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 86 – Deconstructing “About a Boy” Read More »
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 85 – Writing for Young People Read More »
Today I share some good news about a freelance job I started chronicling in TPD #71 and some thoughts as to why I think it turned out so well. My guess is that it’s at least partly because I didn’t lose my temper.
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Thunder Punch Daily 73 – Client Notes, Pt 2 Read More »
Today I share some more thoughts and observations on the freelance gig I’ve been working on, this time in regards to designing a villain team. I found some surprises in attempting to apply my creative strategy to my bad guys, and that led me to some realizations about making comics for young people.
Get the PDF mentioned in this episode here.
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Thunder Punch Daily 72 – Designing Villains Read More »
Today I share some thoughts about getting what you always wanted and still finding yourself procrastinating. Some ruminations on parameters, boundaries, and limitations as the best means to invoke creativity (for me, at least).
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Thunder Punch Daily 68 – When You Get What You Want Read More »
Today I share some thoughts about a new webcomic project I’m launching in the next week or so. If anything, it will be my attempt to prove my assertion that you don’t need great illustrations to entertain with a good story. I plan to open up the process of developing and making this comic through the Thunder Punch Daily shows.
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Thunder Punch Daily 66 – New Webcomic Read More »
Today I share some thoughts on my process of thumbnailing, based on some Twitter conversation between me, Jono, and Zach Bosteel. I point out a few ways you can speed things up even if you spend a long time on your thumbs as well as some of my thinking and process strategies to speed up the thumbnailing process in general.
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Thunder Punch Daily 57 – Time Limits Read More »
Recently Sara Turner reminded me of the virtue of keeping things simple in your storytelling. I share a few thoughts on why I think a lot of us tend to overcomplicate our stories with unnecessary data or overcomplicated research. I also refer to an interesting episode of the Radiolab podcast I was pointed to by Jon David Guerra.
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Thunder Punch Daily 55 – Overcomplicating Things Read More »
Today I share some thoughts on the role of candor in the new media world in which we’re all participating. I share some thoughts that occurred to me after reading a New York Times article on the subject, then break down some pros and cons of being candid as an author, teacher, and entertainer.
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Thunder Punch Daily 53 – On Candor Read More »
Today I share some thoughts about a character commonly known as “The Lovable Loser”, and deconstruct it a bit using the heroes from the Transformers: Animated series as my guide. Don’t forget to check out Rob Stenzinger’s awesome tutorial on how to sync these microcasts with podcatchers like iTunes!
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Thunder Punch Daily 51 – The Lovable Loser Read More »