Tutorials, Essays, Interviews, Con Reports, & Recipes

 

Tutorials:

Paneling, Pacing & Layout in Comics & Manga #1

Paneling, Pacing & Layout in Comics & Manga #2

Ballooning in Adobe Illustrator

Digital Inking Tip: Drawing Beautiful Hair

 

Essays:

Learning Patience

Script First? Or Art?

First Exposure in Comics

Writing Dialog for Comics

Getting Rich in Comics

Giving & Receiving Criticism. . . Professionally.

Getting Past the Block

Why War & Peace Should Be a Graphic Novel

Why Mother's Rock

When the Muse Strikes

Digital Ink and E-Book Technology

What it's Like in Japan

The Intentional Message

Why I Love OEL Manga & Girls in Comics

Carnet de Voyage and Local Art

Struggling to Improve

The Art of Mellowing

One Week Working in a Comic Book Store

Categorizing Manga & Graphic Novels in Book Stores

Portrayal of Girls & Women in Manga

Cookie Fortune - Being Content

Paper Pushing Desk Job

On Same-Sex Marriages

Music & Work

The Soul of Art

Culture Clash: Outreach

Accepting Criticism

The Birthing of a Book

Beat in American Comics vs. Japanese Manga

Books for the Creative Professional

Works in Progress

Politics in "Steady Beat"

The Art of Amazement

First Comic Book Store Experiences

Getting it Done - Progress Report

The Growing Manga Threat/Opportunity

My Drug of Choice: The Need to Draw

Shame

The Sacrifices Made: Moving Back in with the 'Rents

Directing Dialog

The Adventures of Mr. Circle

The Wonder that is Mr. Line

What is Manga?

Is this Destiny?

What a Girl Wants . . . In Comics!

The Dreaded Monster Strikes

On Contracts & Shared Copyrights

Big Eyes. Small Mouths. It's a Style, Baby.

 

Interviews:

Interview with Publisher's Weekly

Austin American Statesman (print)

Austin Chronicle

Newsarama

Prism Comics (print)

 

Convention Reports:

New York ComicCon 2007 Report

AnimeFEST 2006 Convention Report

ALA & Ushicon Report

A Girl in Boyland - WizardWorld Chicago

Anime Expo 2005 Con Report

 

Recipes:

Pecan Crusted Chicken with Smoked Cheese Sauce and Glazed Carrots

Rivkah's Special Chicken Tortilla Soup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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