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CJ’s Corner: The DC Relaunch

September 2, 2011 Burning Questions 0 comments
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Like it or not, things change in comics. Even the most long-lasting of characters is due up for a revamp at some point during your lifetime. We may ask ourselves why this is necessary, what it means to the character, [...]

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Guru’s Corner: Writing For Girls

August 24, 2011 Guru's Corner 2 comments
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                    Women represent 50% of the available audience. Generally women do not represent anything like 50% of western-style comic book readers. Manga on the other hand, gets the girls, so clearly [...]

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Burning Questions: CJ’s Corner

August 19, 2011 Burning Questions 1 comment
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              Welcome to the first installment of questions from up and coming author Collier Jennings. Collier (aka CJ) will be delivering the Burning Questions section now. You can also find him at CJ’s Corner [...]

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Guru’s Corner: Explaining Your World

August 19, 2011 Guru's Corner 0 comments
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              Even folk who are not into comics know that Superman is an alien and Batman’s parents were killed in front of him. When it comes to superheroes, the origins story is so common [...]

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Guru’s Corner: Designing Your Character

August 10, 2011 Guru's Corner 0 comments
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For the purposes of this blog I’m going to assume that you have a story idea and some sense of who your character is, and are at the stage of figuring out what they look like. No matter what your [...]

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Tales from the Trenches: Comics and Publishers

August 3, 2011 Tales from the Trenches 0 comments
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Comics have a somewhat different relationship with publishers to novels. This is useful to bear in mind if you’re thinking about going after a publisher. Firstly, on the novels side, publishers like work that has not previously been seen – [...]

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