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Comic-Con International 2026 autopsy also, Bonnie and Clyde  A breakdown on if I was right or wrong on my concerns about the fate of Comic-Con International HERE

 

Comic-Con International facing big problems Comic-Con International was showing signs of metal fatigue last year and there's outside forces aligning against it. HERE

 

AI at Eisner awards and crackpot from the 1930s l An anthology book that had a story done by AI got an Eisner Nomination. The book was on the work of a genuine lunatic who did the weirdest comics from the 30s HERE

 

New Publisher and the importance of boring  A how the sausage is made type blog...going into the "boring stuff" that really makes the most difference in publishing comics HERE

 

A crappy ink pen that changed how the world looked also, 1920'S hygiene  "Artdeco" look of the 1920s was mostly because everyone was stuck using a kind of pen with limited abilities. Also process pics of a commission HERE

 

Chicago Comicon and Cospayers Thoughts on cosplaying not dying off and going away, like I thought and hoped it would. Also, sketches and comics HERE

 

Storytelling vs displays of skill- Is the Undertaker is a better storyteller than Todd McFarlane? Yes...yes he is. One of these men is focused on what needs to be done to get an audience to give damn, and the other is focused on getting the audience to be amazed at his skill HERE

 

reasons comic covers looked like that- The composition of a comic book cover had some technical issues to work around with, and the WW2 Generation was into some weird stuff, that probably someone should do a thesis on. HERE

comparisons between my broken website and a poorly funded  insurgent group- The composition of a comic book cover had some problems to deal with and the WW2 Generation was into some weird stuff, that probably someone should do a thesis on. HERE

Convention appearance and COMANCHE! I somehow ending up talking about the Comache, conquistadors and Full Metal Jacket HERE

 

Convention appearance and More Neanderthal theories "experts" find another neanderthal settlement and can't figure out that fire was important HERE

 

Genz vs distopia Thoughts on GenZ finding their creative voices in time to save us from a bleack, sterile future HERE

involvement in robot uprising will require a captcha  Some complaining about the internet and some weird discontinued pencil lead HERE

Life, lettering, and the unwritten comic book law  A Comc-con Recap and a dive into old school comic book lettering...and an unwritten law HERE

Life, lettering, and the unwritten comic book law I somehow ending up talking about the Comache, conquistadors and Full Metal Jacket HERE

Comedy writing cardinal sins  Some stories I did that just didn't have the punch I wanted, and why they didn't/what I did wrong HERE

 

AI will do to your brain what McDonalds does to your body  Civilization can not afford use to become dumber and less capable of creative problem solving, but that is exactly what AI does to you. HERE

The largest art heist in human history  AI art programs only exist through the theft of copyrighted material. Here's the dive into that HERE

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