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TPG Week 269: Settings Are Necessary (I Shouldn’t Have To Say That)

| February 19, 2016
TPG Week 269: Settings Are Necessary (I Shouldn’t Have To Say That)

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Michael Gonzalez. (I wanted to spell that with an s . I sometimes wonder about the spelling of surnames. I’ve seen Gonzalez spelled both ways, and have always wondered why. Are you less of […]

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TPG Week 268: It’s A Race!

| February 12, 2016
TPG Week 268: It’s A Race!

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week’s Brave One is Greg Thayer, back for more. We also have Ryan Kroboth with the pencil assists, and I, of course, am the one in red. Now, lettuce (get it?!) see what Greg has learned with Just Another Story Related Posts:TPG […]

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TPG Week 267: Gumption, But No Story

| February 6, 2016
TPG Week 267: Gumption, But No Story

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week’s Brave One is Anh Diep. Aside from me being the curmudgeon in red, we also have Ryan Kroboth with the pencil assist. Now we’re all going to see what Ahn brings us with Related Posts:TPG Week 275: More Notes Than ScriptTPG […]

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TPG Week 266: I Wish This Were On The Shelves

| January 29, 2016
TPG Week 266: I Wish This Were On The Shelves

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds. This week, our Brave One is Galen Schulz. Aside from me being all crusty and cranky in red, we also have Ryan Kroboth with the pencil assists. Now, let’s see what Galen has learned as he presents us Related Posts:TPG Week 281: The […]

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TPG Week 265: Don’t Turn The Reader Off

| January 22, 2016
TPG Week 265: Don’t Turn The Reader Off

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week we have a new Brave One in the form of Riccardo Martino. I’m going to be by myself this week when it comes to editing. There was a surprise that had been lined up for all of you, but it fell […]

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TPG Week 264: Give A Damn

| January 15, 2016
TPG Week 264: Give A Damn

  Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have Gene Patrick as our Brave One. We also have Liam Hayes back in blue, Ryan Kroboth with his sharp pencils, and I’m the dullard in red. Related Posts:TPG Week 256: Same Problems, Different ScriptTPG Week 222: Writing Challenge […]

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TPG Week 263: Evolution Underway

| January 12, 2016
TPG Week 263: Evolution Underway

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week’s Brave One is no stranger here: we have Schuyler Van Gunten! It’s just going to be me this week in red, and we have Ryan Kroboth with the pencil assists. Now we’re all going to see how far Schuyler has come and see if […]

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TPG Week 262: New Year’s Opening Salvo

| January 3, 2016
TPG Week 262: New Year’s Opening Salvo

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week starts the sixth year of this column here at ComixTribe. Six years. That’s a lot of scripts to go through. Related Posts:TPG Week 212: Pause To ThinkTPG Week 278: Things Changed, But Nothing LearnedTPG Week 265: Don’t Turn The Reader OffTPG […]

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TPG Week 261: Christmas Rewrite

| December 25, 2015
TPG Week 261: Christmas Rewrite

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have Troy Bowen as our Brave One. We also have Liam Hayes in blue, Ryan Kroboth with the pencils, and I’m the idiot in red, doing this on Christmas Eve. Related Posts:TPG Week 73: Another Copyrighted Character!TPG Week 72: Starting […]

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TPG Week 260: A Better Resubmission

| December 21, 2015
TPG Week 260: A Better Resubmission

  Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a resubmission from Sean Mills, all the way back from Week 248. Liam is off this week, leaving Ryan Kroboth and I to do the heavy lifting with pencils and the red pen, respectively. If you want to […]

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TPG Week 259: Not Bad For A 1st Timer

| December 15, 2015
TPG Week 259: Not Bad For A 1st Timer

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a brand new Brave One in Arjun Ramesh. We also have Liam Hayes in sacre blue (roll with the jokes, folks!), and we have Ryan Kroboth with the pencil assist. I’m the guy in red, crying in the corner […]

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TPG Week 258: When The Rewrite Is Still Bad

| December 7, 2015
TPG Week 258: When The Rewrite Is Still Bad

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds. This week, we have Brave One Galen Schulz returning with a rewrite! It doesn’t happen often, so here’s the link to the original, and we’re going to go through this and see what’s what. Liam isn’t with us this week, so it’s going […]

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