May 2013
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February 2013
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Webcomics veteran Michael Poe hospitalized for... →
bigbigtruck:
“Now, back to the part about no insurance. I know that the first instinct any time this kind of terrible bad luck hits someone is to try to donate to help them with their medical bills. The thought is appreciated, but please… DO NOT GIVE US DONATIONS. Donations are very unlikely to cover the bill, but they are guaranteed to make Michael ineligible for the existing financial aid...
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All right. One more. Because it's time for compare...
A couple of (cool) people have pointed out that TVTropes has the “Five Man Band” page, and how it predated Chris Sims’s breakdown of the core five elements to a Superhero team. Different folks pointed it out for different reasons, but a recurring theme was, essentially, “hey, Chris Sims didn’t come up with this.”
Well… obviously he didn’t come up...
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Forging Five-Teams: mixing up the Justice League
One more post, before I sink back into torpor, because this crossed my radar and it’s fascinating, and I quoted it last post:
demiurgent:
“Assuming that we’re not just going to go with a bunch of characters that I like — which would really just be Batwoman, Batgirl, Huntress, Oracle and… oh, you know, what’s her name, that blonde kid who was Robin for a hot minute — I think there’s a...
“Assuming that we’re not just going to go with a bunch of characters that I...”
– Chris Sims breaks down superteams, Super Sentai and everything in between in one short paragraph.
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December 2012
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Defining Roleplaying, from Tabletop through Solo...
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I am, by nature, a roleplayer.
This perhaps isn’t a shock given the existence of this blog in the first place. I play roleplayings. Occasionally, I write for roleplaying games. I’ve got two roleplaying games fleshed out and ready for a creation that may never happen. When given Doctors’ diagnoses, I mentally argue why I deserve a saving throw.
This, naturally, extends to the...
November 2012
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“This is webcomics — my own entertainment is paramount.”
– John Troutman
October 2012
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On coding, writing, structure and cottage-cheese...
The start of the school year — or “f’ing September,” as we tend to call it — is a brutal thing. Nothing not school related happens, and it has gotten worse over the years. This year, we had an exceptionally tough summer with some heavy infrastructural upgrades and network expansions/changes/reformulations, and none of it is known to work until you have a full student...
September 2012
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Man, it's been a while since I burbled for half of...
Sometimes, even at this late date, people ask me why I’m so fast to disregard Authorial Intent in a work.
It’s a fair question. After all — all creative people feel inexorably bound to their creations, for good or ill. It feels like a tiny chunk of you has been wrapped up in descriptive text, imagery, lyrics, melody or what have you. And for many (not all) people, there is...
August 2012
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Readercon Redux: The Resolution and Fallout →
Readercon’s Convention Committee, after taking the time to carefully examine the decision of their Board of Directors and the firestorm of controversy that followed that decision, has issued a statement detailing their response to the situation. In brief: they have admitted culpability, apologized in detail and depth, overturned the decision of the board, applied the Zero Tolerance policy in...
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DC Women Kicking Ass: Renee Montoya Continues her... →
demiurgent:
dcwomenkickingass:
During SDCC DC Comics confirmed that Renee Montoya won’t be showing up in the new 52. Not surprising actually as the writer most associated with her, Greg Rucka, has said that his conversations with DC “made it very clear they had no interest in seeing Renee continue, either as the Question or…
I missed this last year. It’s freaking great — beautifully drawn...
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A simple, honest statement about Young Justice,...
The latest run of Young Justice is called “Invasion,” and while it is not in any way the same, it draws certain elements off a late 80’s comics crossover called “Invasion,” in particular focusing on the discovery and exploitation of the Metagene and ways to eliminate powers, control metahumanity and the like, as well as the use of shapeshiftes (Durlans in the...
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Requiescat in Pace: Gore Vidal
Upon hearing of the death of Gore Vidal, I had an immediate, almost visceral reaction, which I immortalized in Twitter form. That is the rhetoric of the age — immediate thoughts, put out in a form that was immediately visible for all to see. It was, in its way, the anthesis of Gore Vidal’s writing.
Still, I stand by it the next day, and will cheerfully reproduce it here:
I called...
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On depicting those you disagree with
I am not a Christian. I am also not a Conservative. I have opinions which are not held by neither the average Conservative Christian nor the average Christian Conservative. This is my right, even as they have the right to be Christian and Conservative.
However, I am also a writer. Right now, I’m writing a (I believe this is the term) fuck-ton of fiction.
I work very hard, both in terms of...
July 2012
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Losing Readerconfidence: or how napalm doesn't...
Let’s open with a link, shall we?
http://blog.bcholmes.org/the-readercon-thing/#more-169
So. The link above is to a really well done roundup of all the debate surrounding a case of harassment at Readercon 23, held from July 12-15 in Burlington, Massachusetts. I’m not going to rehash it in any depth. In particular, I’m not going to directly name names of the people involved....
dvandom asked: Is the Livejournal group going to get any policing? It's all Russian sex spammers now.
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About f*cking time
gothicjew:
For decades Marvel has been trying to come out with their own version of Superman. Some might say the Hulk is it, some might say Thor, but neither of them really fit the bill in terms of Marvel having an iconic strongman “truth, justice,” and blah blah character like DC has with the Man of Steel. They have tried tons of times to create this mcguffin and have failed, sometimes...
On the Myth Suggestions
demiurgent:
Just a fast note to say that some of the Mythology of the Modern World myth suggestions I’ve been getting are fantastic, and I’m really looking forward to answering them. The process of getting the answers done is actually really long (in part because I want to do this right by the stories, in part because I want a really long buffer before I start posting anything anywhere), but I...
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Looking for Myth Fodder!
demiurgent:
A few years back, during my Banter Latte days, I wrote a series of vignette and short stories under the blanket title of The Mythology of the Modern World. The high concept was simple enough — look at the different annoyances, weirdnesses, or otherwise unexplained phenomena of the world, suspend the part of your brain that gives you the rational real-world explanation of those...
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June 2012
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May 2012
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October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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the goggles, they do everything: Ask Chris #66 :Q:... →
twelvebats:
I’m posting the whole thing because it’s brilliant and I don’t care what the all mighty Miller thinks, that doesn’t change the facts. btw I personally credit Dini & Timm more with the modern version of Bats if only because they brought it to the masses and solidified his…
You should totally read the whole thing.
However, my comment is substantially different. Not because...
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The New 52: What Wednesday would probably not buy,...
I’m sure at least three of you asked yourselves after Eric’s recent posts, “yes, but why hasn’t Wednesday posted about DC highlights from her favourite parallel universe?”
Having now imagined those three people, I’m delighted to tell you why: most of it just doesn’t grab me. That’s fine. I realize that, as a non-equine and an accursed meat-eater at...
hipster-ranger asked: So, with all of the controversy over the New 52 and its lack of diversity, I'm curious about your thoughts on the recently revealed Peter Parker replacement for Ultimate Spider-man. We're getting a half-black, half-hispanic teen in a redesigned suit.
Spider-man is one of Marvel's most iconic characters. Hell, he's probably their most recognizable, and one of the...
Spider-man is one of Marvel's most iconic characters. Hell, he's probably their most recognizable, and one of the...
Twilight Sparkle kicks so much ass. Is known for...
Folks who know me know I have a certain… fragility… of health. It stems from me being made primarily out of meringue.
Be that as it may, the last several days I’ve barely been conscious. So, you know. I’ll be back when I’m back.
Also, I bought several ponies tonight. That has nothing to do with illness. Twilight Sparkle was wearing a safety helmet. With a hole cut...
July 2011
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DC Women Kicking Ass: DC Comics makes statement on... →
dcwomenkickingass:
This was just posted to the DC website:
Over the past week we’ve heard from fans about a need for more women writers, artists and characters. We want you to know, first and foremost, that we hear you and take your concerns very seriously.
We’ve been very fortunate in recent years to have…
I don’t have much to add to dcwomenkickingass, save that she and others...
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Buzz Dixon on writing Christian graphic novels →
Short, but beautifully grounded, and basically good advice to most any beginning writer looking for a collaborator. My favourite part:
Over the last 11 years I’ve seen more times than I care to recall posts on Christian forums & blogs along the following lines: “Wow! I’ve got a great idea! Let’s do a comic book version of the Bible! I need a volunteer to write it, a volunteer to draw...
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The Financial Side of All Of This
You know, I promise at some point I’ll write about Marvel. I guess they’re just not that exciting right now.
In my last DC post I mentioned the comics I would definitely be interested in. However, that brings up another point to consider. Every DC comic costs $2.99, whether digital or physical. If in fact I like all of the comics that I have listed as ‘definitely checking out at...
