This podcast is a treasure for creative people (that’s all of us, by the way). Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, Alex and Chris have something to offer you. Their wisdom and reflections don’t just apply
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Tag: writing
A Button Labeled “Surprise” – Alan Watts
I was charmed by this talk by Alan Watts. First, there’s the intuition that we’d eventually have phones that can bring us anything we want, but then he steers right into a consequence of abundance. Reminded me of the Twilight
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Spider-Man 1967 Background Music
For those of us who need to write today and need some motivational listening, here’s an hour of restored background music from the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.
From Instagram: December 07, 2019 at 10:55AM
Waaay back in 2001 I was working on a science fiction graphic novel that I described in my youthful arrogance as “Tolkien in space.” Of course that meant I had to design my own space alphabet. To my credit, I
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Thunder Punch Daily 145 – Thumbs of Terror
But when I start?I’m a beginner who knows nothing.Which, come to think of it, is a very good thing.⁰ — J.M. DeMatteis (@JMDeMatteis) January 24, 2012 Today I share some of my experiences in thumbnailing the new Front story I
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Thunder Punch Daily 142 – 3 Roads to Character
Today I follow up on a discussion started in Comics Are Great! episode 30 with some thoughts on character design from a writing standpoint. I share three different aspects that I oscillate between when creating characters. Music for this show
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Thunder Punch Daily 133 – How is Transformer Babby Formed?
Inspired by a recent Twitter conversation I had with Kasey Van Hise, today I share a few thoughts about the difference between real world logic, internal story logic, and story idea logic. Focusing too much on the minute details of
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Thunder Punch Daily 132 – Knitting Scenes Together
I was asked an interesting question in my Comic Book Academy class about how to figure out an order or sequence of scenes for a comics story. Today I share the answer I gave in class. Mentioned in this episode:
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Thunder Punch Daily 119 – Justice Heroes
Inspired by the rage I felt when I read about a new Zorro film (shared by Jon David Guerra), I rant a little bit about the value of the Justice Hero, or better yet, the Smiling Justice Hero. A revisiting
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Thunder Punch Daily 117 – The Art of Conversation
Today I share an exercise I’ve used in my classrooms to teach some vital comics storytelling skills. By drawing a conversation sequence, we explore moment choices, scenery, emotional context, acting moments, and best of all, word balloon placement! Also mentioned
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