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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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
Continue reading #045 “99 Ways to Tell a Story” and designing the Boogie Knights
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Brandon has nothing but praise for Mark Millar’s Superman: Red Son (New Edition)
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A 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?!?
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A review of DMZ volume 1, by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli!
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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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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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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!
Continue reading #039 Mixed Bag: “She-Hulk”, “X-men”, and a Serbian comic
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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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How does Tim plot and write Spider-Hag? Inquiring minds want to know!
Music:
So Long, Superman: Firewater
Duel: Propaganda
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