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

In this issue, Coil’s plan to steal an ancient artifact unfolds with terrifying consequences.

Panel 1. Everyone looking toward the Captain with surprise.

GUARD 1

Sir!

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I met fellow Bostonian comic writer George O’Connor at his booth at the Boston Comic Con where he was selling his book Healed. We quickly determined that we had already “met” online at the comicsexperience web site. I was impressed with the quality of his work and asked ( Read more... )

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Below is the second installment of my interview series. Each week I will interview another with a comics creator on the art and craft of writing comic books.
This week I spoke with the creator of the very insightful and informative blog Superhero Nation, Brian McKenzie.
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The script for the twenty-second issue of my superhero comic book, Rapid City, has now been posted.

This issue is the second part of story in the style of Crime Noir. Villains brought together to steal a powerful artifact face the lives they have chosen as they await the ( Read more... )

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In this interview series I talk with writers about writing.
This week, I am talking with Champion City Comics honcho and writer, and my mid-west homeboy, Tony Doug Wright.

Josh: Who are you?

Tony: I am a husband, a father, a son, a brother, and a friend. I am an ( Read more... )

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An exciting thing happened this afternoon.
I got an email about a new one-page G.I.Joe comic that was posted through a fan-project called “G.I.Joe: Battlespace”

The guys that put it together, Choose Wisely Productions, did the same thing for Transformers a few years ago ( Read more... )

Just seeing if this app actually works.

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It used to be the thing for comics creators to give black characters names with the word “black” in them.
When white Clint Barton turned huge, he was just called “Goliath”, but when black Bill Foster gets the same power, he was “Black Goliath”.
It is embarrassing for us ( Read more... )

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

This issue is completely silent and marks the start of a dark new chapter of Rapid City.

Page 15
Panel 1. Close on KINETIC touching and testing the cuffs. The WOMAN’S wrist ( Read more... )

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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... )