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Scott Snyder interview
The Onion AV Club talked to Batman & Swamp Thing scribe Scott Snyder last week. Scott Snyder interview A couple of key quotes: AVC: Do you adjust your script at all for different artists? I’m...
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Brian Wood, digital comics, and feeling depressed
A rather long-ish post on my personal blog that I think I’ll link to instead of repost: The realities of the comic book market “So in the face of all this, what’s a new creator to do? Throw in the...
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Sh*t My Students Write
This guy stole PANELista Sean McGurr’s schtick! Shit My Students Write A few of my favorites: Having tattoos is just like slavery but not as bad. Murder is the number one cause of itself. The Internet...
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Once Upon A Time
***This post has minor spoilers for a show you’re probably never going to watch.*** My wife and I were both tired and a bit hungover, and our daughter was off with her grandparents. So it was the...
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Gilgamesh: The First Marvel Team-Up
You know that old comic book trope (I associate it mostly with Marvel Comics) where two heroes meet, fight, then team up? It turns out that is literally the oldest trope in the book. That’s how The...
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Plot, Structure and Conflict
This essay will meander a bit and ultimately has no conflict. But that’s kind of the point. A few weeks ago, Dara posted an article on facebook “The significance of plot without conflict.” Shortly...
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Save the Cat
Last time I spoke about plot and structure, and if you want the respectable version of that, I will again refer you to Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 basics of writing 101. But if you want the down-and-dirty,...
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Iain M. Banks, “officially Very Poorly”
I was saddened yesterday to read that Iain M. Banks, one of my favorite authors, has late-stage cancer. A Personal Statement from Iain Banks I have cancer. It started in my gall bladder, has infected...
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Darkseid – Toward a New Understanding
Let me state up front that any attempt to analyze Jack Kirby’s New Gods is probably doomed to failure. The King was worked too instinctively to submit to a linear analysis. Grant Morrison probably...
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Good vs. Right
I’ve talked a little bit about the difference between “good” vs. “right” in the genre context. For example, I think Dark Knight Rises is a “good” movie, but it’s not necessarily “right” when it...
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