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Audio journals on making and teaching comics.

Thunder Punch Daily 88 – Gently Down The Stream

After a successful test of the Justin.TV app on my iPhone, I’m compelled to talk a bit about my plans to stream more of my workday and why I think it’s a good idea. For me it has less to do with being an exhibitionist and more to do with stuff I’ve been reading about on Jake Parker’s blog and a conversation I had with Ryan Estrada on the Comics Are Great! show.

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Thunder Punch Daily 87 – Streaming Apps Review

Today I share some observations based on some experimenting I’ve been doing with video streaming apps for the iPhone.

I talk about the following:

You can see some of my tests of the services on my blog:

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Thunder Punch Daily 86 – Deconstructing “About a Boy”

Today I pick apart the film About a Boy to highlight how we comics creators should consider expressing the climax of our stories visually if at all possible. I’ll most likely be doing more of these story deconstruction episodes in the future, as it’s at least a fun, if not educational, exercise.

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Thunder Punch Daily 85 – Writing for Young People

Today I respond to another discussion thread in the A&S forums, which was primarily about the role of death and dying in all-ages fiction. I spiral it out to cover some general thoughts I keep in mind when writing stories that are meant to be accessible to young people.

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Thunder Punch Daily 84 – Priorities, Please

Today I share some thoughts I’ve been having about revisiting the notion of re-prioritizing my projects for the next year. Or perhaps, based on my having recently read Rework, re-prioritizing for the next few months.

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Thunder Punch Daily 83 – Advertising Campaign, Pt 2

Today I share some more of my journey into creating ad campaigns for Art & Story, this time highlighting the difference between Project Wonderful and StumbleUpon ads. As we might expect, each has their own benefits and disadvantages.

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Thunder Punch Daily 82 – Character Design, Pt 2

Today I follow up on the last episode with some more ways I look for surprises in my characters, this time focusing on their personalities or inner lives, including the following:

  • Complexity via contradiction
  • Playing to expectations with a last-minute twist
  • Defying traditional or assumed gender roles

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Thunder Punch Daily 81 – Character Design, Pt 1

Today I share some of the means I use to look for surprises in my characters when designing them. This first part concerns itself with the visual aspect of character design, including the following:

  • Shape
  • Gender
  • Clothing/Costume

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Thunder Punch Daily 80 – Neat Apps

Today I start a new series I’m going to call “Isn’t this neat?” where I share a few items of interest that I think are–well, neat. And today it’s a collection of iPhone apps that have helped in my productivity and promotional reach as a working cartoonist.

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Thunder Punch Daily 79 – Advertising Campaign, Pt 1

I’ve officially jumped into the first Art & Story advertising campaign on Project Wonderful, and I share some thoughts on how I plan to use landing pages, target audiences, and ad design to find more listeners.

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