting situations.
While walking around Eureka College, Chambers said he asked a student if she knew of any little-known landmarks around the area that he might get a picture of. The student said that there was a monument outside of town that commemorated the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln had practiced law.
After driving for what seemed like a very long time, Chambers said that they finally pulled over on a road out in the middle of nowhere, and the student got out of the car and parted the grass to show them the monument.
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