Waiting for Trade Archive
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The Juggernaut that is Comic-Con
Love it or hate it. The Juggernaut that is Comic-Con draws near. And that means an 80-hour week for comic creators all over the western hemisphere.
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Reasons to be a Miserable Sod
Dave has resigned himself to being a life-long curmudgeon. You want to know why? Read on…
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Settle Down for Gravett – Part 2
The Man at the Crossroads is back with more insight into the medium of the future. Dave Hine and Paul Gravett talk comics.
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Settle Down for Gravett – Part 1
This week, the UK's Ambassador for Comics reveals his thoughts on the past and future of the medium. A chat with Paul Gravett.
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Reasons to Feel Guilty
Reasons to be guilty. Writing comics isn't just about writing comics. Why I'll be working this weekend… again.
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Inside Strange Embrace
The colour edition of Strange Embrace #1 has just hit the shelves, so this week Dave's combining his column with an Inside Look at a selection of pages.
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The Shaky Kane Interrogation
“STITCH THIS PUNK!” A frank and fair exchange between the two hardest men in British comics.
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Waiting for the Trickle-Down Effect
The Big 2 vs. The Rest of The World – The survival of Independent comics. Plus: a Bristol Comic Expo 2007 report.
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Relying on the Visuals
Endless chatter or the sounds of silence… knowing when to shut up and let the pictures do the talking.
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That Way, Madness Lies
Google yourself crazy. Eavesdropping the internet.
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Don't Count Your Chickens
The Pitch is a bitch. Comics get more like Hollywood every day.
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Compression Packs the Juice
How to make compression look like decompression. More script analysis and navel-gazing.
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Decompression? No Thanks.
Decompression? No thanks. Give the fans their money's worth. How to write compressed.
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Overdoing Research
Superpervertunderpants, why Stan Lee invented the No-Prize, and what is too much research? More ramblings from Dave's laptop.
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Getting into The Zone
Jehovah's Witnesses, more deadlines and The Zone. The hazards and headaches of writing for a living.
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The Writer Species
There's no such thing as a typical comics writer. There's no fixed method—only dealing with deadlines on fifteen coffees a day.