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Just in time for Halloween, we present an interview with someone who knows a lot more about costumes and costuming than most: a real life cosplayer.
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Summit City Comic Con, year two! Check out "Caaats," "The Troll and Giant," "Curmudgeon--The Art of Dave Wachter," and more!
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Two fantastic Chicago-based shows showed how cool comics done under duress can turn out, as Jon Westhoff waxes poetic about the awesomeness of Jeffrey Brown's 1-Hour comic and Ryan Browne's 24-hour comic.
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“Tales of Good ol’ Snoop Doggy Dogg” by J.T. Yost--from sense of humor to cartooning chops, it's a mini-comic worthy of your time.
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Jon Westhoff, writer of "Apocalypse ... Meh," visited the New York Comic Con, where he discovered Rich Koslowski's "The King," and had all sorts of other fun.
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This week I stopped by Chicago Comics twice to check on some comics I had dropped off for consignment. While I waited for the staff to tabulate the massive haul of cash, Veggie Dog Saturn #4 by Jason Young caught my eye.
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Awesome 2—Awesomer: This is the second of an anthology series put together by the hosts of the podcast Indie Spinner Rack, and it's just bursting with great stories from a stunning line-up of creators.
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Neil Brideau produces several interesting comic projects, but what really caught my eye was the long-running Web strip, Sock-Monster. (www.sock-monster.com)
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While surfing the Web for comics, I ended up at the Secret Acres Web site. "What's this?" I asked, "Talking fruit working in an office?" I was immediately hooked by their painfully awkward moments and realistic humor. And thus began my affair with Melanie "Minty" Lewis.
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We all know about Spider-Man and the other mainstream comics properties and companies. But how about checking out something a little further off the beaten path? Like a regional comic show? The following are highlights from Summit City Con in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 22, 2010.
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