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2002 online interviews
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Zarjaz, EngineComics.co.uk |
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Date |
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Sep 2002 |
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Title |
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The Craft |
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Interviewer |
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Daniel Whiston |
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Link |
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http://www.enginecomics.co.uk/interviews/jan05/ |
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Subjects |
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art and techniques of writing, approach to plotting, improvisation with
regards to the plot, examining the creative process, dealing with language,
signal and noise, Lost Girls and pornography, origins of Lost Girls, creation
of characters, autonomy of characters, ideaspace, synaesthesia, reality
created by language, the mystery of writing, where ideas come from, magic
and power related to language, Welsh bards, tyranny of controlling and limiting
language, why he started writing, how he breaks down a comics page, inspiration
of early newspaper comics, superiority of comics as a medium for communicating
ideas, devices and stylistic limitations in Voice of Fire, Kabbalah, magical
weapons needed for writing, structure and themes of Watchmen, the consciousness
of fictional characters, on the failure of Killing Joke, on collaborating
with comic artists, the marvel school of producing comics, Jack Kirby’s
role in early Marvel, the Novel and class structure, the novel of manners
and genre fiction, favourite authors and books. |
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Moore Work |
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Swamp Thing, Big Numbers (#2), Voice Of The Fire, Promethea (#12), Watchmen,
Lost Girls, From Hell, Killing Joke, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. |
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Word Count |
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26,600 |
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Note |
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An in-depth look at creativity and writing, and how magic informs the
creative process. |
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Source |
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DiamondComics.com |
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Date |
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Late 2002 |
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Title |
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Mythic Proportions |
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Interviewer |
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Scott Braden |
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Link |
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http://www.diamondcomics.co.uk/previews/editorial/ |
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Subjects |
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similarities between Glory and Promethea, plans for ABC comics, Lost Girls |
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Moore Work |
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Glory, Promethea, Tom Strong, Lost Girls |
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Word Count |
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2,000 |
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Source |
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LA Weekly |
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Date |
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Jan 2002 |
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Title |
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The Rational Shaman |
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Interviewer |
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Jay Babcock |
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Link |
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http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/07/cover-babcock.php |
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Subjects |
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shamanism, magic, first experience with magic, Glycon, magic as linguistics,
ABC comics prepared to previous darker work, pornography as opposed to erotica |
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Moore Work |
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Promethea, Lost Girls. |
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Word Count |
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3,650 |
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