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Devourer of Words 027: Should You Read the Comments?
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 027: Should You Read the Comments? I have memories of the Wednesday my first comic book, The Highwaymen, dropped in 2007. I wish I…
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Dilettante 028: Things I Learned from Benjamin Dewey’s “The Tragedy Series”
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 028: Things I Learned from Benjamin Dewey’s “The Tragedy Series” In earlier entries for this blog, I’ve written appreciations of artists like Will Eisner and Al Wiseman, who did…
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Maggie’s World 028: Comics Introductions
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 028: Comics Introductions “You know graphic novels. What one should we read?” I was attending a meeting of an area book club, and…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 025: How to Draw a Bat That’s Too Cute for Its Own Good:
LET’S GO BATTY! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 025: How to Draw a Bat That’s Too Cute for Its Own Good: We all love bats, right? I mean ……
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Devourer of Words 026: So, What’s In A Name?
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 026: So, What’s In A Name? We’re all hoping for that moment in a script, where you build up to the introduction…
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Dilettante 027: Why I Went Digital
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 027: Why I Went Digital I’ve been drawing professionally for more than 20 years now, and one of the greatest pleasures for me has always been…
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Maggie’s World 027: That’s The Spirit!
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 027: That’s The Spirit! “It’s very hard to trace back to the first influence I had as a cartoonist,” Jules Feiffer wrote in…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 024 … A Tooth Fairy!
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS … SORTA! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 024 … A Tooth Fairy! A visit from the tooth fairy is not only inevitable,…
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Devourer of Words 025: How to Diversify
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 025: How to Diversify We seem to talk every 12 months at around this time—Black History Month—about diversity in comics. About how…
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Dilettante 026: The Importance of Sketchbooks
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 026: The Importance of Sketchbooks Telling stories with comics requires that an artist keep things consistent. Characters, settings and props generally need to look the same…
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Maggie’s World 026: Strength Health Aptitude Zeal …
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 026: Strength Health Aptitude Zeal … A character whose adventures launched 75 years ago is back in the news again, and I’m guessing…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 023: A Spider That Just Wants to be Your Friend!
ITSY BITSY SPIDER IS NOT SO ICKY… You Can Draw with Katie Cook 023: A Spider That Just Wants to be Your Friend! I know, this concept is unbelievable, as…