I’ve written so much about writing, it’s easy to forget what I’ve explained and where. It kind of sucks for me, because when I’m dealing with writers, I often have […]

If you want to write comics well, you’ve got to comprehend this concept… Comics are a Highlight Reel of a narrative… NOT the complete narrative. Full stop. I get an […]

As I’ve said elsewhere, describe two things at once to someone and they will have less focus on each thing, then if you had only described one thing to them. […]

Without conflict you have NO story. Full stop. You’ll often here me talk about “Perfect Day Syndrome,” where newer writers showcase their awesome characters and setting, in an awesome light, […]

This lands on my desk, all the time…   Jane What do you mean you’re leaving for six months? What about work? What about us? Marco I don’t have a […]

Most of the comic stories that hit my desk these days are more involved than lots of the serial stuff we grew up on. To an extent, this is the […]

Let’s talk screenplays for a moment. (I don’t often talk screenplay land stuff on my websites, simply because there’s no money in spec work, but this topic covers any form […]

Man, I gotta go back and rewatch this movie, Blood Vessel. It should have been much better than it was. Whenever I experience this, my writer brain always asks, “why?” […]

When I first started in comics I storyboarded every single page. In fact, I couldn’t even imagine NOT storyboarding my comic book scripts. At the time, I would have been […]