Good and bad on Y: The Last Man vol. 2: Cycles, and a digression on coincidences in Star Wars. But first, Brandon has an announcement…
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Deconstructing Comics Podcast, published every Monday, features comics creator discussion and comics reviews.
#074 We like this stuff! “100 Bullets” vol 10 and more
We like this stuff! Hundred Bullets: Decayed, Fear Agent vol. 1, Tag & Bink Were Here, and Top 10 vol. 2!
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#073 The battle of the wars! Civil War vs DMZ
Tim and Brandon compare Marvel’s #072 Scott McCloud’s “Four Tribes”
OK, we lied! Making Comics again serves as a catalyst for discussion, specifically McCloud’s idea of four “tribes” of comics creators .
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#071 Your Comics Tools: Computer, or Pen and Ink?
Joined by Mulele, we wrap up our discussion of Scott McCloud’s Making Comics with a discussion of the pros and cons of computer comics creation vs. the traditional way, and deciding which is best for your comic.
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The Axiotron ModBook — Mac OS on a tablet
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#070 Living the Dream (eventually) – a Mulele update!
Living the dream (eventually) — Mulele updates us on his progress!
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#069 World Building and “Top Ten”
We discuss McCloud’s chapter on building the world that your characters inhabit, and look at how it relates to Alan Moore and Gene Ha’s Top Ten!
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#068 We get lost in “Black Hole”
A review of Charles Burns’ Black Hole, plus a look at McCloud’s chapter on The Power of Words!
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#067 “Lions, Tigers, and Bears!” Oh my!
In discussing Scott McCloud’s ideas on creating characters, we look at two examples: Image’s Lions, Tigers, and Bears, and Tim’s own Spider-Hag!
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#066 Scott McCloud’s “Making Comics”… um, Part One! Yeah, that’s it!
How could we even attempt to give a brief overview to Scott McCloud’s Making Comics, a book that’s so essential to the mission of our podcast?! We try anyway, before deciding to less review this book than, perhaps, to use it as a guiding force for our comics-creation podcast…
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Storytelling Problem in Civil War #6
We had to read these pages twice before they made sense…
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