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With each story I am trying out a new style or technique which I am not used to using. The issue that I am currently working on is going to employ heavy narration and be in a noir style.
I think that noir is so full of tropes and cliches that it is easy if are ok with ( Read more... )

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The script for the nineteenth issue of my superhero comic book, Rapid City, has now been posted.

SWITCHBOARD

Just keep your eyes open, ok?

VECTOR

For monster tracks?

KINETIC

It’s not a monster, ok? It’s a gorilla. Can we stop making this into more than it is?

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The script for the eighteenth issue of my superhero comic book, Rapid City, has now been posted.

HARTBORN

So this is revenge for you?

Panel 2. Kinetic posed and shot just like Octane on page ten. He looks a little frustrated.

KINETIC

No, that’s not what I want. Besides ( Read more... )

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When I was a kid, one of the first television cliches I remember noticing was the way that every special Christmas episode of a show would end with a question that was answered by a pan up to a bright start and some jingle-bells.

The implication being that the answer to ( Read more... )

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Of course it’s different every time, but this is roughly how I write comics.

An idea comes from somewhere. With the Rapid City project, it is usually something that I have faced in my own life. Let’s say, for example, I notice how addiction can affect lives.

Then I start ( Read more... )

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I was listening to Robert Kirkman on Wordballoon this morning on my way to work.
It was an interview from about a year ago in which Kirkman talks about his writing process, his comics, and comics in general.

One young fan asks for advice on making comics and “breaking ( Read more... )

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The script for the eleventh issue of the superhero comic book, Rapid City, has now been posted.

Panel 4 Similar shot, but now Wild Thing is getting to his feet and Kinetic has his arms spread in confusion.

WILD THING

Just… just do yourself a favor and walk away, you can’ ( Read more... )

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I just wrote a scene where some drug dealers talk to eachother about how to handle a problem they are having.

Most people do not have experience with this sort of thing. Consequently, when writing it they have to rely on pre-existing cliches or extrapolate their best ( Read more... )

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When things come up repeatedly, you should try to take notice of them.
In the past few days, I have been coming into contact with the idea of the psychological toll of living a violent life.
Hurting people makes you start to see people as things that can be hurt.
The act ( Read more... )