2005 Alpha-Rants


 

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Below are our Pre-Podcast shows for 2005

Our Rant for 5-7-05

General A-S pages 91-92-93

Alpha Shade Ch 1 Book

Comic PodCasts and some tangents

We give a general impression about Comic Podcasts,
and go off on a few tangents as we do.

Comicology by Neil Gorman
http://www.comicology.net/

Digital Strips by Zampzon and Daku
http://digitalstrips.blogspot.com/

Comic Rants by Matt Farr
http://comicrants.com/

Meanwhile by T. Campbell and Dave Bellmore
http://www.ironhorsecomics.com/meanwhilepod/

Collected Comics Library by Chris
http://collectedcomicslibrary.blogspot.com/

Comic Geek Speek by Geek bye and Peter
http://comicgeekspeak.blogspot.com/

Geek Foo Action Grip by Mur Lafferty
http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/

How we got into Comics

 


Our Rant for 4-14-05

General A-S Book Printing, Extras, Etc.
Chapter one is now complete! Fixes in Progress.
Chapter 2 discussion

Sin City - Incredibles trailers
Sin City Review
Compare and contrast, American Incredibles Trailer
vs. Japanese Incredibles Trailer

Email Questions
- Extras/ will we be adding the cut scenes from Ch.1
Publishing questions

Audio Review of AS - Scripting

Sound Effects Secrets Reveled

Stealing images ok?

Comic Communities

Top ten conundrums

 


Our Rant for 3-25-05

General A-S Pages 89, 90
Chapter one is now complete! Fixes in Progress.
Chapter 2 discussion

Cons, MegaTokyo, GITS 2 Review
Anime Detour Panels wrapup
MegaTokyo gets reviewed, we talk about that
Ghost in the Shell 2 Review

Does Alpha Shade Have a Point?
We discuss a recent forum thread
Discussion on Chapter 1 Chapter 2 and the
Alpha Shade story in general


Our Rant for 3-7-05

General A-S Pages 87, 88
General discussion on page 87, 88
Incentive Comic discussion

BuzzComix - Reviewin' Scuffle
Only the first comic review counts?

Email Questions
What do we think about various anime
shows our Anime Influences

Alpha Shade Story Documentation

Test Comic questions Analysis of the Flyer/Biplane battle

Publishing advice


Our Rant for 2-25-05

General A-S Pages 86,Store,Incentives
General discussion on page 86
Our New Store / Shirts are in
The New Incentive Comic

Dramatic BuzzComix thread reading
Evolution = link my comic?

Constantine Review
good


Our Rant for 2-14-05

General A-S Pages 83-85
General discussion on pages 83-85
We talk about Rant frequency
Chris reminisces about Star Trek:TNG and Pudding Pops

Rant Archives Redone - Quality Rant
Rant Archives have been made easier to browse
Hackers /New IE updates vs. Firefox
Declining Quality of Food - What the hell?

2005 Conventions we will be Attending/T-shirts
T-Shirt Follies
Anime Detour- Bloomington, MN - March 11-13, 2005
Anime Central - Rosemont, IL - May 13-15, 2005
A-Kon - Dallas, TX - June 3-5, 2005

Email Questions Answered
1. Do the A-S people know about their ancient past?
2. Do you take photos of locations as references?
3. What program do you use to record your audio commentary?
4. Fan art Contest Wrap up - How well did it go?
5. Which is faster a biplane or a flyer?
6. What kind of publishing offers you have gotten?


Our Rant for 1-25-05

General A-S Pages 78-82
General discussion on pages 78-82
Our first contest is over

Conventions and T-shirts
Where are we going and what are we going to do?
Small break = T-Shirts ordered!


Our Rant for 1-1-05

General A-S Page 78
Working through Artists block, and other observations
of the day.

Comic Sans vs. Digital Haggis Pro
Why we use comic sans, why people can't tell that it IS comic
sans if you tell them it's NOT, Letterer folies, and all sorts of
Font selection fun!