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Dilettante 052: The Takeaway
DILETTANTE BY STEVE LIEBER Dilettante 052: The Takeaway This is my 52nd “Dilettante” column for Comic Con’s Toucan Blog, and I’m sorry to say it’ll be my last. I’ve had…
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Dilettante 051: Twenty Years Later
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 051: Twenty Years Later Let’s start before I was even aware of the project. Editor Bob Schreck had been talking to Greg Rucka about Whiteout and wanted Greg…
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Dilettante 050: Tips on Writing Your First Comic
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 050: Tips on Writing Your First Comic Learning to write prose is insanely difficult, and for many it takes years of struggle to grasp the basics.…
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Dilettante 049: Alack Sinner
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 049: Alack Sinner I’ve been waiting almost 30 years for this book. EuroComics, a division of IDW, just released Alack Sinner, a 400-page, black and white collection…
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Dilettante 048: Managing
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 048: Managing It’s a long-held truism that the one of the most dangerous times for a business is during a period of rapid growth. This is…
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Dilettante 047: Early Kirby Exposures
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 047: Early Kirby Exposures This August will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby. My main exposure to Kirby’s work was through a…
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Dilettante 046: MADness
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 046: MADness A ridiculously lucky thing happened recently: my wife was sorting through some old boxes of her late father’s papers when she found a small…
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Dilettante 045: Your Convention Checklist
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 045: Your Convention Checklist Comics convention season is almost upon us, and my friends and I are doing what we always do, panicking. There’s so much…
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Dilettante 044: Some Good Habits for the New Year
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 044: Some Good Habits for the New Year The holidays are long past. You probably gave gifts to a dozen people. Now it’s time to give…
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Dilettante 043: Constraints as a Creative Tool
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 043: Constraints as a Creative Tool Like many people who work in creative fields, my greatest enemy is the blank white page. Limitless options are a…
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Dilettante 042: Expanding Your Influences
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 042: Expanding Your Influences Over the course of a career in comics, you’re going to tell a lot of stories. Along the way, you’ll churn through…
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Dilettante 041: Don’t Do That.
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 041: Don’t Do That. I just completed a feat of marketing I can’t really recommend to anyone: I exhibited at three comics conventions in three weeks.…