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Man, this book looooooks so dope. Logan Rodgers and J.B Hawkins and the rest of the team on Tales from the Cloakroom V2 have cooked up something special. The 106-page anthology is live right now on Kickstarter. Do yourself a favor and check this out. We’ve read a preview. This book slaps, as the kids say.

3 Rivers Comic Con
I am writing this post from the Westin Pittsburgh gearing up for the 3Rivers Comic Con! Kevin and I are pumped to be here. It’s gonna be a good time. if you are in Western PA or Eastern Ohio, come be a part of the magic!



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After working steadily in comics for over a decade, cartoonist Jason Copland decided it was time to tell his story. This is when Full Tilt was born. What a long strange trip it’s been. Listen as Jason shares the ups and downs, the highs and lows of making the book you want to make. The 305 page book (Yep, you read that correctly) Full Tilt comes to Zoop this week. Get involved.

Mystic Melon.
I case you missed it, here are the first four pages of our wonderful book Mystic Melon.



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Zane Barrow loves comics. You can tell by the way he talks about the medium. His enthusiasm is infectious. This love affair began back when Zane was a clerk at his local comic shop, championing smaller press books that lived in the fringes of mainstream comics. After answering a call on Twitter, Zane began his editing career. He hasn’t looked back. Zane joins us today to discuss his role in the triumph return of Gold Key Comics via Kickstarter. This is 45 minutes of podcast you don’t want to miss.
Mystic Melon
Enjoy page Three.



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Jason McNamara is one cool dude, despite what he tells ya. We got to know Jason during the pandemic when we the three of us would chat about comics and story telling for hours over Zoom. It was during one of these convos that Jason mentioned the ideas and themes that turned into Past Tense, his new graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics.
Past Tense tells the story of Ashley, a tour guide at PAST TENSE, a company that sends camera drones into the past to view history's most depraved events. When Ashley discovers Silas Green, an unknown serial killer working in the past, she begins hosting “exclusive” tours of his murders. The only problem? Silas is still alive??!?! whaaaaat??!! Sounds killer right? Our conversation is all over the place here, as you’ve come to expect with the Word Bros. We chat about the wonders of having long hair, the impact of social media in our daily lives, and the skills we have that George Clooney does not.

Mystic Melon
The crazy adventures of our melon headed friend continue with page two of our comic Mystic Melon
That’s all for this week. Thanks again to Jason McNamara for joining us this week. Hope you enjoyed Mystic Melon. We’ll be back next week with more.



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There is a whole lot of graphic design that goes into making a comic. Stop and really think about it. There’s making the logo and its placement on the cover, the title page, the back cover, the book spine. The list goes on and on and on. Our guest today, Kevin Maher is here to make sense of all of it. Kevin is also here to chat about his new comic Toxic Man, which is available on his website. (linked above)

Mystic Melon
Here is page one of our new comic Mystic Melon From Jeremy Brooks (artist), Sara Harding (editor), Marcus Cripps (colorist), and The Word Bros (writers/co-creator)

Page two will be out next week along with our chat with Jason McNamara.



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Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton have been working together for a long time and you can see it in their super fun and entertaining comics. The duo return for more hi-jinx in The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee, an original, all ages OGN from Dark Horse Comics. The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee is a semi-autobiographic tale that tells the heartwarming coming-of-age story of four high school outcasts who start a band to gain fame and popularity…but have to defend their hometown from a hungry horde of monsters instead. It’s The Archies meets Stranger Things and it sounds like a lot of fun.

Mystic Melon
The creative team of Jeremey Brooks (artist/co-creator), Sara Harding (editor), Marcus Cripps (colorist), and The Word Bros (writers/co-creator) are toiling away on a new project entitled Mystic Melon, a tangled tale about n Watermelon-headed sorcerer who seeks revenge against those who have exiled him in a resort town. We gonna rock this one till the wheels fall off. Be sure to look for this one on Kickstarter in Late April/Early May.
Next time, we will share a few pages of this bad boy with you. We just wanted to give you all a little taste of what’s coming up.
That’s about it. Thanks for subscribing.
The Word Bros.


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