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" In earlier comics, my only priority was telling a joke in the last panel, but now I try to make every panel as interesting as possible, and that normally means at least a li'l joke there. "
Ryan North
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" As all C.S. students know, first year is super easy, but second year is when things get harder. At least that's how it was in my experience. And I didn't have to save the planet between classes either. Instead, I went home and studied quietly. I was a party animal. "
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" Librarians are awesome; I don't care who knows it. "
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" I never actually watched 'Teletubbies.' Maybe I missed out. "
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" This is why it's hard to talk about winning awards. You can't do it without sounding like a tool. "
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Hard
Awards
" There are so many ways to make a book or comic, but most involve doing something online. "
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Online
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" Yes, I've won prizes for putting words on a computer. "
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Won
" The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read as comic for us. "
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" When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw. "
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" Sometimes I feel like I must be hinting at this deep well of knowledge when, really, I just skim off the surface. "
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Girl
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" My first book, 'To Be or Not To Be,' took 'Hamlet' and converted it to the choose-your-own-path format. It was a great fit for a book where you control what happens - a book as game - because the plot of 'Hamlet' is very game-like: get a mission from a ghost to kill the final boss, kill the final boss, and game over. You win. "
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" Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics. "
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