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If you don’t want to be bothered at a comic con, just sit behind a table in artist’s alley ...
So why isn't anyone telling stories anymore?
For all that artists have to offer, they're often the most hesitant of any industry, plagued by pretension, procrastination, or self-doubt.
What's that thing you REALLY want to make and deliver so you get paid?
Today's mantra is a celebration of this week's Thanksgiving holiday.
I've developed a few strategies for selling my comics ...
If you don't think art should have a cost, you don't think it has a value -- plain and simple.
Making art without a plan for distribution is like singing opera in the shower ...
Inktober is creating graphic art. Making comics is creating graphic art in the service of narrative. One is drawing pictures; one is telling a story. I'm not placing a...
Frankly, if you don't have - or aren't developing - a conscious philosophy about making art, you aren't an artist. You're a hobbyist. That's okay, too ...
I've been working on a strategy for creative time management for years, and I recently had a revelation that I'm adapting as this week's mantra.
After the work itself, a bio is the most important thing you’ll create. It tells people who you are, and what you do.
Nothing is above your pay grade -- not when what you're making is PRICELESS.
I don't want to make something easily scrolled away. I don't want to make decor. I want to tell stories and create things that have legs ...
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight is one of those games you either love or hate ...
Among the many lessons I've learned from Batman over the years, these are the most prominent ...
Original is better than good.
When you default to the dream, it gets that much closer to reality.
My Maker Mantras
I make comics because I’m STARVING to make them – not because I’m just STARVING.
I make comics because I’m STARVING to make them – not because I’m just STARVING.
Repeat to yourself: This isn’t a side hustle. This is the MAIN GIG.
The lesson here is, even if your art isn’t meeting your standards, you can STILL sell it on the merit of why you’re making it at all. In other words, you don’t have to...
How can a comics self-publisher – or any independent artist in any medium – find an audience when AI threatens creatives everywhere?
“Good is good, but DONE is BETTER.”
Dungeons & Dragons doesn't have to be a monster to learn. Just take it one step at a time with our guide to getting started in D&D.
Operating red-hot welding tools in the harsh and lonely expanse of outer space doesn't seem like a cozy game but alas, Hardspace: Shipbreaker works.
Most read Nerdvana content of 2021: D&D next edition, plus puppets, Atomic Comics reborn and sharks!
Drumroll, please! Presenting Nerdvana's top content of 2021 ...
"Lamb" is worth seeking out during its U.S. release, especially if you want to experience a different, more quiet and creepy kind of horror film ...
The Last Duel proves that even 600 years before social media, civilization had issues with determining and dealing with the truth ...
No Time to Die begins as one of the best, most exciting and more original of the 007 movies, but at about the mid-way point it resorts to the more stereotypical Bond...
How could Oscar nominees ever find themselves attached to Venom: Let There Be Carnage?
What's the mystery behind The Night House?
The Green Knight is an epic, medieval, sword and sorcery film, based on a 14th-century Arthurian poem that you have most-likely never heard of and will probably never...
Strap in for Bob Leeper's Jungle Cruise film review ...
The Thirteenth Doctor's adventure with "The Witchfinders" is her first TV story to be adapted by the Target Books Doctor Who novelizations.
Let Him Go may not be the lighthearted film we could all use about now, but it is a well made movie with great scenery and performances.
Black Box is out on Prime Video - should you check it out?
The Lie is a film that is likely to leave you with an impending sense of dread.
Murder in the Woods is a cheesy indie horror flick, clearly created by a team that had a love for the genre.
If you are missing “the good ol’ days” and the “before times” when the president of the United States was a kind gentleman, the documentary "The Way I See It" is for you.
Be a hero to the people around you and the people you love and mask up!
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a zenlike, first-person deconstruction game that launched June 16 for Steam. Do you have what it takes to make the cut?
Five reasons Star Trek V: The Final Frontier isn't as bad as you might have heard.
Amazon Prime's exclusive is a fresh take on throwback science fiction movies.
Zoinks! Mystery Inc. is back in Scoob! Are they the heroes we need right now, or has someone else hijacked the van?
The Hunt takes all of the absurdly wackadoodle conspiracy theories and talking-points of both the left and the right and exaggerates them to a hilarious level; then...
DC movies have struggled to find a tonal consistency. Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn) prescribes a bittersweet pill: Consistency is...
Will Star Trek: Picard be able to navigate the delicate neutral zone between fan service and creating something entirely new? There's a chance.
If you are a fan of Guy Ritchie’s eccentric brand of British gangster films, then you are going to have a lot of fun with the filmmaker’s latest effort, The Gentlemen.
We sink to new lows with an "Underwater" review by Senior Ocean Affairs Correspondent The Klute!
With nonstop action and long-take filmmaking, 1917 is a huge cinematic achievement.
Long have you waited ... to read our spoiler-free Rise of Skywalker review. It is your destiny!
Terminator: Dark Fate is packed full of science-fiction fun and apocalyptic action.
The story of the fight to develop early America’s electrical infrastructure is a great story that is dying to be told. Unfortunately, The Current War doesn’t do a great...
Every frame of The Lighthouse is a work of art, with symbolism up to its gills.
If you are simply looking for a fun movie for this Halloween, then Zombieland: Double Tap is a sure thing.
Joker is an incredible, disturbing, unsettling, sick and way-too-real re-imagining of Batman’s most notorious arch-nemesis.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe family are experiencing a renaissance thanks to Netflix, Toy Hall of Fame nominations — and fans who have the power.
The science-fiction film Ad Astra is a mostly satisfying exploration of the heart of darkness and cosmic daddy issues, with some serious space-snoozing in its final act.
47 Meters Down Uncaged takes us back into the abyss for yet another unrealistic take on what sharks do and do not do.
Guillermo del Toro's film adaptation of kid-lit classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is fun and creepy and plays like a Scooby-Doo episode that Stephen King might...
The new Hobbs & Shaw spin-off (or whatever it is) is more of the same old Fast & Furious formula, without Vin Diesel and his “family,” but with an extra dose of moronic...
REVIEW: With its 23rd film, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Marvel Studios is still going strong and making all the right moves. I can’t wait to see what comes next.
To affinity and beyond ...
It's not bad, but Men in Black: International is just more of the same - with European accents.
The Dead Don't Die might be Jim Jarmusch’s most commercial film yet; which is ironic, given the story’s commentary on the mindlessness and soullessness of modern...
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a great ride.
If Stephen King’s “Carrie” was an older and goofier black woman with no telekinetic powers, she may have been Ma ...
A whole new world with CGI to make Aladdin as shiny as the genie lamp.
If you liked the first two John Wick films, then you are likely going to love the latest effort, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
With or without the blessing of the Tolkien estate, a new biopic of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings author rings true as a heartwarming period romance.
Detective Pikachu: If you don't know the difference between a Pikachu and Raichu, this movie is probably not for you...
Avengers: Endgame, the MCU series' ultra-cool coup de grace, is a movie like we will never, ever experience again.
Email newsletters - the new blogs?
An incomplete toy is like a pending love story. Enter the thrift store.
David Harbour’s performance is one of the better aspects of this needless Hellboy remake.
The new DC Comics superhero film Shazam! is the best one they have produced in the past decade.
Just like that, Nintendo is back in the VR business.
The best sci-fi and horror always says something beyond the fantasy we see on-screen, and Jordan Peele's Us delivers on that promise.
A Marvel Cinematic Universe fan reacts with relief to the return of James Gunn as writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
I realized: this was like the old days. I was on the hunt. The feelings from all those years of toy hunting came rushing back to me. Now, I couldn't rest until I had...
Don’t dive too deep into the geography of the new action film Triple Frontier, lest you become completely lost in “Plot Hole Jungle.”
Marvel Studios highly anticipated first female-led superhero film, Captain Marvel, has finally arrived - and it is not altogether marvelous.
Radio Shack - you've got questions ...
In Ralph Breaks the Internet, everyone levels up - but doesn't really learn from the experience.
The Force is still with Rian Johnson.
Despite a slow start and its young adult set-up, this is a mostly amazing film with some genuinely touching moments and more eye-candy than you can eat in one sitting.
'The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part' has a lot of heart and is one of the funniest and most uniquely original films since… well, the first LEGO movie.
Cold Pursuit is self aware of its absurdities and enjoys tinkering with the genre’s DNA; like it’s been processed through a cinematic CRISPR and an amusing misfit came...
How can Steve Benson’s firing from the Arizona Republic and Bill Maher’s tripling-down on his anti-comic books stance be linked?
Unfortunately, this "Glass" is half-empty.
Jan 8 – 7 pm – Abigail Johnson (Even if I Fall) in Conversation with Aprilynne Pike – Changing Hands,Tempe Jan 12 – 3 pm – Kiersten White – Slayer – Changing Hands...
Aquaman is a fun, full-blown superhero movie that doesn't hide from its roots.
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage is packed with enough content for years of D&D adventure.
Mortal Engines' story involves a giant city on wheels that terrorizes the countryside, plundering the resources of smaller cities on wheels. This is cool to watch, for...
The new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse film is a near-perfect gift to comic-book fans, Marvel cinema fans, animation fans, action fans, Spidey-fans and movie fanatics...
20th Century Fox has re-released "Deadpool 2" as a tamer, less offensive movie… but not really.
