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Silverline Comics Podcast — 313 episodes

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5.73 How to make a Horror Comic

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5.72 Do superheroes have hobbies?

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5.71 Guest Laurie Calcaterra

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5.70 How did romance save comics?

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5.69 Guest Matt Wagner

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5.68 Let's chat comics!

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5.67 Guest Rik Offenberger of G-Man Comics

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5.66 Old school vs New school comic page layouts

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5.65 How to create a compelling super hero

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5.64 Guest: Flash Gordon artist Dan Schkade

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5.63 Perished parents!

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5.62 Guest Dan Sehn

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5.61 Good endings!

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5.60 Getting to our roots: A retrospective of Miss Fury

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5.59 Guest Andy Smith

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5.58 What are slice of life comics?

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5.57 The importance of place

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5.56 Guests: Bill and Linda Reinhold

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5.55 Literary comics: Comics without capes!

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5.54 Guest Barry Gregory

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5.53 Comic book ballyhoo: Random comic book discussion

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5.52 Art theory versus art in practice

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5.51 Silverline Team-Up launch party

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5.50 Guest Denys Cowan

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5.49 How to collaborate on a comic

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5.28 Rob Hanes Adventure Digest and Randy Reynaldo

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5.48 Let's talk

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5.47 Gift me!

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5.45 Con Life: I be hustlin'

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5.44 Seduction & Censorship

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5.43 Everything you need to know to get started as a comic colorist

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5.42 Talking with inker Bruce McCorkindale

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5.41 Adaptations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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5.40 Everything you need to know to get started drawing comics

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5.39 Guest Marcus Roberts

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5.38 Religion and philosophy in comics

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5.37 Every time the Easter Bunny was in a comic!

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5.36 What's it take to be an editor

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5.35 Filling space because the guest didn't show

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5.34 Publisher or be published?

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5.33 European Comics

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5.32 Art Color Letters, OH MY!

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5.31 Making the leap into comics

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5.30 Why did we want to make comics?

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5.29 What to watch in 2024

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5.27 Who is artist Chris Nye?

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5.26 Bring on the Grim and Gritty

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5.25 Best tools for creatives over 30!

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5.24 Character aging in comics

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5.23 Female villains: Successful ingredients vs Unfortunate stereotypes

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5.22 Guest former Malibu Assistant Editor Kara Lamb

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5.21 Using iconography in comics

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5.20 Guest former Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth

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5.19 Children's comics

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5.18 Planning out a productive year

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5.17 Former Malibu/Ultraverse accountant tells all!

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5.16 Guest Victor Dandridge

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5.15 Free comics: are they worth it?

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5.14 former Daredevil writer Roger McKenzie

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5.13 Best comics for snow days

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5.12 Former Malibu Comics EIC Chris Ulm

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5.11 Kid's comics: What's available for kids today?

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5.10 Why are motion comics so bad?

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5.9 A Cover Up

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5.8 Guest starring Kevin West!

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5.7 Former Malibu Comics coloring department supervisor spills all!

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5.6 Do Comic creators collect comics?

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5.5 Move over MCU

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5.4 New Year's Eve Chillin

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5.3 Special Guest Kevin Cleary

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5.2 Special Guest GJ Bingham

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5.1 Former Malibu editor Dan Danko

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4.56 Evolution of conventions

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4.55 Guest Martin Pierro of Cosmic Times

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4.54 Guest Jeff Johnson

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4.53 Election Day special: Voting for our favorite wacky comic characters

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4.52 Conspiracies

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4.51 Media adaptations gone awry: The worst of live-action translations

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4.50 Vampire Recap, or how RPGs teach you to tell stories

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4.49 Round Robin Q&A

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4.48 Writing comedy

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4.47 Former DC Comics VP (and Malibu Comics editor) Hank Kanalz

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4.46 Promoting horror comics: Marketing the macabre

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4.45 Former DC Comics editor Jim Chadwick

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4.44 Playing the RPG Vampire the Masquerade

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4.43 I like your identity. I think I'll take it!

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4.42 Historical horror in comics: Merging fact and fear

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4.41 Headquarters and secret lairs

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4.40 Creating a script from scratch

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4.39 The elements of horror: making spooky comics

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4.38 Superheroes who kill! Are they REALLY heroes?

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4.37 Comics 20 years in the future

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4.36 Building an online presence: webcomics and social media

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4.35 Guns, grenades, and bombs! Oh my!

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4.34 Favorite comic book storylines...EVER!

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4.33 The indie comics community: networking and support

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4.32 Creating characters from scratch

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4.31 Starfield has ruined out lives

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4.30 Question and opinion round robin

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4.29 Oh the places you will go! Creating locations in comics

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4.28 Masks! Who needs'em?

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4.27 Famous firsts

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4.26 Changing seasons: showing the passage of time in comics

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4.25 Comic page review in real time

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4.24 Story in a bottle: How to effectively use a single location

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4.23 Special guest J.C. Vaughn

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4.22 Comedy and tragedy. How to set a tone in comics

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4.21 A Rob Davis retrospective

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4.20 Trivia night!

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4.19 So you want to host a comic book show?

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4.18 What shall we discuss tonight?

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4.17 Alternate Creator Histories

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4.16 From traditional to technical

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4.15 What effect does the collector's market have on comics?

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4.14 Playing with art A.I.

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4.13 Are they out there?

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4.12 Comics as Pastiche. What Inspires Comic Creators?

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4.11 The Tribulations of moving

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4.10 Special guest Kevin West

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4.9 Your first steps to making a comic

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4.8 Playing with ChatGPT

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4.7 Roland's move and catching up

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4.6 Facelifts and costume changes

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4.5 The Business of comics

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4.4 Trivia Night

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4.3 Facelifts and costume changes.

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4.2 The Business of Comics

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4.1 Trivia Night

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3.64 Tech Talk

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3.63 The Evolution of Superheroes

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3.62 FCBD Discussion

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3.61 Special guests Chad Corrie & Matt Wendt

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3.60 Special Guest Zackary Marois

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3.59 Free for all

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3.58: Special Guest Ross Richie, Boom Studios!

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3.57: Thought balloons in comics: Why they're still COOL!

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3.56 Plant Based Heroes

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3.55 Non-Stop Steam Talk

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3.54 Animal Based Heroes

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3.53 The Midnight Oil

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3.52 Making A Scene What makes the scene setting_

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3.51 The Art of Dialogue In Our Stories & Others

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3.50 Creating Believable Fantasy Worlds in Comics

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3.49 Tabletop Roleplaying & Story Creation

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3.48: Building a Story Arc in Comics

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3.47: How many bricks is too many?

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3.46: Superhero Sunset: The Decline in Legacy Superhero Comic Sales

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3.45: Award Winning Batman Artist, Jerry Bingham

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3.44: BATMANGATE with Special Guest, Chris Wozniak

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3.43: Guest Gregory Wright, former Marvel editor, writer, and colorist

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3.42: Character or Costume

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3.41: Art by AI

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3.40: Indy Publishers: Highs, Lows & The Future with Special Guest Martin Pierro

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3.39: Manga on the March: Japanese Manga and the effect on American Comics!

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3.38: Flashbacks in Comics: Should they be banned?

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3.37: Super Powered Santas

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3.36: Special Guest Ben Dunn - Warrior Nun Creator

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3.35 Strategies for Pitching to Comic Publishers

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3.34: The Quest for Epic Fantasy Comics Today

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3.33: How Superheroes Impact Culture

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3.32: How Much Does it Cost to Self-Publish a Comic Book?

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3.31: The Law and Comic Makers

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3.30: Marv Wolfman, legendary creator!

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3.29: Special Guest Howard Chaykin

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3.28: Comics Will Break Your Heart

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3.27: Special Guest artist Steve Willhite

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3.26: Are Comics Too Expensive?

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3.25: Comic Art Style: Past, Present, and Future. Back by Popular Demand

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3.24: Comic Con Prep Guide

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3.23: Special Guest Randy Zimmerman of Arrow Comics

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3.22: Brain Bullets: How to show telepathy in comics.

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3.21: Recharging your creative batteries

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3.20: Cowboys and Comics

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3.19: Fortnight and Cyberpunk! Comic books as Tie-ins!

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3.18: Special Guest John Jackson Miller and the health of the comic industry

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3.17: How to Publish Comics

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3.16: Convention Swag and Freebies: Marketing in comics.

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3.15: Take Cover. Creating irresistible and compelling covers!

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3.14: Creating Fight Scenes for Comics

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3.13: Balancing Action and Talking Heads in Comics

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3.12: Silverline Team-Ups We'd Like To See

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3.11: Drawing backgrounds for comics

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3.10: Superheroes withOUT superpowers

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3.9: Pros and Cons: Behavior Protocols at Comic Conventions

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3.8: Best Ways to Sell Comics as a Creator

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3.7: Travel Conning

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3.6: Cover me!

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3.5: How to start reading comics.

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3.4: If you could only have one ____, what would it be?

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3.3: A Whole in One!

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3.2: Why Comics belong in the classroom!

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3.1: Sports and Comics: do they mix?

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86: Independents Day!

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85: Creator's rights

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84: Is it important to get the science correct in comics?

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83: What's my motivation

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82: Is it Fresh...or Nostalgic?

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81: Random Questions From Tommy

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80: Giant Monster Mayhem

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79: Achieving An Aesthetic Identity

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78: Pet peeves of Indy Comics!

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77: Multi-COLORverse

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76: Juggling multiple projects as a comic creator

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75: The importance of Social Media to Indy comic creators

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74: Silverline Comics talks with Steve Englehart

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73: Marketing in the online era

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72: Team-ups we'd like to see

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71: Conversation with BLOODSHOT creator Kevin VanHook

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70: Conflict and Character

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69: Talking comic legal stuff with Attorney-to-be JC Barton

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68: High fantasy: magic, dragons, and demons in comics

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67: Marvel vs DC

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66: Powerful pencils

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65: Comic cover designs (and some of our favorites)

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64: Talking with Aaron Holland from Coliseum of Comics about indy comics in comic shops

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63: Talking about nerd stuff

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62: Taxes and comics

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61: A conversation with Paul Kupperberg

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60: A conversation with former Batman artist Jerry Bingham

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59: Talking with Kamen America writer Mark Pellegrini

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58: How I learned to Create Comics

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57: Tom Mason, Malibu co-founder, says Marvel and DC are dead ends for comic creators

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56: Do Adaptations hurt or help comic sales?

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55: Unraveling Time Travel

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54: Tom Mason, Malibu Comics co-founder tells us why he loves comics!

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53: Myth Conceptions

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52: Kicking it up a Notch! Kickstarters!

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51: Stand alone stories vs multi-part or continued stories

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50: Creators collaborate

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49: Tools for communication

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48: Roberta's choice

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47: The Power of Page 1

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46 Silverline Strong: Indies vs. Big Two!

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45 You won't believe what happens next: Clickbait and Cliffhangers

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44: Black and White vs Color comics

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43: Roberta says

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42: Amazon and Comixology: What changes can we expect?

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41: Improvising in comics

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40: Kurtis Says

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39: Silverline auditions Public Domain characters

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38: Fictional Worlds and their classifications

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37: Pete Says

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36: Artistic License Pros and Cons

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35: Tommy Says

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34: Creating New Worlds

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33: Talking with Marat Mychaels

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32: Fun with Distribution

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31: Card Games

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30: Chatting with Alex Saviuk

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29: Silver Sunday Comic Crossovers

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28: Crossovers

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27: The Whammers talk with Aaron Lopresti

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26: Sunday Crew: Romance in Comics

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25: Whammers: Romance in Comics

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24: Martial Arts in Comics

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23: If We Had Powers

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22: Our Best of 2020

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21: Happy New Year

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20: Martial Arts in Comics

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19: If we had powers

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18: Our Best of 2020

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17: Back from the holidays

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16: Random Questions

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15: Supporting Characters, good and bad

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14: Board Games

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13: Science Fiction vs Fantasy

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12: Random Questions

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11: Great Supporting Characters

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10: Board Games

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9: Sci-fi vs. Fantasy

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8: Our Comic Book Inspirations

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7: Silver Sunday Best/Worst powers

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6. Our Favorite Video Games part 2

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5 Our Favorite Videogames pt 1

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4 Our Comic Inspirations

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3: Wednesday WHAM Best/Worst Superpowers

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2 Our favorite video games part 2

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1 Our Favorite Video Games

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35: Top Indy Comics and Graphic Novels

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34: Comics to Animation

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33: Worst to best comic adaptations

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32: Juggling Comics/work/family/life!

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31: Comic Toys and Creative Degrees

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30: More Things We Learned From Comics

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29: Our Favorite Indy Comics

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28: Comics to Animation

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27: Great/Terrible Comic Adaptations.

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26: Comics Work/Life balance

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25: Comic Toys

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24: What We Learned From Comics

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#23 Things we don't want to see a protagonist do!

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#22 Out of Character

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#21 Casting our Cinematic Universe Part 2

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#20 Casting our Cinematic Universe

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#19 Chitter Chatter

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#18 Free for all

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#17 Coloring and Chatting

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#16 Comic Colors

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#15 More Supernatural Story-telling

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#14 Supernaturual Story-telling

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#13 Movies that Inspire

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#12 Influence from Movies

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#11 Music We Listen To

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#10 Music to Create to

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#9: Conventions, part 2

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#8: Conventions

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#7: Sunday Stream #1

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#6: Divinity and Twilight Grimm Q&A

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#5: Gaffes We've Made

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#4: What Got You Into Comics?

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#3: Our Favorite Things About Quarantine

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#2: Current State of the Comic Book Industry

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#1: The Intros