Chris Staros from Top Shelf Productions comes on to tell us how to go about submitting your project to Top Shelf. He also walks us through some of the publisher’s upcoming offerings.
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Deconstructing Comics Podcast, published every Monday, features comics creator discussion and comics reviews.
#114 Illustration Friday is just “one more day”
Tim and Mulele discuss comics & the Hollywood writers’ strike, Mulele’s comics career, Illustration Friday, and the Spider-Man “One More Day” event.
Why the WGA strike won’t hurt Comic-Con
No Strike Zone: Marvel Studios makes a deal with WGA
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#113 Alex Robinson
We haven’t read much of anything in the graphic storytelling format that beats Alex Robinson’s Tricked. He was gracious enough to come on this week’s episode and chat with Tim. Enjoy!
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#112 Matt Silady defends himself!
Matt Silady is nice enough to come on the show, even after our lousy review of his book! Matt reveals to Tim why doing a photo-based comic isn’t being “lazy” and how he got his book published by AIT/Planet Lar! (Hint: location, location…)
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#111 Patrik W talks Comics Market
Patrik Washburn talks to Tim about his Comic Market table, being a full-time artist, and recent Marvel comics.
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#110 Comic Market report
Patrik Washburn had a table on Day One of the Comic Market event in Tokyo. Tim, Mulele, and Patrick Gannon checked it out, and sat down afterwards to discuss their impressions for the podcast.
Michao (Kodansha’s Web comics site)
(in Japanese; membership is free, but you need to log in to read the comics)
Earth Ranger, from Playfullness Comics
(in Japanese)
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#109 “Maxwell Strangewell”, “Fun Home”, “The Homeless Channel”
Tim and Brandon discuss three graphic novels: Maxwell Strangewell (like Men in Black, but better), Fun Home (and why it shouldn’t be made into a movie), and The Homeless Channel (argh! Black Diamond flashback!). Plus: Crayon Shin-Chan and Marvel comics for the military…
Matt Silady interview on Newsarama
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#108 Mulele’s Kodansha update
Mulele’s been talking to Kodansha for a year. Might the resulting comic end up dropped into a manga contest for non-Japanese?
Morning International Manga Competition
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#107 Comics we made as kids
Paul and Tim tell Mulele about the comics they made as kids, their comics career ambitions, and why they ended up not following through on them. At least, not yet…
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#106 Managing audience expectations
How can an artist, in any medium, manage the audience’s expectations, so that they enjoy change and evolution, rather than rejecting it as different from what they have come to expect?
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