Why did ’90s comics stink? Why don’t Japanese brushes spring back? Tim and Brandon reveal all!
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Why did ’90s comics stink? Why don’t Japanese brushes spring back? Tim and Brandon reveal all!
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It’s our 50th episode, and Mulele’s back! Visiting Tokyo from his new home in LA, Mulele updates us on his progress toward a full-time comics career.
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Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Catwoman, and Brandon’s figure-drawing class! (See his work below)
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Continue reading #049 “Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Catwoman,” and Brandon’s figure-drawing class!
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Discussion of Civil War tie-ins (New Avengers 21 & 22, Fantastic Four 536-539), She-Hulk 11, the Balloon Tales Web site, Strong Bad E-mail, and Sergio Aragones’ Boogeyman!
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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!
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Continue reading #045 “99 Ways to Tell a Story” and designing the Boogie Knights
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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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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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