Everything You Need to Know About Web Comics

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Because if you know enough, you can start making your own. And web comics can be the perfect first step to web video. And web video, of course, is a great way to get into indie production. And indie production…

Yeah, well, you get it now, right? So time to watch this PBS report on…oh, yeah, right, web comics:

Nine of the Best Ways to Boost Creative Thinking

Great advice on how to make the most of whatcha got going on in your sweet little ole head, from Lifehacker.Com:

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by Gregory Ciotti

When it comes to creativity, one of our biggest concerns is usually how we can be more creative, or how to come up with better ideas. Research in this area is all over the place, but I’ve gathered some of the most practical studies out there to help you utilize specific techniques that can boost your creativity. read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 3/20/13

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are

  • Glen Mazzara (THE WALKING DEAD) is recovering from being tossed off that show via an overall deal with Fox Television Studios to develop cable projects. (Which has got to be better than staying on DEAD and having to answer to a, you know, comic book guy. Read between the lines of his departure, kiddies.)
  • Amy Poehler’s (PARKS & RECREATION) web series BROAD CITY is moving to the bigger small screen via Comedy Central, with Amy writing a new pilot for the TV version. (Because web-to-TV is very, very in, hip and trendy now…especially if you’re already a, erm, star.)
  • HBO is looking for writers for a TV movie based on Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s graphic novel, Cancer Visen: A True Story. (Because the project already just happens to have a producer/star named Cate Blanchett, and working with Oscar winning stars will always be as in, hip and trendy as can be.)
  • Inspired by the Kickstarter success of  the new VERONICA MARS movie, which, if you’ve been hiding inside a vacuum cleaner, raised $2 mil in about 24 hours and as a result has been greenlighted by WB), Bryan Fuller, Shawn Ryan, and Mike Royce (writer-creators of PUSHING DAISIES, TERRIERS, and MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE respectively) are talking about getting their own piece of rabid fan action to resurrect their cult shows’ beloved corpses. (As huge Kickstarter boosters as TVWriter™ is, we can’t help but get a little testy, however, at the idea of fans bankrolling major studio productions without getting anything but some T-shirts or other souvenirs in return. Hmm, do we smell a new business model developing?)
  • Brian Buckner (TRUE BLOOD) is moving up to showrunner of TRUE BLOOD, replacing Mark Hudis, who replaced Alan Ball. (Which tells us that this isn’t an easy show to take charge of. But at least there’s no Robert Kirkman prob.)

A BitTorrenting Primer for Those Who…You know…

It’s public service time! Check out the scary pic and read on:

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Don’t Download That Bro, You’re Going to Get Busted!
by Andy

One of the most enduring questions in the history of online file-sharing asks whether something bad will come from downloading and/or sharing a particular product. Will the the recording and movie industries come knocking? Will the police or even the FBI take an interest? Are the evil bottom-feeding trolls watching my torrents? It’s a complex area, but one that’s fairly easily understood. read article

Cristina Pippa Entered a Contest. OMG! Now What?!

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Out of a Fever Pitch
by Cristina Pippa

“I can make an autobot to generate votes,” a friend’s husband offered.

“Or you can just buy them,” several others informed me. One confessed, “I’m tempted to buy them for you.” read article