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 to writing artfully, they’re helpful to live artfully.
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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 Zone episode where a thief dies and goes to what he believes is heaven. Every desire he’s ever had is instantly available to him. But is that heaven, or the other place?
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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.
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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 hope to start updating on Sugary Serials in February. I borrow some wisdom from J.M. DeMatteis to help make my points more lucid, but the big idea is that there’s no escape from the terror of thumbnailing a story.
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Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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Thunder Punch Daily 145 – Thumbs of Terror Read More »
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 is by Eliott Drozd.
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Thunder Punch Daily 142 – 3 Roads to Character Read More »
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 the logic of details in a story (such as wondering about the necessity of gender in The Transformers franchise), can distract you from what the story is meant to convey. I suspect that it can also influence your writing, which could be good or bad, depending on what you want to achieve in your work.
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Thunder Punch Daily 133 – How is Transformer Babby Formed? Read More »
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.
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Thunder Punch Daily 132 – Knitting Scenes Together Read More »
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 of topics first explored in A&S 112 – The Big Good Guy.
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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 some great lettering tutorials over at Balloon Tales.
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