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Fortune Cookie Part 2 (journal excerpt)

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September 30, 2005
Posted by: Mark Siegel
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Continuing… It seems the best of these entries are when I’m pulling on a live wire, and don’t know exactly what’s next. With some projects, when an author knows what he or she is trying to say, it’s already a lesser story. I love it when I’m reading someone who keeps surprising himself. © mark Read the Rest…

Fortune Cookie Part 1 (journal excerpt)

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September 29, 2005
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Thanks for some nice encouraging messages from many of you about these little journal entries. Since the first FIRST SECOND books don’t actually release until April 2006, I’m waiting to post more about them, like sketches and such from the authors — it’s just a little early now. I can’t wait to share the stuff. Read the Rest…

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September 20, 2005
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September 13, 2005
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journal excerpt “The Banshee”

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September 9, 2005
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To be continued, some rainy day when there’s no exciting news to post. Donations for Katrina relief efforts can be made here.

journal excerpt “On Model”

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September 7, 2005
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journal excerpt “The Ghost” (click to enlarge)

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September 2, 2005
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And on that one goes. I guess that’s not much of a comics essay. A journal entry, more like.

journal excerpt “from the future”

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September 1, 2005
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These characters appeared quite surprisingly and have been recurring in the journal since. And that conttinues from there. It is a journal, and not all of it fit for human consumption.

journal excerpt (cont’d)

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August 31, 2005
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CONTINUED click to enlarge Hm. As you can see these first attempts are a little too wordy and demonstrative. They get better, especially when ideas are converted into action or pictures. This ‘Comics Essay’ business needs more research…

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August 30, 2005
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