First:Second has a great making of video from their book Alan’s War. I think I am going to give it a try.

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I just got a new iMac this week and I am loving it. I bought it through MacConnection in NH (no Tax, free Shipping). I could have gotten a snazzier model, but this one will last me quite a while. The screen in 20″ and it is no longer the white plastic style, but brushed […]

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I am trying out a new paper to draw and paint on. It’s Wausau Exact Ice 80lb and it comes highly recommended by a friend of mine. This artist paints on it in both watercolors and acrylics and also does most of his rough and final comic art on it. One of the […]

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Thanks to Flooble.com I have cool expanding sidebars to keep everything clean. You just click on the + and the content expands, click the - close it back up. (you might have to scroll down a bit to see them, but there so Cool, Very Cool. It was fairly easy to add the Javascript to […]

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This site, behindthename.com will take a data-base of real names and randomize it either generally, or with specific ethnic backgrounds.
It definitely can be a great way to come up with character names for any type of storytelling. The only down size is that it can only generate one name at a time and you have […]

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This mini-comic page was created to as an example for my Mini-Comic class at the Schulz Museum this Friday. The page was done in about 1 hr. I hope the kids in my class will find it useful.
If you want to try the single panel/single page template for your own Mini-Comic, download the […]

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I have just set up a new mailing list system that will allow me to send out news and notes to any one who would like to sign up. The email addresses will be kept with the strictice of confidence and will not be sold or shared with any party out side of Atomic […]

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I have just set up a new mailing list system that will allow me to send out news and notes to any one who would like to sign up. The email addresses will be kept with the strictice of confidence and will not be sold or shared with any party out side of Atomic […]

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