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		<title>Tim-related links (three of them!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8216;s the gallery show I&#8217;ll be involved in, Sept 26 &#8211; Oct 2. Because of the show, I&#8217;ve put my comics back on the Web, here. An interview with me, here.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=739</link>
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		<title>#244 Calvin &amp; Hobbes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From 1985 to 1995, Bill Watterson&#8217;s Calvin and Hobbes challenged newspaper readers with imaginative stories, beautiful art, philosophical discussions, and ROTFL gags. Watterson famously eschewed commercialism, not only in the strip, but in real life, approving no C&#38;H tie-in products other than books of strips and a calendar or two. Tim and Kumar discuss this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=717</link>
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		<title>#243 Frontline Combat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EC Comics are primarily remembered as gruesome horror stories, but the company published in other genres as well. One EC staple was war comics, which enjoyed great popularity during the Korean War. One such title was Frontline Combat, the comic that dared to admit that &#8220;Marines retreat!&#8221; The now-huge names behind the series &#8212; Harvey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=708</link>
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		<title>#242 Sex comic: Art! Thor trailer: Trash?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oglaf appears on the Web uncredited, with no merch store, and with plenty of well-written, well-drawn raunchy comedy. Very, very raunchy. Tim, Mulele, and Kumar dig on this comic (platonically). The trailer for the upcoming &#8220;Thor&#8221; movie, though, does not impress. What were we expecting? Is Marvel starting to make their movies as inaccessible to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=701</link>
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		<title>#241 Dragon Ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though the highly influential manga series, and resulting TV show, are known for non-stop action and fighting, Dragon Ball started out as a comedy strip reminiscent of Akira Toriyama&#8217;s early work, Dr. Slump! Viz&#8217;s English versions have gone through various levels of censorship over time to adjust to the low level of sexuality that most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=685</link>
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		<title>#130 &#8220;Scott Pilgrim&#8221; and &#8220;Paul Has a Summer Job&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FLASHBACK! With the Scott Pilgrim movie coming soon, we re-present Tim and Brandon&#8217;s review of two Canadian coming-of-age comics: “Scott Pilgrim&#8217;s Precious Little Life” by Bryan Lee O’Malley, and “Paul Has a Summer Job” by Michel Rabagliati (originally presented June 2, 2008)!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=677</link>
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		<title>#240 Kill &#8220;Shakespeare&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Approached by one of its co-authors, Tim, Mulele, and Kumar take him up on his suggestion to review &#8220;Kill Shakespeare&#8221; from IDW. However, we didn&#8217;t promise to like it. Harvey Pekar, author of &#8220;American Splendor,&#8221; died recently at age 70. A remembrance of some of his work. San Diego Comic-Con is over for another year. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=669</link>
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		<title>#239 Comixology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comixology.com, which first appeared as a comics information site with pull lists, surprised a lot of people when it branched into selling major-publisher comics for the iPhone. Says CEO David Steinberger: &#8220;A lot of people see this as transforming; we see it as following our business plan.&#8221; This week Steinberger talks to Tim about formatting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=660</link>
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		<title>#238 Laika</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1957, the Russians were winning the space race. After the successful launch of Sputnik, the Russian space program was under pressure to further embarrass the U.S. by launching a living thing &#8212; a dog &#8212; into orbit. This is the story of Laika, who made a historical splash big enough to get a vague [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=655</link>
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		<title>Help us promote the show!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our new flyer can be downloaded here as a PDF file. Pass this on to your comics-literate friends, and help us get more listeners!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=653</link>
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		<title>#237 Web comics from our listeners!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At last the time has come! As we promised a few weeks back, this week Tim, Kumar, and Mulele critique comics by listeners: James Stanley (&#8220;Part Time Shuffle&#8221;) Elan Trinidad (&#8220;God TM&#8221;) Mike Luoma (&#8220;Everybody Lies&#8220;, &#8220;Vatican Assassin&#8220;)]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=643</link>
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		<title>#236 Weird Crime Theater: Setting up a Web comic site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim takes a week off (mostly) while Kumar and Mulele take over! They&#8217;ve been hard at work making, publishing, and promoting their Web comic, Weird Crime Theater. What all does that entail? Glad you asked! The guys fill us in. Also: Farewell to Al Williamson.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=636</link>
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		<title>Kumar’s Link Regurg-a-thon #3!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boy, it’s been a looonnng time since I did one of these! Some of these links are so old since I first bookmarked them, they might already be dead by now. And, as usual, these are mostly all cribbed from Comics Alliance, Bully, and the Comics Reporter…   Art / Stuff To Look At: Krazy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=629</link>
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		<title>#235 Iron Man 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iron Man 2 finally opened here in Japan a month after it did in the States. Having just gotten around to watching the first Iron Man movie at home (hey! He&#8217;s been busy!), Tim joins Mulele for a theater viewing of IM2. Also, an early &#8217;70s issue of The Invincible Iron Man drawn by Herb [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=622</link>
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		<title>#165 Mo Willems&#8217; Dirty Little Secret</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FLASHBACK! Children&#8217;s book writer Mo Willems has been found out: he&#8217;s actually a comics creator! He talks to Tim about the state of American comics for kids, the effect of his animation background on his approach to creating books, and&#8230; just why does that pigeon want to drive a bus, anyway?! (Originally published Feb 2, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=617</link>
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		<title>#234 Race Issues in Comics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comics have come a long way since Milton Caniff could put a hideous Chinese stereotype in a family newspaper, or create a racist World War II guide to telling &#8220;Japs&#8221; from Chinese people &#8212; right? Well&#8230; but what about those papers today that only want one &#8220;black strip&#8221; &#8212; Candorville or Curtis, but not both? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=603</link>
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		<title>#233 Bears and Beatles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re more responsive than we thought! Tim discovers a cache of listener e-mail he didn&#8217;t notice before; he reads the messages and discusses with Mulele. These sites are referenced: Ken Dahl&#8217;s site James Stanley (&#8220;Part Time Shuffle&#8221;) Elan Trinidad (&#8220;God TM&#8221;) Mike Luoma (&#8220;Vatican Assassin&#8220;, &#8220;Everybody Lies&#8220;) Boom! Studios&#8217; Mr. Stuffins was originally launched as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=592</link>
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		<title>More realistic video games&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bit off-topic, but you&#8217;ll forgive me because it&#8217;s hilarious&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=590</link>
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		<title>#141 &#8220;Dr. Slump&#8221; and &#8220;Cromartie High School&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FLASHBACK! In our August 18, 2008 episode, Tim and Kumar discuss gag manga! We cover two hilarious Japanese comics series, &#8220;Dr. Slump&#8221; by Akira Toriyama, and &#8220;Cromartie High School&#8221; by Eiji Nonaka.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=582</link>
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		<title>#232 &#8220;Hanna is Not a Boy&#8217;s Name&#8221; and &#8220;reMIND&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since critiquing comics is what we do, Tim goes in search of struggling Web comics creators who need some pointers. Instead, he ends up with two awesome comics! Hanna is not a Boy&#8217;s Name is a comedy with horror elements, lively art, and mucho f-bombs; reMIND is a beautifully rendered work about a cat, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=566</link>
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		<title>#231 Comics Translation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of looking for work as a comics translator? What issues are you likely to face in doing the work? Our very own Kumar, translator of dozens of Japanese comics for Dark Horse, talks to Tim about translating puns, accents, sound effects, song lyrics, and more. Plus: Farewell to Frank Frazetta.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=562</link>
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		<title>Update: &#8220;The 99&#8243;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last June, in episode #185, I talked to Naif al-Mutawa, creator and co-writer of &#8220;The 99&#8220;, a comic based on Islamic archetypes. Since then, I&#8217;ve been on Naif&#8217;s mailing list, and I just got a message saying he&#8217;s currently SWAMPED with attention, due to some recognition from this guy&#8230; he looks familiar somehow&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=530</link>
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		<title>#105 Comics &amp; Movies: What Scott McCloud won&#8217;t tell you!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FLASHBACK! While we take a week off, enjoy this vintage episode from December 10, 2007! How comics &#38; movies have influenced each other: what Scott McCloud won&#8217;t tell you! Also, digital inking, The Spirit, and All Star Superman! Mulele, Patrick G., Tim, and Tim&#8217;s brother Paul discuss.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=544</link>
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		<title>#230 Longbox and &#8220;Axe Cop&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Longbox Digital&#8216;s comics reader beta was unveiled at Emerald City Comicon in March. Is it any good? Tim and Mulele review. Also: hilarious Web comic &#8220;Axe Cop&#8220;!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=505</link>
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		<title>#229 Thoughts on thought balloons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview, Steven King is quoted as saying that a Vertigo editor asked him not to use thought balloons in his work on American Vampire. An article in Comics Comics Mag brought this to our attention, and sparked discussion. Why do some editors now discourage, or even ban, thought balloons &#8212; even when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=495</link>
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		<title>#228 Ruben Bolling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ruben Bolling is a comic strip creator who admits that he&#8217;s less interested in drawing than he used to be. Known as the brains behind the hilarious, and sometimes absurd, weekly strip &#8220;Tom the Dancing Bug,&#8221; Bolling does want to continue the strip, but also concentrate more effort on writing, and to move into other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=479</link>
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		<title>#227 dharbin.com, and Developing Your Own Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim and Mulele set out to review dharbin.com, but &#8220;the gold of the site&#8221; is hidden. Mulele explains where to find Dustin Harbin&#8217;s best work. Then an interview with (former) Tokyo resident Ed Siemienkowicz and a discussion of how to develop your own style. Tim continues to struggle with this as he is paid (!) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=471</link>
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		<title>#226 Hey, Managers! Comics!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comics are being used increasingly to get messages across visually, even those aimed at the business world. Doug Jackson, a Tokyo-based business consultant, was involved in adapting Patrick Lencioni&#8217;s &#8220;The Five Dysfunctions of a Team&#8221; into a &#8220;manga version.&#8221; He talks to Tim about the challenges he faced in turning  Lencioni&#8217;s &#8220;business fable&#8221; into a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=463</link>
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		<title>#225 Wizards of Oz&#8230; and &#8220;Toto&#8221; too!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[L. Frank Baum&#8217;s classic children&#8217;s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published 109 years ago and still inspires attempts to adapt it to other media. While the 1939 MGM movie tends to define the story in the minds of many, subsequent adaptations do stick closer to the original book than to the movie, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=450</link>
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		<title>Kumar’s Link Regurg-a-thon #2!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like the art of Adam Hughes very much, but this statue is bad: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/24/batgirl-statue-adam-hughes/ Not comics, but this seems to be the season for Leiji Matsumoto movies: CG Captain Harlock &#8212; http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-24/captain-harlock-new-cg-pilot-images-staff-revealed Live Action Uchu Senkan Yamato (a.k.a. Star Blazers in the US) &#8211; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExoH_JjMZg Galaxy Express 999 is one of my all-time favorite manga. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=446</link>
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		<title>#224 Our Notes on &#8220;Death Note&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bored, punk-dressing god of death and a genius high school boy are the main characters in Death Note, written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata. The boy, Light Yagami, receives from the god a notebook with which he can kill people simply by writing their names in it. A plot with many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=437</link>
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		<title>#223 Electronic Comics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comics are increasingly read as bits and bytes, on PCs and handheld devices. Blank creators Brothers of the Silence are publishing the comic in Flash on their site, and as image files on Facebook and several other sites. &#8220;Brothers&#8221; Ian LeWinter and Don Richmond talk about creating the comic and promoting it via social media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=423</link>
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		<title>#222 Canadian Web Comics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim and Mulele review two Web comics that have little in common besides the nationality of their creators! Amya, a recently-started, manga- an fantasy-influenced comic; and Hark, a Vagrant, featuring contemporary, humorous takes on historical events. Then Mulele critiques Tim&#8217;s recent artwork, and discussion of how to draw facial expressions ensues (view full post to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=414</link>
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		<title>#221 Johnny Cash: We See a Brightness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though Asterios Polyp made the point that comics and (written) music are similar, doing a comic about music is not such an easy task. But Reinhard Kleist beautifully presents the music, and life, of a country music legend in Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, recently released in English. How does it compare with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=404</link>
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		<title>Kumar&#8217;s Link Regurg-a-thon #1!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few weeks, every time I stumble across any interesting links in my comics website lurking, I&#8217;ve been emailing them on to Tim and Mulele (I&#8217;m guessing they don&#8217;t visit the same news websites I do). Tim has been encouraging me to post these on the Deconstructing Comics site, but I have been reluctant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=409</link>
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		<title>#220 Guamics!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you think the area where you live is too isolated and lacks a comics scene, consider the Pacific island of Guam: Fewer than 200,000 people, only about half of whom use the Internet. Few comics outlets, and a small selection. And even ordering online can be problematic. Tim visited Guam recently and spoke with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=389</link>
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		<title>#219 Asterios Polyp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reviews of Asterios Polyp blanket the Internet; why need we pile on? Well, for starters, to counteract all the reviewers who think that giving a story synoposis = explaining what the book&#8217;s about. That approach falls far short with Polyp, so Tim and Kumar are here to explain what they feel David Mazzucchelli&#8217;s masterwork graphic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=380</link>
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		<title>#218 The ups and downs of downloading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is having your work illegally downloaded the worst thing that can happen to a comics artist? If you work for a major, perhaps not, but every download can have a noticeable effect when you’re trying to make a living drawing comics that are less widely purchased. One such freelancer, Jake Ekiss of Dallas, Texas, joins [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=376</link>
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		<title>#217 Comics scripts analyzed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Comics Reporter article by Ng Suat Tong on &#8220;Writing, Collaboration, and Superheroes&#8221; (and a rebuttal to it from Chris Allen Online) got us to thinking: Do modern writers give sufficient instruction to artists? How much of what you see on the page came from the writer, and how much from the artist? Are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=366</link>
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		<title>#216 Comics on the move: a discussion of animation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Animation has always drawn on comics as a source of material. But what is involved in adapting a comic to animation? Our resident animation expert Patrik W joins Tim to talk about the special considerations of animation character design, as well as storyboarding and more. Preston Blair&#8217;s classic &#8220;Advanced Animation&#8221; Blog of Ren &#38; Stimpy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=355</link>
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		<title>#215 Gestalt rises from Down Under</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is not world-renowned for its comics scene. But Perth-based Gestalt Comics is trying to change that. Co-founders Wolf Bylsma and Skye Ogden talk to Tim about the Aussie comics scene and what Gestalt is doing to try to develop it.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=348</link>
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		<title>#214 We get interviewed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim and Mulele are joined by Mike Kloran, a Deconstructing Comics listener and artist based in northern Japan. Creating educational comics is discussed, and Mike interviews Tim and Mulele. Also, what are Mike&#8217;s thoughts on this podcast itself? Then Tim and Mulele discuss two books by Ken Dahl, &#8220;Welcome to the Dahl House&#8221; and &#8220;Monsters&#8221;.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=340</link>
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		<title>#213 Fullmetal Alchemist: An in-depth discussion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiromu Arakawa&#8217;s Fullmetal Alchemist combines the &#8220;steampunk&#8221; aesthetic with well-developed characters and a story that explores themes of war and hope, and highlights how any skill and any belief system can be used for good or ill. Tim and newcomer Hiroyuki (our first-ever Japanese guest!) roll up their sleeves, go through the first 19 volumes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#212 Emily the Strange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily the Strange began life as a character that appeared on merchandise, but lately she&#8217;s been fleshed out with a Dark Horse comics series and much more. Tim and Mulele talk about the first two trade paperback collections, and the controversy surrounding her origins. Also, if you&#8217;re looking for a comics-creator &#8220;scene&#8221;, what&#8217;s the best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=313</link>
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		<title>#211 Stephenny Godfrey and &#8220;Panorama&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steph Godfrey, of San Francisco by way of Perth, Australia, recently made a comic called Panorama, based on a dream she had and how it affected her life. Tim talks to Steph about the background of the comic, and then reviews it with Mulele.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=302</link>
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		<title>#210 Jillian Tamaki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Skim is a coming-of-age graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki, and drawn by her cousin Jillian Tamaki. Jillian works primarily in the field of illustration; how does she find that different from drawing a comic? Is it wrong to say that a comic is &#8220;illustrated&#8221;? She also discusses her perhaps unorthodox collaboration with Mariko on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=298</link>
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		<title>#209 Darrin Bell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12/7/09 Darrin Bell Darrin Bell, creator of the strip Candorville, talks about dealing with the expectations of a newspaper audience (and the thought processes of newspaper editors), the dynamic between characters Lamont and Susan, why he published his new book, Katrina&#8217;s Ghost, via Lulu, and, by the way, what&#8217;s up with the vampires?!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=262</link>
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		<title>#208 Apollo&#8217;s Song</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11/30/09 Apollo&#8217;s Song Osamu Tezuka&#8217;s &#8220;Apollo&#8217;s Song&#8221; came out in 1970, about the same time as &#8220;Ode to Kirihito&#8221;. It explores issues of love, sex, and death. How does this &#8220;adult&#8221; work of Japan&#8217;s God of Comics stack up against the masterwork &#8220;Kirihito&#8221;? Tim and Kumar review.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=246</link>
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		<title>R. Crumb conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 34-minute video conversation with R. Crumb from FORA.tv&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=252</link>
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		<title>#127 Ode to Kirihito</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5/12/08 Ode to Kirihito FLASHBACK! Osamu Tezuka is Japan&#8217;s &#8220;God of Manga.&#8221; Ode to Kirihito may be one of the reasons. Tim and Kumar review.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=231</link>
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		<title>#207 Magical Mystery Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11/23/09 Magical Mystery Podcast Tim and Mulele sit in a restaurant in Shinjuku, turn on the recorder, and see what develops. Topics include: Creator time management, Masashi Kishimoto&#8217;s Naruto, Hope Larson&#8217;s Gray Horses, Caveman Science Fiction, the casting of the Popeye movie, podcast promotion, Mulele&#8217;s epiphany about his slow productivity the past three years, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=228</link>
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		<title>#206 Web comics portfolio sites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11/16/09 Web comics portfolio sites Another Web comics discussion, this time looking at two artists&#8217; portfolio sites: Jordyn Bochon&#8217;s 8et8.net, and Aaron Diaz&#8217;s Dresdencodak.com. Both have their awesome points, but neither is perfect. Tim and Mulele weigh the good and not-so-good points.]]></description>
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		<title>#205 What is &#8220;good coloring&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11/9/09 What is &#8220;good coloring&#8221;? If you&#8217;ve been feeling like mainstream comics coloring is sometimes over-rendered, hyper-realistic, and/or muddy, you&#8217;re not alone. Ron Richards has been very vocal in, er, expressing his displeasure with it on the iFanboy podcast. Ron joins Tim and colorist Brian Miller of Hi-Fi Design to discuss the reasons the color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#108 Brian Miller and Hi-Fi Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3/10/08 Brian Miller and Hi-Fi Design FLASHBACK! Marvel &#38; DC colorist Brian Miller joins us to talk about how colorists get work in comics, coloring techniques, and more!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=208</link>
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		<title>#204 Hellboy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11/2/09 Hellboy In the beginning, there was Hellboy. Well, the beginning of Deconstructing Comics, anyway. Brandon and Mulele are both longtime connoisseurs of Mike Mignola&#8217;s work, and in early episodes, the work being discussed was often held up to Hellboy for comparison. And yet, until now, we&#8217;ve never actually reviewed Hellboy! Tim and Mulele rectify [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=203</link>
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		<title>Digital comics on your Apple Tablet??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://gizmodo.com/5391045/apple-tablet-will-restore-comic-books-to-former-glory]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=200</link>
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		<title>#203 Chris Bachalo clears things up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10/26/09 Chris Bachalo clears things up Chris Bachlo&#8217;s art has long had a compelling style to it, and yet it was sometimes very difficult to decipher just what was happening on some of his pages. This was perhaps particularly pronounced in his work on Steam Punk with Joe Kelly, back at the turn of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=196</link>
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		<title>#202 Dale Lazarov &amp; erotic comics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10/19/09 Dale Lazarov &#38; erotic comics Writing erotic comics? What&#8217;s so hard about writing a story about sex? Dale Lazarov, writer of gay erotic comics like &#8220;Sticky,&#8221; &#8220;Manly,&#8221; and the forthcoming &#8220;Nightlife,&#8221; talks about the challenges of writing erotic comics, and of dialog-free comics.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=193</link>
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		<title>#201 Rumiko Takahashi&#8217;s &#8220;Ranma 1/2&#8243; and &#8220;Inuyasha&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10/12/09 Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi is Japan&#8217;s leading female cartoonist and has created series that are loved the world over. Tim and Kumar discuss two of her series: &#8220;Ranma 1/2&#8243;, about a gender-switching martial arts master, and &#8220;Inuyasha&#8221;, about a 16th-century demon, a 20th-century high school girl, and a powerful jewel.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=189</link>
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		<title>#200 Draw me in St. Louis: Super Spy, Lackadaisycats, and more!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10/5/09 Draw me in St. Louis A 200th episode extravaganza! St. Louis resident Matt Kindt, creator of Super Spy, has been hard at work on several new titles, set at various points in the 20th century. Matt tells us what&#8217;s coming up and answers a few questions about Super Spy. Tracy Butler, also of St. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=181</link>
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		<title>#096 &#8220;Super Spy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10/8/07 &#8220;Super Spy&#8221; FLASHBACK! Top Shelf, publisher of Alex Robinson&#8217;s Tricked and Box Office Poison, has published another masterpiece: Matt Kindt&#8217;s Super Spy! Also: Tripwire magazine&#8217;s list of top graphic novels, and an impromptu discussion of Steve Canyon! (Plus: thrill to Tim&#8217;s undeveloped editing skills circa 2007!)]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=168</link>
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		<title>#199 Little Nemo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[9/28/09 Little Nemo Repeatedly collected and published since it went into the public domain, Winsor McCay&#8217;s Little Nemo is perhaps the most celebrated comic strip of the early 20th century. Peter Maresca, whose Sunday Press republished all the Nemo strips at their original size a few years back, talks with Tim about what&#8217;s good and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=178</link>
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		<title>#100 Phil Dunlap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11/5/07 Phil Dunlap FLASHBACK! With the 200th episode around the corner, a look back at the 100th episode! Tim interviews Phil Dunlap, creator of the syndicated comic strip Ink Pen: How did he get into syndication? What&#8217;s his advice for others who would like to do the same? Listen for the answers!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=159</link>
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		<title>#198 Comics Evangelism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[9/21/09 Comics Evangelism Disney buys Marvel? Yeah, OK. Macintosh owners Tim, Patrik W, and Mulele discuss the Steve Jobs connection &#8212; could this lead to X-men on your iPhone? If someone said, &#8220;What are these &#8216;comics&#8217; of which you speak? I would like to try some,&#8221; what would you hand them? Watchmen? Why not? What [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=155</link>
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		<title>#197 Adrian Raeside: From The Other Coast to Antarctica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[9/14/09 Adrian Raeside: From The Other Coast to Antarctica Canadian cartoonist Adrian Raeside is a veteran of editorial cartoons, the comics page (The Other Coast), animation, and children&#8217;s books. He talks about all of these and his newest book, Return to Antarctica, in a wide-ranging interview.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=150</link>
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		<title>Writing, Collaboration, and Superheroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article on comicsreporter.com has started a debate between Tim, Kumar, and Mulele, that will probably make its way to the podcast before long. In the meantime, check out the article itself, and give us your opinion!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=147</link>
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		<title>#196 Batman Begins&#8230;and Ends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[9/7/09 Batman Begins&#8230;and Ends Frank Miller produced two of the most influential Batman books ever, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One, within a short period in the mid-&#8217;80s. The stories present the end and beginning of Batman&#8217;s career, respectively. Tim and Kumar talk about what&#8217;s good, and in some cases maybe a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=141</link>
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		<title>#195 Knights and Pirates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8/31/09 Knights and Pirates A review of Web comic Dead Heaven by Chris Steininger leads into a discussion of Tim&#8217;s pet peeves about Web comics. Tim&#8217;s been reading the pirate manga series One Piece, and Mulele recommends a site centering on print design, that could inspire unusual ways to present your comic.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=121</link>
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		<title>#194 Comics on the screen: Dick Tracy and Sin City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8/24/09 Comics on the screen: Dick Tracy and Sin City Many comics have been adapted to movies, but few have tried to reproduce the experience of actually reading a comic. These two did: Warren Beatty&#8217;s Dick Tracy, and Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller&#8217;s Sin City. Tim, Mulele, Paul, and newcomer Rod discuss. Also: Paul and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=113</link>
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		<title>#193 Filling in the Word Balloon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8/17/09 Filling in the Word Balloon John Siuntres was one of the first comics podcasters back in 2005, and he&#8217;s been interviewing big names in American comics ever since. Tim chats with him about his background, how he got started with Word Balloon, and the state of mainstream comics.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=98</link>
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		<title>#192 Marvel Geek-out: Alternate Future Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8/10/09 Marvel Geek-out: Alternate Future Edition Whether it&#8217;s Old Man Logan, Days of Future Past, or Dr. Doom&#8217;s recent hallucination of a utopian future, possible futures and alternate time-lines are fun for both creator and reader. Tim and Patrik talk about alternate timelines (is there one where Dark Reign is finally over?), plus un-rebooting books, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=101</link>
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		<title>#191 Awesomeness in Bolt City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8/3/09 Awesomeness in Bolt City Kazu Kibuishi&#8217;s Bolt City Web site is a smorgasbord of awesomeness, featuring the monthly strip Copper, early work Clive Cabbage, first pages of his book Daisy Kutter, and how-tos for working on scanned art in Adobe PhotoShop. Kibuishi is also the editor of a series of anthology comics called Flight. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=97</link>
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		<title>Japan is being invaded by giant robots! No, really!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is what happens when the geeks get old enough to run companies. And governments. Tokyo has recently unveiled a to-scale statue of one of the giant robots from the &#8220;Gundam&#8221; comic series, on the man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. Not to be outdone, the city of Kobe (pronounced &#8220;KO-bay&#8221;, by the way) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=96</link>
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		<title>#190 American Flagg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7/27/09 American Flagg Though it had a lot of buzz when it first appeared in 1983, Howard Chaykin&#8217;s dystopian-future comic American Flagg! had fallen off the radar until recently. Now Image Comics has released two volumes containing the first 14 issues. Tim and Kumar discuss.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=95</link>
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		<title>kloran.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this listener&#8217;s comic. Mike Kloran, who&#8217;s also based here in Japan, has done some comics (with a rather bizarre sense of humor) and spot illustrations.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=94</link>
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		<title>Bound for promotion on the Shima Kosaku bus!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a business trip to Yamaguchi Prefecture recently, I happened to see this bus, decorated with Shima Kosaku panels! Coincidence that Mulele and I had just recorded a podcast where we talked about this comic! There&#8217;s even a special bus stop for it!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=93</link>
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		<title>#189 Two Mormons Named Mike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7/20/09 Two Mormons Named Mike Mike Allred&#8217;s Madman Atomic Comics not only continues the trippy, colorful, highly imaginative path of previous Madman offerings, it kicks those elements up several more notches. Tim and STORM explore. Before the podcast existed, before Mulele and Tim even knew Brandon, there was the comics class. Fellow former participant Mike [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=92</link>
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		<title>#188 Our local comics, and &#8220;Local&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7/13/09 Our local comics, and &#8220;Local&#8221; Who is Company President Shima, and why do some committed Japanese fans try to imitate his life? Why on earth would anyone create a wine-tasting comic? The answers to these questions and more as Mulele and Tim flip through the latest issue of Japan&#8217;s Morning Comics. Love her, hate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=90</link>
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		<title>#187 Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, and Trying Human</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7/6/09 Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, and Trying Human Why choose sides? Japanese comics and American comics both have their good points. Tim and Jarrett talk about two, &#8220;Naruto&#8221; by Masashi Kishimoto, and &#8220;Full Metal Alchemist&#8221; by Hiromu Arakawa. Tim gets a taste of his own medicine when Emy Bitner&#8217;s alien-abduction Web comic &#8220;Trying Human&#8221; reminds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=89</link>
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		<title>#186 Weird Crime Theater: A case study in comics collaboration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6/29/09 Weird Crime Theater: A case study in comics collaboration What are the good and bad points of collaborating with someone on a comic? What adjustments do writer and artist need to make to each other&#8217;s way of working? As a case study in collaboration, Mulele and Kumar discuss the ups and downs of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=88</link>
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		<title>#017 Newspaper strips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[04/03/06 Newspaper strips FLASHBACK! The first time Mulele mentioned his co-creation Weird Crime Theater on the podcast, leading into a discussion of newspaper comic strips.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=87</link>
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		<title>#185 &#8220;The 99&#8243; and &#8220;Persepolis&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6/22/09 The 99 and Persepolis An interview with Naif al-Mutawa, creator and co-writer of &#8220;The 99,&#8221; a comic based on Islamic archetypes and with a target audience of &#8220;the world&#8221;! Tim and Brandon review the book &#8220;Persepolis 2&#8243; and the movie &#8220;Persepolis&#8221;, both by Marjane Satrapi. How does the movie, as an adaptation of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=86</link>
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		<title>#091 Persepolis and more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[9/3/07 Persepolis and more FLASHBACK! Discussion of Marjane Satrapi&#8217;s Persepolis (part 1), Ghost World by Daniel Clowes, and the second Fear Agent trade paperback, by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena &#8212; with side discussions on Taro Gomi, Lynda Barry, and the reasons why Tim&#8217;s comic was rejected by a publisher. Tim and Brandon discuss.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=85</link>
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		<title>#184 Jarrett in Lunar Boy Land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6/15/09 Jarrett in Lunar Boy Land Our friend Jarrett Williams returns to talk about his experiences at the Savannah College of Art and Design, including the SEQALAB podcast and his Web comic, Lunar Boy. Also, a talk with Mulele about the conclusion of his project for Kodansha, and what he plans to focus on next&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=84</link>
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		<title>#183 The World of Steve Ditko</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6/8/09 The World of Steve Ditko While he&#8217;s never stopped working, Steve Ditko&#8217;s most celebrated work was done decades ago, and he&#8217;s slammed the door on many opportunities for further success. If sticking to your principles prevents fame and fortune, is your career a failure or a success? Tim and Paul discuss the Fantagraphics coffee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=83</link>
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		<title>#182 Web comics critiques</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6/1/09 Web comics critiques So many comics on the Web. What&#8217;s worth reading and what isn&#8217;t? Tim and Mulele critique four Web comics, pointing out what&#8217;s good and bad about each &#8212; from a reader&#8217;s perspective, as well as a creator&#8217;s. Evil Diva New Experiments in Fiction Go KC Butternut Squash]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=82</link>
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		<title>#181 Green Comics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5/25/09 Green comics Not at all in time for Earth Day, Tim talks to three creators of environmentally-themed comics: Alex Hallatt of &#8220;Arctic Circle&#8220;; Signe Wilkinson of &#8220;Family Tree&#8220;; and Dan Wright of &#8220;Rustle the Leaf&#8220;. How do these creators avoid the pitfall of coming off as &#8216;preachy&#8217;? How can an artist&#8217;s creation process be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=81</link>
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		<title>#180 &#8220;Ghost in the Shell&#8221;: What in the hell?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5/18/09 &#8220;Ghost in the Shell&#8221;: What in the hell?! Masamune Shirow&#8217;s future tale &#8220;Ghost in the Shell&#8221; reads like someone&#8217;s private comic that wasn&#8217;t meant for public consumption. Tim, Mulele, and Kumar find that they can&#8217;t so much consume the story as gag on it uncomprehendingly&#8230; although the pictures are nice.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=80</link>
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		<title>#125 The Four Immigrants Manga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[04/28/08 The Four Immigrants Manga FLASHBACK! The Four Immigrants Manga is the story of Japanese immigrants in early 20th century San Francisco. Tim and Kumar review. The Four Immigrants Manga : A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=79</link>
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		<title>#179 Bay Area forecast: STORM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5/11/09 Bay Area forecast: STORM STORM, the fourth (at least!) member of the San Francisco comics cooperative Writers Old Fashioned to appear on this podcast, talks about his comic Princess Witch Boy, recent West Coast conventions, LGBT comics, and why Ororo Munroe trumps Scott Summers any day of the week&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=78</link>
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		<title>#112 Matt Silady and &#8220;The Homeless Channel&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1/28/08 Matt Silady and &#8220;The Homeless Channel&#8221; FLASHBACK! Our first encounter with San Francisco&#8217;s &#8220;Writer&#8217;s Old Fashioned&#8221; comics cooperative was when Tim called first-time graphic novelist Matt Silady &#8220;lazy&#8221; during a review of his book. Matt e-mailed us in protest, and we had him on the show!]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=74</link>
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		<title>#178 John Paul Catton and &#8220;The Flintlocks&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5/4/09 John Paul Catton and &#8220;The Flintlocks&#8221; Tokyo writer John Paul Catton talks about his experience with Marvel UK in the ‘80s, his current Web comic project with Phill Evans, and why it’s a mistake to make comics scripts imitate TV.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=75</link>
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		<title>#022 World building and Joseph Campbell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[05/08/06 World building and Joseph Campbell FLASHBACK! Tim reads some postings from a comics writers&#8217; e-mail list about building a new world for your characters. One poster recommends reading Joseph Campbell&#8216;s books; another poster can&#8217;t stand Joseph Campbell. Brandon, our resident Joseph Campbell expert, critiques that poster&#8217;s critiques.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=77</link>
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		<title>#177 Jason Miller and &#8220;Redball 6&#8243;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4/27/09 Jason Miller Up-and-coming writer Jason Miller talks about the sci-fi/mystery graphic novels he has written with his brother Ian, to be published by Arcana Comics.]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=73</link>
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		<title>#176 Watching the watchers of Watchmen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4/20/09 Watching the watchers of Watchmen Tim and Mulele (and an unexpected special guest!) report from the movie theater before and after seeing Zach Snyder&#8217;s &#8220;The Watchmen&#8221;, then talk on Skype a week later about how a cerebral comic became an action movie, as well as reviewing the reviews of the movie by half a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=72</link>
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		<title>#083 DWAP Productions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7/9/07 Dale Wilson and DWAP Productions FLASHBACK! Tim interviews Dale Wilson of DWAP Productions, an indy publisher in Los Angeles that has published some work by one Mulele Jarvis&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=71</link>
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		<title>#175 Drawn to the Road: Travel memoir graphic novels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4/13/09 Drawn to the Road: Travel memoir graphic novels After a long time away, Brandon is back to discuss with Tim the travels of Guy Delisle (&#8220;The Burma Chronicles&#8221;) and K. Thor Jensen (&#8220;Red Eye, Black Eye&#8221;).]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=70</link>
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		<title>#014 It&#8217;s a Bird, Spider-man Blue, Hulk Gray</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3/13/06 It&#8217;s a Bird, Spider-man Blue, Hulk Gray FLASHBACK! Way, way back to the early days of the podcast: three guys sitting in a room, talking comics. Tim, Mulele, and Brandon discuss Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen&#8217;s &#8220;It&#8217;s a Bird&#8221;, and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale&#8217;s &#8220;Spider-man Blue&#8221; and &#8220;Hulk Gray&#8221;. (Regarding sound quality: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=69</link>
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		<title>#174 Peter David</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4/6/09 Peter David Longtime comics and Star Trek-novel writer Peter David talks about being a writer, balancing the conflicting expectations of the mainstream comics audience, and why he&#8217;s learned to have NO expectations whatsoever of any movie before he actually sees it!]]></description>
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