A review of DMZ volume 1, by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli!
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#041 More character design discussion, “The Evil Men Do”, and a Mulele update!
More character design discussion, The Evil Men Do, and a Mulele update!
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Dreams: TV on the Radio
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#040 Character design, political commentary, and Spider-Hag!
Character design and/or political commentary in The Nevermen, Seal Team 7, The Marquis: Intermezzo, Pride of Baghdad, and DMZ! Plus, another behind-the-scenes look at Spider-Hag! (Hey, we’ve got an “in” with the creator!)
Review of Nevermen on iComics.com
NY Times article on Vaughan’s Pride of Baghdad
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Feed Me: Tricky
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#039 Mixed Bag: “She-Hulk”, “X-men”, and a Serbian comic
She-Hulk 9: Why is the art at the end totally different?; X-men 187: A screwup in basic storytelling technique (see below); Serbian comic Daddy is So Far Away… We Must Find Him!: What does it all mean?!
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Hold Me, My Daddy: XTC
Salvador Larroca is a good artist, but what happened to his panel layout skills in X-men 187?! Check out these pages, and see if you can figure out what order to read the panels in!
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#038 Brandon’s Thoughts on Writing
In part two of our conversation on writing, Brandon talks about the factors that influence his writing.
Illustration: from Brandon’s short comic nicknamed “Zombie 2.0”
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Sole Survivor: Blue Oyster Cult
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#037 Writing “Spider-Hag”
How does Tim plot and write Spider-Hag? Inquiring minds want to know!
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Duel: Propaganda
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#036 Our first guest!
Multimedia artist Cassey talks about her first attempt at comics. Also, an update on Brandon’s Zombie 2.0.
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
You’re So Great: Blur
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#035 Web Comics, “She-Hulk”, and inking
The Death of Web Comics?; She-Hulk good and bad points; a guide to inking
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Art Class (Song For Yayoi Kusama): Superchunk
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#034 Storm, Not Storm
Barry Windsor Smith’s “Adastra in Africa,” and Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein’s “DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics”!
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Opoungou Andimba: Patience Dabany
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#033 San Diego Dreaming: Pros and the Con
The Comic-Con is there, and we’re here. Sigh. Brandon went last year, and he talks about the experience. Also, some observations on a few of the panel discussions scheduled for this year.
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Going to California: Dread Zeppelin
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