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Characters help comic-book store publicize move
Charlie's Comic Books has been at its current location at East Speedway and North Craycroft Road since October, when the business moved rather suddenly from its longtime home near East 22nd Street and Craycroft.
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All The Best Comics Have Daddy Issues #12
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What to Watch 2010 – A Look Back
In the closing days of 2009, I looked ahead to 2010 and made my predictions on ten items that I expected to be amongst the most buzzed about aspects of the comic book industry. I looked at up-and-coming creators, significant films, and highly anticipated titles
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Robot Super Heroes
By Devin T. Quin Robots make for crap super heroes.
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The Secret Lives of Action Figures
When I was a little kid, I always thought that as soon as I stepped out of my bedroom and closed the door behind me, my toys would jump up and take the opportunity to come to life. I bet many of you probably thought the same thing even before Pixar made Toy Story . It's not out of the ordinary for kids to think it possible that their toys have secret lives; in fact, it's a rather common idea that has been around for a very long time.
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Fireside Chat with Stuart Immonen
Winter is almost here, and that is the perfect time for you to grab a warm drink, get your comfortable slippers, and get your comfy place next to the fire, because it's time for yet another Fireside Chat . This time around, we have one of the hardest working artist in the business, the inimitable and indomitable Stuart Immonen .
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Off My Mind: What Made Norman Osborn Evil
Yesterday I tried delving into the mind of the Joker to figure out what was his motivation for being so evil. Today let's look at Spider-Man 's biggest enemy, Norman Osborn
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Thoughtballoons – A Comic Scripting Exercise
Comics must be one of the few mediums where so many of the people associated with it, readers, reviewers, bloggers, also want to break into the business. It’s a hard thing to do but I can see why they would want to, it is fun. I started a website that features a weekly scripting exercise and it’s been running for months now, and it’s been a blast
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Pilot Season 2010 – Voting Soon
Pilot Season is an event by Top Cow where five debut issues for possible ongoing series are published. It’s a series of one-shots but one title will get the chance to live a little longer. With the public vote, one issue gets continued in an ongoing title.
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ComiXology Teams With Retailers in Selling Digital Comics