DECOMPRESSED - Podcast by Kieron Gillen

A customer of mine gave me the heads-up on this podcast series and I figured I'd pass it along. podcast DECOMPRESSED (also available on iTunes!) is an interview/discussion/dissection of a single comic between Kieron Gillen, a current Marvel Comics writer (and a personal favorite), and whichever creator he's convinced to sit down with him for an hour and "talk shop." He's British and speaks somewhat quickly, so it can be a little difficult to keep up at times, but his discussions with a writer or artist (and sometimes both) on how they make their comics is definitely worth a listen (and look -- there are visual aids!).

In particular, I liked the interview with Matt Fraction & David Aja about Hawkeye #1; I'm not a huge fan of Fraction's work, but he understands the mechanics of storytelling and loves making comics. David Aja, in my opinion, might be one of the best illustrative storytellers working in comics today (Chris Samnee, too).

I also liked the discussion with Matt Fraction & Mark Waid about the pros and cons of scripting using the "Marvel Method." The "Marvel Method" of scripting is when the writer giving the penciller a page-by-page plot breakdown, writing the dialogue for the pages only after the artist turns in the finished pages; an approach I think I myself will be trying to speed up my writing.

Enjoy!
-Zach

Demonic Symbols for Prof Kerr!

Zach and I stumbled upon these while looking through tumblr and thought you might find them interesting reference for your story.

Potential Comix

Hi, haven't contributed in a while, and I probably won't make it this sunday. Though here's what I have been doing while absent.

http://potentialcomix.tumblr.com/

Basically, there's a weekly topic, and you have an entire seven days to complete a page. Simple. I've been participating, (mbrillo) and it's been running for six weeks, so check it out.

Date Change! Sept 2nd Meeting.

Hi All, Due to conflicting plans for many of the members, the meeting is moved to the following week (Sept. 9th) at 1:00pm. Look forward to seeing you all there. --Tom