Every genre has hose groups that we know are pretty universal but don't generally get much ackowledgement. These are the construction crews that rebuild cities after monster attacks, the insurance people, emergency services, PR guys, lawyers, those who match government agencies with their freelancers, the costumers, the trainers, and even those who match heroes and sidekicks.

This is their podcast.

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Every genre has those tropes that, if not handled correctedly, turn into deadly cliches. As such it may be worth looking at some of the tropes of genres in order to see why those tropes work so well. This podcast look at sentai, those super teens and their mechs.

Topics Covered: Why Teams, Why Recruit Teens, Limited Skills, Secret of the Colors, Limited City Damage, Why Big Guns Not Used First, Why Bases Not Attacked, Why Mechs Not Stolen, Why Not Attacked in Secret IDs, How They Manage Jobs.

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The Super-Hero Genre is full of tropes that are almost mandatory. However, in less capable hands they become boring cliches; as such it may be worth exploring those tropes and why they work in the actual universe, that is, the basis on which they work in-universe.

Topics Covered: Super Groups, Villain Groups, Law Enforcement Organizations, What Makes A Hero, What Makes A Villain, Why Sidekicks, Weaknesses, Super-Bases, Why Earth is a Focus, Why So Little Super-Science In General

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The Fantasy Genre is full of tropes that are almost mandatory. However, in less capable hands they become boring cliches; as such it may be worth exploring those tropes and why they work in the actual universe, that is, the basis on which they work in-universe.

Topics Covered: Multiple Races, Wizard Towers, Limited Magic, Limited Tech, Why People Adventure, Why Adventures Are Important, Prophecies, Extremes in Combat Training, Giant Monsters, The Bar

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Horror has its own tropes. When those tropes work, they work well, but in less capable hands they become cliches. This podcast explores why those tropes work from an in-universe persepctive, that is, how they work in the universe where they happen. Topics covered: Crystals, Humanoids, Pretty Woman/Men, Powerful Aliens, Why Everyone Can Fight/Fix Things/Physically Developed, Why Is Everyone Related, One-World Governments, The Bar

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Horror has its own tropes. When those tropes work, they work well, but in less capable hands they become cliches. This podcast explores why those tropes work from an in-universe persepctive, that is, how they work in the universe where they happen. Topics covered: Killers, Final Girls, Teen Victims, Older Investigators, Signature Weapons, Deserted Locations, Limited Tech, Limited Weapons, Splitting Up, and Why There Are No Animals.

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There are a lot of basic art mistakes that we're all guilty of at one time or another. While there are obviously too many ever be part of the same podcast, here are ten of the worst, ranging from basic composition to how to avoid staying the same. Learn even some of these and you should see some serious improvements in your art.

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Webcomic artists suck at promoting at their own stuff, and so they need help promoting themselves. Creating posters, calendars and other promotional art can be fun, but it requires some sort of plan, and this podcast may help you make some incredible promotional art that you can use to sell for some additional profit as well as getting the word out.

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Webcomics, ike other genres, have their own rules. It may help your art to know whet the basics of the webcomic genre are, and they may help make your webcomic better as well generally improve your art.

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Sometimes it can only help to look at other disciplines to improve art. When it comes to webcomes it may not hurt to look at some basic cinematogrpahy techniques to woek into the webcomic. There are reasons that they techniques have made films classics, and it can only help you to use them when you draw.

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