#046 “Doc Frankenstein” and burning questions of comics philosophy

Doc Frankenstein

The Wachowski Brothers’ Doc Frankenstein #2 and further discussion of burning questions such as: Can single-panel cartoons be considered “comics”? Are comics “drawn” or “illustrated”? How does society — American and Japanese — perceive comics creators or comics readers?

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#045 “99 Ways to Tell a Story” and designing the Boogie Knights

Discussion of Matt Madden’s 99 Ways to Tell a Story and Tim’s character design process for the Boogie Knights!

Click below to see the sketches

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#043 A buttload of comics!

She-hulk 10A buttload of comics! Bone, She-Hulk, Moon Knight, and Y the Last Man (buy for 30% off at ComicsNOW)!

Ending music: Boogie in Your Butt: Eddie Murphy

Do these clouds really add anything? Brandon found them distracting.

Gee, I wonder if the big dude coming down the street is going to be important at all?!?

#041 More character design discussion, “The Evil Men Do”, and a Mulele update!

Spider-man and Black Cat: The Evil Men DoMore character design discussion, The Evil Men Do, and a Mulele update!

Music:

So Long, Superman: Firewater

Dreams: TV on the Radio

#040 Character design, political commentary, and Spider-Hag!

Pride of BaghdadCharacter 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

#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

Zombie 2.0In 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