Weather Forecast and Birds

We've been having some dry weather since Christmas, and that's unusual.  This is the time of year somebody in the sky turns on the sprinkler system and forgets to turn it off. Rain mixed with snow is forecast for most of the week.  This morning I thought about what happens when we have this kind of forecast.  Immediately Bob says "I've got to get gas for the car."  Why?  Knowing him, the tank is at least half full. ...

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Re-re-re-redesign

It's no surprise that I love me some character redesigns...and it just seems that video game characters get redesigned often. (But maybe that's just because that's what interests me.) If I looked for it, how many takes of Wolverine or Batman would I find? More than a few, I'm sure.So, randomly, I was on this Krang obsession (he's even my desktop pic right now). You know, the-talking-brain-tucked-away-in-an-android's-gut Krang? The guy who was...

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Creator Owned Script Sampling

PAGE TWENTY – 6 panelsPanel 1: Okay, the entire page is a purple outline of Dusty’s body. Within his body, we have the different panels.So...for this panel we have a ground shot of Dusty resting on his side, helpless and utterly cute.(no dialogue)Panel 2: Same shot but Kitsune is kneeling, scooping him up.SOUNDFX: scoopPanel 3: Over Kitsune’s shoulder, looking down into her cupped hands. Dusty’s eyes are big and pitiful and black.KITSUNE: WHAT… KITSUNE: ARE...

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The (Un)Mentioned Benefit of Writing Comics

Comic book writing is something, for me, that can be broken down into functioning, separate pieces. Cobbled together, they become something slightly fluid. You break a page out by panels--those panels are your bricks, and the alluded time in-between those panels are your mortar--and convey time and movement through both character actions, balloons, setting, and whatnot. I feel comfortable writing this way, because it's a--and I'm aping someone's...

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