TODAY’S FEATURED ITEMS:

I’ve talked about the brilliant Patrick Smith before (here, here, and here), and he has a new game called WINDOSILL that is, of course, amazing and beautiful. Click the image to go there. Found courtesy of Boing Boing Offworld.

Another Smith was called to my attention courtesy of the Boing Boing media empire; here’s Kevin Smith’s hilarious story of how his Superman movie didn’t get made:

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• APRIL OF FOOLS: THE OUT-HOUSE
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• Some More Lady drawings
• Interview: Box Brown Pt. 2 [of 3]
• APRIL OF FOOLS: FAKE FOOD
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• Good Conservative Cartooning 2
• Oh, and there’s this (MOOMIN!!!)
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• KEN AVIDOR vs. THE WORLD
• Clay Shirky Debunks the WSJ’s “Bloggers For Hire” Feature
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• Free Comic Books for the Masses!
• Solitary confinement is torture: psych expert
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• Today’s Video Link
• Tonight: WORLD WAR 3 release party
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• APRIL OF FOOLS: FAKE MEAT
• Science Question From a Toddler: Insect Sex
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• Len Wein Update
• Handmade, effect-heavy feature film
• Word-A-Day
• The Pirate Google: making the point that Google’s as guilty of linking to torrents as The Pirate Bay
• Canadian music pirates of 1897
• Recommended Reading
• CR Sunday Feature: The Ten All-Time Best Long-Running Comics Series
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• How to Draw Manga Facial Expressions
• Drawing a Manga Face, Line by Line
• How to Draw an Anime/Manga Girl: Shading
• Message to My Subscribers #5 (How I Got Published)
• How to Draw Manga Hair, pt.2
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• Illustration Techniques: Watercolor, Ink, & Colored Pencil
• How To Draw Feet
• How to Draw Manga Faces in Profile: Three Ways
• How to Draw Clothes for Manga/Comic Books, Part 2
• 20 Ways to Draw Chibi Emotions
• Page Layouts for Comics/Manga (Tutorial)
• How to Draw a Hand Holding a Sword
• Illustration Tips: Stony Surfaces
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• How to Capture a Giant Squid
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• Seduction of the Innocent and the Comics Code Authority (Part III)
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