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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Deconstructing Comics Podcast, published every Monday, features comics creator discussion and comics reviews.
#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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#065 “Box Office Poison”
We again slather praise on Alex Robinson, this time for his first book, Box Office Poison. We compare it with Tricked and examine Robinson’s storytelling techniques.
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#064 Milton Caniff and “Steve Canyon”
For our final look at Will Eisner’s Shop Talk (and isn’t it about time?), we discuss Milton Caniff, who spent four decades on the daily newspaper strip Steve Canyon. We reminisce about girl-on-girl torture and look at where you can read Steve’s adventures.
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Tim’s other site (for Japanese learners of English)
Humorous Maximus (publishing 1947 Steve Canyon strips)
Comics Curmudgeon (actually, where I found out about Humorous Maximus!)
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#063 Coloring Comics… For example, “Arkham Asylum”!
Tim’s finally started reading the DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics, borrowed from Brandon back in July! We talk about coloring comics in Photoshop, and also discuss the classic Batman graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth!
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