Episode 32 - Reunion

 

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First episode in a while (recorded a couple months ago, actually), and how do we start it?  We go off on a tangent about trampolines, of course!

Also:

• We talk about the Jump Leads book (which is now available!)
• What we’ve all been up to
• The new Doctor
• The new Red Dwarf (which has now aired)
• The Starslip reboot

Episode 31 - The Chimes of Big Ben

 

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Episode 30 still needs some editing, and it was a holiday-themed episode anyway - so we’re going to save that one for another holiday. (Maybe Valentine’s Day? Arbor Day? National Prune Yogurt Day?) So instead we’re going to go with Episode 31 today, in which Tom Dell’Aringa of Marooned joins us!

Some show notes:

• Marooned
• The evolution of a strip from gag-based humor to stories
• Preparing for books
• Trailers, animation, stories, and other things in a webcomic’s extended universe
• Conventions and merchandise
• T-shirts

PodWarp 1999 on Twitter

PodWarp 1999 now has its own Twitter feed! I’m sure someone finds this exciting. You can also find Tom, Mark, and myself on Twitter should you be at all interested.

Episode 29 - PodWarp 1999: The Motion Picture

 

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What better way to start the new year than with a new episode of PodWarp 1999 (which was record last year)? Tara Tallan of the comic Galaxion joins us for this episode!

Some show notes:

• Galaxion
• Galaxion in print
• Redrawing
• Kids, their effect on art, and “ink has no undo button”
• Putting Galaxion online
• Ben joins the show
• Canadian astronauts
• Educational comics
• NaNoWriMo
• Terry Pratchett
• Making fun of things, then getting stuck writing them
• Sci-Fi Movies for kids
• Sci-Fi Books for kids
• A Wrinkle In Time (and its sequels)
• Authors online
• E-Books
• The freedom of webcomics
• Photo-comics
• Reasons for doing webcomics and putting things online
• Has Station V3 become The Rumormonger Show?
• Growing up with sci-fi
• The Star Trek movie trailer

Episode 28 - The Undiscovered Penguin

 

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Chris Layfield and Pascalle Lepas of the comic Zap! join us for this episode!

Some show notes:

• Jim is missing for this episode. Ben almost made it, but is also missing.
• We discuss Zap!
• Writing, influences, Preparing art for books, update schedules, character design, URLs.
• Bad movies - what was that one with the dragons in the sewers?
• Space Things
• Favorite and least favorite archive pages, which leads to Everybody Loves Robot, accents in movies, and the Zortic reboot.
• The Penguin is discovered.
• More movie talk.
• Comic-Con 2009 fashion and travel plans.
• Back to Zap!
• Disqus comments and feedback in general.
• Off on a few tangents again.

Episode 27 - Return of the Jedi

 

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David C. Simon of the comic Crimson Dark joins us for this episode!

Some show notes:

• Jim is missing for this episode, but Ben is back
• We discuss Crimson Dark
• New Red Dwarf
• New Star Trek
• Doctor Who, and the comic The 10 Doctors
• Webcomic versions of things, and adapting a webcomic for another medium
• Writing in general
• A few tangents

Boo!

Happy Halloween!

October turned out to be “technical difficulty and schedule conflict” month, but we do have some episodes recorded we’ll be posting for you soon!

Episode 26 - Space Pirates:2

 

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Colin Ferguson of the online game Star Pirates joins us for this episode!

Some show notes:

• Ben is unfortunately unable to join us, due to being on a train
• I forget to introduce myself (Tom)
• Star Pirates!
• Other sci-fi games
• End of the World sci-fi
• Fan fiction and guest art
• Human interaction online
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Episode 25 - Phoenix Without Ashes

 

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Going slightly out of order, here’s episode 25! Ben was unable to join us for this recording, so Jim, Mark, and I decided to record something that could at least be added to a future episode - and somehow wound up with a complete episode instead!

• Doing webcomics - what have we learned?
• Comics are hard work
• Feedback
• Links and advertising
• Getting used to characters
• Everything comes back to Quark
• The Starlost is also coming out on DVD
• We go off on a bad sci-fi movie tangent

Episode 23 - Back To Reality

 

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We’re back, and we’re kicking bottom. Here are some show notes to celebrate.

• An intro which is, I promise you, completely unrehearsed.
• Mark talks about the Zortic reboot.
• A brief Comic-Con round-up.
• Making aliens alien.
• As Jim is the expert in this area, we spend a bit of time talking about how he does this in Outsider.
• Pointless technology.
• Pointless technology that specifically irritates Ben.
• Ben is not a Dog Person.
• The Starlight Barking is mentioned. Again.

Enjoy!