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

Panel 5: Pulling in tighter on Desperado. Still standing there like a gunslinger. His fists are clenched, through his mask, we can see hard determination. Behind him we can ( 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.

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

Panel 3 Sidekick is suddenly aware of this actual moment, no longer looking down the street. He is looking powerless and sad. Maybe trying to force a smile.

SIDEKICK

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I finished issue 14 last night.
I actually double checked the date two or three times after I hit “save”. I was shocked to see that I was only one day late. For as much as I was stressing out about that late issue, I felt like it must be more than a day late.

Of course, ( Read more... )

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I am genuinely embarrassed to write this.
It is the 15th and I do not have issue 14 complete.

I am working on it and making progress, but unless I decide to have a whole bunch of two-page spreads I really don’t think it’ll be done by tonight.

Some part of me has come to ( Read more... )

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One of the challenges of writing a superhero comic book which reflects and is inspired my own life is that the genre demands lots of high-energy conflict, while the source material is mercifully thin in that regard.

The way I usually address this is to write the inner ( Read more... )