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  • Marc Bernardin

    Devourer of Words 063: Days of Comic-Cons Past

    MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 063: Days of Comic-Cons Past If you’re the kind of person who attends Comic-Con International then you, like me, have already been…

    Devourer of Words 063: Days of Comic-Cons Past
  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 014: Convention Tips

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 014: Convention Tips Summer means conventions! If you make comics, comic book conventions are a chance to show your work around and meet potential readers and…

    Carousel 014: Convention Tips
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 072: Treats

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 072: Treats An anecdote: In October 2018, I was told about a situation that hadn’t occurred to me until then. A couple of…

    Maggie’s World 072: Treats
  • Katie Cook

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 063: How to Draw a Shy Monster

    GIANT (SHY) MONSTER ALERT! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 063: How to Draw a Shy Monster Written by Published Updated

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 063: How to Draw a Shy Monster
  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 013: Mapping

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 013: Mapping Comics are often described as a medium that deals with time. We talk about the pacing of a story, about a story’s moments being ordered chronologically, we describe a…

    Carousel 013: Mapping
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 071: Gag Cartoons

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 071: Gag Cartoons When Don and I began our Comic Art fanzine in 1960, we named it that because we were fans of all sorts…

    Maggie’s World 071: Gag Cartoons