Thunder Punch Daily 25 – That Darned App

Today I share a brief review of the Marvel iPhone App and how the reading experience is a violation of several fundamental principles of comics storytelling. For more ranting about Marvel on the iPhone/iPad, check out last week’s extra A&S Extreme!! Follow Jerzy on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? [...]

Mark of the Beast 06 – Media Influence

Talking about how the deeper you get into a chosen field(say superhero comics), the least likely it is that you keep up with it. Music by Beast in the Field. Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post [...]

Mark of the Beast 02 – Boundaries

Talking about expanding your range of media consumption and analysis. Music by Beast in the Field. Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click or Control-click to Download Supreme RSS Feed [/private]

Art & Story 118 – The Big iPad

[private]We jump off of the excitement over today’s news about the new Apple product to have a discussion about what this new device means for the independent creator/publisher, and what it could mean for publishing in general. For the sake of framing the discussion, we feel obliged to point out that we’re operating on the [...]

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Art & Story Alive! Episode 56

[private]After a brief rant about Mark’s experience watching the new Watchmen movie, we move on to a discussion about time management. We’re joined as always by intrepid co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, as well as Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics, and the Big Illustration Party Time hosts Josh Kemble and Kevin Cross. [...]

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Art & Story Alive! Episode 54

[private]It’s a content-packed episode this week, as we take on 4 topics in an hour of comics talk! From Jarmo: I’m creating my first superheros & villains for a project of mine. I would like to hear about experiences and peoples processes of creating one… From Thomas James : How about the difference in style [...]

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Art & Story 42 – The Big Responsibility

[private]Mark and I step a little outside of our comfort zones to try and tackle a question put forth by our friend Shawn Robare of Branded in the 80s, specifically the respective responsibilities of an author and an audience in the meaning-decoding or meaning-making in media. We tried asking ourselves just how much we hope [...]

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