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Devourer of Words 018: They Just Said No
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 018: They Just Said No If you’re a writer who doesn’t publish her or his own work—and your last name won’t guarantee…
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Dilettante 019: What Makes an Artist Say Yes to a Script?
STEVE LIEBER’S DILLETANTE Dilettante 019: What Makes an Artist Say Yes to a Script? What I describe here are choices made in ideal situations. The truth is that sometimes artists…
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Comic-Con Special Guest Stan Sakai: 30 Years with Usagi Yojimbo
THE TOUCAN INTERVIEW Comic-Con Special Guest Stan Sakai: 30 Years with Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo (“rabbit bodyguard”) is 30 years old. First published in 1984 in the anthology Albedo Anthropormorphics #2, the…
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Maggie’s World 019: Comics Obsessives, Rejoice!
MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 019: Comics Obsessives, Rejoice! We are lucky ducks. In Olden Times When I first tried to find out more about the world of comics, it was…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 016: How to Draw an Idea!
KATIE COOK HAS AN IDEA! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 016: How to Draw an Idea! Ever stuck for an idea? You won’t be once we teach you how…
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Devourer of Words 017: A Non-Compete Agreement
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 017: A Non-Compete Agreement As one can readily tell, walking the halls of any moderate-sized convention, or reading Twitter, or looking at…
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Dilettante 018: Make No Mistake
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 018: Make No Mistake Last month I published a Dilettante column on creative advice that my peers and I wish we could give to our younger…
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Maggie’s World 018: Spread the Word!
MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 018: Spread the Word! How did you find out about comics? Did your parents subscribe to a newspaper, where you followed the funnies every day? (Sundays…
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You Can Draw with Katie Cook 015 … A Classy Narwhal!
LET’S DRAW A NARWHAL! WAIT … WHAT’S A NARWHAL? You Can Draw with Katie Cook 015 … A Classy Narwhal! For May’s drawing lesson, it seems appropriate to tackle a…
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Devourer of Words 016: Revisionary Thinking
MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 016: Revisionary Thinking It is going to happen and it is going to happen often. Fighting it won’t make it go away,…
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Dilettante 017: Mistakes Were Made
STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 017: Mistakes Were Made I try to approach my career as a work in progress. I know I’m going to make any number of bad choices…
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Maggie’s World 017: Organizing Memories
MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 017: Organizing Memories I’m in the midst of one of those gigantic, never-ending projects that are among the duties and joys of life. Which is to…