I get two questions about comics all the time. One: ‘Who has better underwear – Captain America or Superman’ (Answer: Superman – dude’s got so much junk in his trunk his underpants need a belt)…
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Creation
Comics for Schools
As most of you will know, 2014 is 100 years after the commencement of World War I. New Zealand was a nation influenced by the vigour of the still burgeoning British Empire, the isolation of islanders and…
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A project to break your heart
Heck, it’s been a while.
I’ve been all-in on a great animation gig over the last few months which is why the blog posts have been happening with such irregularity. Awesome project though; I was…
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Comic Page From Issue 5
Hey y’all, just a quick note to say that issue 5 launches on Comixology next Wednesday (the 2nd of October).
You can check the MC page on Comixology via the banner above, as well as finding the Hi Res…
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Fear the Future!
The last four weeks have seen some pretty epic comic blogging going on.
Like a three act play (with midpoint) I introduced the backdrop ‘What if we made digital the new pulp to expand comic…
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What’s Wrong with Webcomics?
If you’ve being following my brain explosions so far you’ve read that I believe digital comics could achieve the breadth and success of the Pulp Era with new digital delivery systems and the cheaper…
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Where Is Comic’s Amanda Hocking?
I’m a new comics creator and I’m looking for readers – aside from publishing my work online for free, I also do occasional thought experiments. Last week I compared the modern comic market with…
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Thumbnailing the Hard Way
Short post this week, as this Monday is the last post of Season 2 pages and I’ll be blogging then too. Meantime, I ramble a bit and post images from my script and thumbing process (some spoilers). It’s…
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5 Things Artists Can Learn From Sports
A lot of my arty school friends disliked sport. Many of them seem to have since internalised it as part of their ideology, like dislike such things defines them as more artistic. The fact that Dance is…
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Birthday Videos
So it’s my birthday and I’m away on a little holiday, which means that I wrote this in the past, on my actual birthday. Because this blog will be up for a week that also means that my birthday is over 7…
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