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  • Devourer of Words 023: Brand Exercise

    MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 023: Brand Exercise You would think that the key to being a successful comic book writer was being a good comic book…

    Devourer of Words 023: Brand Exercise
  • Steve Lieber

    Dilettante 024: Tips on Mentoring

    STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 024: Tips on Mentoring Way back in my 2nd column here on Toucan (click here to read it!), I called for a revival of mentorship via…

    Dilettante 024: Tips on Mentoring
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 024: Tricky Business

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 024: Tricky Business “I re-used old story plot formulas—not stories in the full sense. I thought I was revising the locale and characters…

    Maggie’s World 024: Tricky Business
  • Katie Cook

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 021: A Thanksgiving Turkey!

    LET’S TALK TURKEY! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 021: A Thanksgiving Turkey! That holiday that features food, football, and a whole lot of thanks is right around the corner.…

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 021: A Thanksgiving Turkey!
  • Marc Bernardin

    Devourer of Words 022: Comics Writers I’m Thankful for

    MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 022: Comics Writers I’m Thankful for We are rapidly approaching Thanksgiving, at least according to every commercial on every channel—at least the…

    Devourer of Words 022: Comics Writers I’m Thankful for
  • Steve Lieber

    Dilettante 023: Influences

    STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 023: Influences Last weekend I was riding Amtrak back from a convention when my train was delayed by a freight train. Stuck there in a comfortable…

    Dilettante 023: Influences