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    Squa Tront! Spafon Wood!
    hilarybarta

    Squa Tront! Spafon Wood!

    Like most kids growing up in the 1960s, I liked monster and sci-fi movies. But the primary inspiration for the aliens and space-men I...
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    The Shadows Know
    hilarybarta

    The Shadows Know

    When adding shadows to your drawings, always go with what's graphically right. Forget tepid, anemic notions of "realism". Save that for...
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    The Dreaded Deadline Doom
    hilarybarta

    The Dreaded Deadline Doom

    The bane of every commercial artist is the deadline. Blow a deadline, and you might not get another job from that editor or art director....
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    Barbarian Barbering
    hilarybarta

    Barbarian Barbering

    I've drawn a two-page strip for Pretty Conan #2. Looks like volume one is also still available. Both are available at the link, here. The...
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    Pep Talk #13: Leap of Faith by Paul Czarnowski
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #13: Leap of Faith by Paul Czarnowski

    Paul Czarnowski lives in Chcago and is the caffeinated brain behind the cartoon Robots With Coffee. Look for Paul on social media with...
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    Stupid Censors
    hilarybarta

    Stupid Censors

    In a recent post from artist Mitch O'Connell he included the following quote from an email that he had received, along with the photo...
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    A Brush With Destiny
    hilarybarta

    A Brush With Destiny

    Many years ago Canadian artist George Freeman was visiting Chicago, and somehow he ended up in my apartment. Possibly for one of the wild...
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    Pep Talk #12: O'Brother! by Dan Dougherty
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #12: O'Brother! by Dan Dougherty

    The tall, handsome representative of the Chicago area comics community, Dan Dougherty is an award-winning writer and illustrator of...
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    That Time I Inked Art Adams, Part 2
    hilarybarta

    That Time I Inked Art Adams, Part 2

    This is a follow-up post on the creation of the ABC Sketchbook cover and poster. Chris Sprouse was the first artist to pencil and ink...
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    Pep Talk #11: Splendor! by Dan Dougherty
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #11: Splendor! by Dan Dougherty

    Chicago area creator Dan Dougherty told me to say that he is an award-winning writer and illustrator of comics and children's books. He's...
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    That Time I Inked Art Adams
    hilarybarta

    That Time I Inked Art Adams

    One of the best gigs I ever had was drawing Splash Brannigan for Alan Moore's line of comics, ABC. Splash was both a descendent of Jack...
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    Pep Talk#10: Donald Benson
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk#10: Donald Benson

    Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. Donald also writes the occasional...
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    Yackety Jack
    hilarybarta

    Yackety Jack

    This is the latest comic strip in my Flip the Script project. Which means I draw the strip first, and you can see that process on my...
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    Pep Talk #9: The Sim-Phony by John Arcudi and Herman Melville
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #9: The Sim-Phony by John Arcudi and Herman Melville

    Writer John Arcudi's entry on Wikipedia reads as follows: John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on The...
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    Pep Talk#8:  Donald Benson
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk#8: Donald Benson

    Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. One reader wrote of it, "Absorbing...
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    Pep Talk# 7: Chris Duffy
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk# 7: Chris Duffy

    I've known Chris Duffy since his days at Nickelodeon Magazine. More recently we worked together on the late, lamented, SpongeBob Comics....
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    Pep Talk #6: David Cairns
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #6: David Cairns

    David Cairns is a filmmaker, writer and critic. David has directed and written several films, including the multi-award-winning CRY FOR...
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    Pep Talk #5: Ian Boothby
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #5: Ian Boothby

    Ian Boothby is a Canadian television and comic book writer and...comic. No, Ian's not a comic book -- he's a stand-up, sketch and improv...
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    Literal Alien
    hilarybarta

    Literal Alien

    This is my second collaboration with director/writer/animator/artist Jay Lender. It's part of my ongoing comics project Flip the Script....
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    Pep Talk #4: Change by Tim Seeley
    hilarybarta

    Pep Talk #4: Change by Tim Seeley

    I've been friends with Chicago transplant Tim Seeley for many years. His comic book credits are too numerous to mention, but here's his...
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