NaNoWriMo Day 15: All’s Fair — and a survey!

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Taking suggestions for an upcoming comic
In an upcoming strip, someone in the cafe is going to ask what NaNoWriMo is, and I’d like to present a series of possible alternate / goofy answers. Make a suggestion in the comments section below and I might include yours! If [...]

"You call this a script? Give me a couple of $5000.00-a-week writers and I'll write it myself. "
Joe Pasternak

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      The 2010 edition of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival -- TCAF for short -- takes place May 8 and 9 at the Toronto Reference Library. This year's line-up of cartoonists, artists, writers, graphic novelists, and other sorts is fantastic, and in the lead-up to TCAF The Afterword would like to introduce you to some of the talent attending this year's festival. Just like like year, we've devised a fun little questionnaire so they can speak for themselves. Who are you? Why are you coming to TCAF? I am Jason Kieffer. I am going to TCAF to sell two books: "The Rabble of...
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