{"id":3402,"date":"2008-08-20T22:55:56","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T22:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/20\/beyond-the-strip-inside-the-world-of-comics-2\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T22:55:56","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T22:55:56","slug":"beyond-the-strip-inside-the-world-of-comics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/20\/beyond-the-strip-inside-the-world-of-comics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Strip: Inside the World of Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night, I am moderating this panel for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i102.photobucket.com\/albums\/m83\/thepaulbenjamin\/PH2cover_Med.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/gothamajp\/GS_Cover_art.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersleague.org\/programs\/mp.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Beyond the Strip: Inside the World of Comics, Manga, &amp;amp; Graphic Novels<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the hottest areas in publishing is comics, graphic novels, and manga. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepaulbenjamin.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Paul Benjamin<\/a> heads up a panel of writers and artists in the field to offer an insider\u2019s look at the popular art form and the creative process. Panelists include <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Kolins\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Scott Kolins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/gothamajp\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Alan Porter<\/a>, Tony Salvaggio, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewsturges.com\/?page_id=4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Matt Sturges<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/geeks01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">&ldquo;Geeks With Books&rdquo;<\/a> columnist Rick Klaw will moderate. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">August 21, 2008  7:30PM<br \/>\nSpiderhouse<br \/>\n2908 Fruth, Austin, TX<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tentonstudios.com\/store\/jeremybook.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/2\/2d\/OMEGA_FLIGHT.jpg\/250px-OMEGA_FLIGHT.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Hope to see everyone in the Austin area there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillcity-comics.com\/comics\/01_16_08_37.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/20\/beyond-the-strip-inside-the-world-of-comics\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the Strip: Inside the World of Comics<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night, I am moderating this panel for the Writers\u2019 League of Texas: Beyond the Strip: Inside the World of Comics, Manga, &amp;amp; Graphic Novels One of the hottest areas in publishing is comics, graphic novels, and manga. 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