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TPG Week 139: Strong Starts

| August 23, 2013
TPG Week 139: Strong Starts

A strong script in this week’s THE PROVING GROUNDS. C’mon in and check it out!

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Review: Rat Queens #1

| August 22, 2013
Review: Rat Queens #1

A sneak peek at an upcoming Image fantasy series.

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B&N Week 139: Effective Communication

| August 20, 2013
B&N Week 139: Effective Communication

It’s another Tuesday! We’ve got happy skies, I’ve made some moves (both figuratively and literally), and all the while, you’ve been on my mind. This week, I want to talk about not just the importance of communication, but the importance of clarity within that communication. That’s extremely important. Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own […]

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Think Outside the Floppy

| August 19, 2013
Think Outside the Floppy

What comic creating entrepreneurs can learn from the recent success of the Atomic Robo “Tesladyne Recruitment Drive”…and why we need to “think outside the floppy.”

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TPG Week 138: Run-On Sentences…

| August 16, 2013
TPG Week 138: Run-On Sentences…

Welcome all, once more, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Jourdan McLain. We have Steve Colle very dapper in blue, I’m ravising in red, and we both see if Jourdan is going to BUG OUT Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed […]

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B&N Week 138: Format & Frequency

| August 13, 2013
B&N Week 138: Format & Frequency

There’s a Tuesday going on right here, a celebration, to last throughout the year. So bring your glasses, and a chair or two We’re gonna share some Bolts & Nuts with you, come on now… [Sorry. Was having a Kool and the Gang moment.] (Glasses, Steven?) [Hey! I wear them, and some of you may, […]

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TPG Week 137: Of White Voids and Constipation

| August 9, 2013
TPG Week 137: Of White Voids and Constipation

Hello, and welcome back to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Trevor McNeil, who hails from somewhere across the pond. (Yeah, I know, nothing witty this week. Sorry.) We also have Sam LeBas in purple, I’m in red, and we see how Trevor handles Unintended Consequences Related Posts:TPG Week […]

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Review: Bandette #1-5

| August 8, 2013
Review: Bandette #1-5

An in-depth look at one of the best creator-owned comics of the past year.

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B&N Week 137: 5 Pages & A Cover?

| August 6, 2013
B&N Week 137: 5 Pages & A Cover?

It’s another wonderful Tuesday! Wonderful, I say! Wonderful! Just one of those days where you look at it and everything is fine. I love Tuesdays. I’m here, you’re here what’s not to love? This week, I want to take a look at something a lot of us do. I want to look at it, examine […]

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TPG 136: Learning! (But There Are Pacing Issues)

| August 2, 2013
TPG 136: Learning! (But There Are Pacing Issues)

Welcome back once more to The Proving Grounds! This week, we welcome back Darren Higham, who brings us a second installment of his tale from a couple of weeks ago. Darren, after going through the wringer last time, asked if he could swap out the script for an updated version, applying what he learned. Of […]

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Review: Ark

| August 1, 2013
Review: Ark

A dose of slow-burn sci-fi in OGN form.

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B&N Week 136: Hard Truths (Or, If…Then You’re Wrong)

| July 30, 2013
B&N Week 136: Hard Truths (Or, If…Then You’re Wrong)

It’s Tuesday! And do you know what I’ve seen a lot of, lately? Thunderstorms. Flood warnings. Flash flood warnings [which are different and more dangerous than flood warnings]. Rain. Frogs. No, not a rain of frogs [technically, that’s called a fall of frogs], but after the rain, the frogs come out in force here. The […]

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