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
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
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
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
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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March of Robots!
You know what they say: "March comes in like a robot and goes out like a different robot." Wait--that's not right. I did this drawing for...
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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
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
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
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
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
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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Pep Talk #3: 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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Screwy Strip Search!
Here's this week's Screwy Tuesday cartoon. Read it and bleep! I welcome any and all cartoonists to join me in posting their own wacky...
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Alienation of Affection
This is another "Flip the script" comics collaboration. I penciled the strip first, and showed it to Jay Lender, who then wrote the...
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Surly Cinema: A Gilda Cage
Rita Hayworth's hair tossing intro in Gilda is one of the sexiest moments in Hollywood film. I love Gilda, but it isn't a film where one...
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Pep Talk #2: David Cairns
David Cairns is a writer, filmmaker and critic. Graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1991, he made several short films,...
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Pep Talk #1: Chris Duffy
I've known Chris Duffy since his days at Nickelodeon Magazine. More recently we've worked together on the late, lamented, SpongeBob...
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Flip the Script: Pep Talk
The usual process in comics collaboration is writer first, artist second. A script is written, complete with dialog and a panel-by-panel...
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New Year's Grieve
As we face the new year we have many things to mourn, but the last year isn't among them. 2020 was the year from Hell. It was so toxic it...
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