We’ve been reading a few Web comics and discuss our favorites. Also: Tim’s dormant one, and Mulele’s planned one. And how about sending us yours for review? We’ll be nice (mostly)!
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Category: Web comics
#093 Violence in Comics: What’s acceptable? What’s necessary?
Tim and Mulele discuss violence — in Weird Crime Theater, in Thunderbolts, and in two books from Archaia Studios Press: “Awakening” and “Killing Pickman”!
Ben Templesmith’s Wormwood (referred to by Mulele)
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#084 Zuda
Follow-up on Web comics: DC has announced Zudacomics.com. The details given answer some of our questions, and bring up new ones.
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#082 Web comics: What happens if the big players get involved?
Publishing online opens your comic up to a worldwide audience. But if the major players in print comics start publishing online, will they stamp out all the one-horse comics out there? Is there room on the Web for all of us?
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#081 Jun-Pierre Shiozawa: Comics for new purposes
Tim and Mulele interview Jun-Pierre Shiozawa, who does various comics on his blog and elsewhere including, recently, a report on a DaVinci museum exhibit! He talks about his comic Lucky, taking a seminar from Scott McCloud, and more.
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#078 Collaborations vs. Drawing and Writing Your Own Comic
Collaborating on a comic: What are the pros and cons? Would you rather do the whole thing yourself? Mulele’s done both, and tells Tim how it’s gone for him. Plus, a little discussion of Watchmen (very little)!
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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!
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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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#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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