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    1. Kevin Church

      Oh, man. I've never even considered this. I mean, Dan and Steve get to go into space. That's pretty awesome. Except, you know, they're stuck there, which isn't so awesome. Maybe Sam Kimimura? He's handsome, he drinks, he bangs chicks, he makes some bad choices here and there but still turns out OK? Or Lydia's boyfriend Billy, who's actually got a bit of a backstory in my head that I don't want to spoil.

      (No, it's not just because he gets to sleep with her. Pervos.)

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      He is a person that comments on THE RACK and ignores every other comic I make. He also comments on COMIC CRITICS posts on Comics Should Be Good. He consistently visits in from the same place and uses "Chad" and the first part of his email address ("Demoncat") for an alias.

      HIs first comic is from December of last year, when we made fun of Canadians and reads: "do not want to know who is freaking out in the bathroom over not understanding toliet paper. for not to mention the strip was being humerous a joke. for no doubt Canada does have toliet paper l."

      He is, as far as I can tell, harmless and completely without malice. He just likes to comment.

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      Chris Sims and I have talked about this and how we're both really lucky to have found such great collaborators. Our theory is that a great deal of it has to do with the fact that both of us spent a lot of time putting words on the internet and becoming friendly, but not ingratiating ourselves, with artists and working towards a collaboration.

      (Except for FIGHT!, because I totally browbeat Tracie Mauk into that the second I saw her work.)

      So, if you're not actively posting to a blog or writing on the web somewhere, you're pretty unlikely to find an artistic partner. Another key factor is the cold truth that only a select few make money on webcomics and an artist is not going to want to just draw *your* vision for free. Collaboration is key to the medium, and if you've got a 300-chapter science fiction saga that has to be done YOUR way, you're out of luck. They have to feel invested in the work and, frankly, they should, because they're going to spend much more time putting things together than you do.

      Or you can just lock them in a dungeon after you find them.

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      My daddy works on a computer all day, and is the head of his company and he, um, he has a moustache and a beard, and he-he, uh, doesn't have a lot of hair, and cause, um, since his head is so big, he can't wear any hats.

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      Terrebonne is plotted, but I write it up the week before for TJ. It's actually morphed quite a lot from the original plot in a lot of ways because of the extra time I spend milling over stuff and then changing it. Oddly enough, The Loneliest Astronauts has hit the point where I write it on Sunday, Ming draws it on Monday, we post it on Tuesday. I think that for her, it's a break from the full-time art gig she's got right now, and I'll sometimes have a note or two but just come up with a new idea at the last minute.

      There's actually a gag sheet with snippets and stuff for THE RACK and I'll frequently have a script written that'll be pushed back so we can respond to something like the Bob Harras news from last week. (Remember that, and how the internet exploded? It seems to have gotten better, but we never know. It could fall apart at any time!)

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      First, I would ask how he made it all the way from Colorado without Big Bird or Grover holding his hand the entire way.

      Secondly, I'd be nice but ask him, honestly, what he thought he was accomplishing with his comments.

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      The Coen's adaptation of TRUE GRIT, certainly. Maybe RED on a lark, but my expectations are low on that. JACKASS 3D looks like the only use of that technology I can get behind 100%, so I may actually see that in a theatre despite the headache I'm sure to get right after. DUE DATE will be fine on DVD, I'm sure.

      TRON: LEGACY is such a blatant piece of Kevin-baiting, I'm not even going to comment.

      I do want to see THE SOCIAL NETWORK, but I'm behind THAT curve.

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      I have no idea what you're talking about, but OK, sure, yeah.

      (OK, I have some idea that RUNNING WILDE is a new show on Fox. As I am part of the conspiracy against Joss Whedon, however, I'm not allowed to watch FOX programming when it airs originally.)

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      Coffee, comics, no work-related stress, a bit of writing, and somebody else cleaning up the blood in my bathroom from the night before.

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      The movies make it look like chloroform looks much faster than it does.

      Seriously, though, if you're interested in someone else, BE INTERESTED IN THEM. Encourage them to talk. Be a listener. Don't quote Joss Whedon and Monty Python and let that replace conversation.

      If you're having trouble talking to women, learn to talk to them as PEOPLE. There's this whole perception that there's a gulf between men and women that I don't think really exists. Talk to women you meet every day (do not hit on them,) even if it's just a "how are you?" to the person taking care of you at a coffee shop or whatever. Once you start being comfortable talking to PEOPLE, you'll be more comfortable talking to WOMEN. If that makes sense.

      Also, there's always the internet, but I'd avoid Geek Dating Sights like the plague. THE PLAGUE.

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      Amazo's always struck me as a character that's written "down" a bit in stories where he shows up — like how Superman or The Flash could generally take care of any Justice League fight in a couple of seconds if we went "by the rules —while the Awesome Android, for whatever reasons, seems to be working at just about his maximum, so I'd go with Amazo, even if I like "Andy" more as a punching bag and foil because of his appearance.

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