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		<title>Personalizing Characters To Appeal To The Reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Characters, such as a protagonist and a villain are important elements to make a successful story. Protagonists are the main characters, and they will face conflicts and complications before they find the solution or be successful. The obstacles they face come from the antagonists, opposite characters who obstruct the main characters from reaching their goals. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2012/01/05/personalizing-characters-to-appeal-to-the-reader/</link>
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		<title>Creating Characters That Are Real And Engaging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating engaging characters and keeping a that story real is is important in any story. There should be something to which the reader can relate. How can your characters stay compelling and real? In a word: details. Back story can be really important, even if you don&#8217;t share it with your readers right away. Where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2011/12/24/creating-characters-that-are-real-and-engaging/</link>
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		<title>Creativity And The Art Of Humor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ability to find the humor in the mundane or even not so funny situations in life makes life comical. It takes a creative mind to view life in this way. It&#8217;s more than the silver lining. For example, comedian Jerry Seinfeld can find the humor in a conveyor belt, an airline flight and even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2011/12/12/creativity-and-the-art-of-humor/</link>
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		<title>What small press comic creators can learn from punk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small press comics are directly related to zinesgenerally self-published works with small circulation and a goal of exposure over profit. Most small press comics creators are aware that their properties are unlikely to end up on the front page of www.directstartv.com, but that&#8217;s part of the charm of these DIY publications. Many groups have produced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2011/01/24/what-small-press-comic-creators-can-learn-from-punk/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Emitown&#8221; re-energizes an indie comics trope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The autobiographical comic is nothing new in the world of independent comics. Most recently, Marjane Satrapi&#8217;s Persepolis captured critical acclaim and was turned into a film. Before that, Justin Green pioneered the form in the 1970s, and Harvey Pekar began his acclaimed series American Splendor (also turned into a film). Almost forty years later, how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2010/09/27/emitown-re-energizes-an-indie-comics-trope/</link>
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		<title>Two new titles from Ho Che Anderson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[London-born comic artist Ho Che Anderson has made a name for himself with his stark black-and-white drawing style, which takes inspiration from film noir and classic horror. He has also defined a subject matter focusing on African-American culture and liberation, including illustrating the cover to Black Panther Huey P. Newton&#8216;s autobiography, &#8220;Revolutionary Suicide&#8221;. Anderson&#8217;s art [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2010/08/03/two-new-titles-from-ho-che-anderson/</link>
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		<title>Small-press comics by the numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For someone new to the world of smaller comics, it can be difficult to know where to start. Diamond Comic Distributors has compiled a list of the top 25 by sales for May 2010. Here, I take a closer look at just a few, but hopefully you&#8217;ll be inspired to go and check them out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2010/07/01/small-press-comics-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<title>How small is a small press?: Fantagraphics continues to grow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fantagraphics is one of the most notable success stories in the world of alternative comics. Founded in 1976 by publishers Gary Groth and Mike Catron, legendary editor Kim Thompson joined in 1977 and was responsible for pulling the company out of bankruptcy by donating his inheritance to the company.Despite its early troubles, the company has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2010/07/01/how-small-is-a-small-press-fantagraphics-continues-to-grow/</link>
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		<title>How to get your own comic published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve done the hard part. You&#8217;ve come up with a superhero, or a detective, or a punk rocker, and you&#8217;ve written and drawn their adventures. Now is the time to relax, right? Wrong. You&#8217;ve still got one important task ahead of you: getting your book out in the world.First, you will have to come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2010/07/01/how-to-get-your-own-comic-published/</link>
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		<title>Starting small across the pond: British small press artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While an image can be universal, comics that depend on the written word don&#8217;t always translate across cultures. When it comes to British indie books (or &#8220;stripzines&#8221; as they were originally called), though, it doesn&#8217;t take much to pick one up and understand. The only hard part is finding them!Usually the easiest way is by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallpresscomics.com/2010/07/01/starting-small-across-the-pond-british-small-press-artists/</link>
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