As you know I loved Michael Rubens scifi space opera The Sheriff of Yrnameer. Michael was nice enough to agree to an interview. Below Michael talks about his influences, his writing process and his thoughts around being compared to Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Many thanks to Michael for taking the time to answer some [...]

I love a good space opera. I’m thinking that’s probably obvious.
Michael Rubens is an author that is new to the science fiction scene. He is a television writer and producer whose credits include CNN, the Travel Channel, Oxygen, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he was a field producer. Clearly, the [...]

In the midst of all this Webcomic Idol craziness I’ve been really struggling with some of the writing of Marooned. I’m painfully aware that on the balance it has been a hit or miss thing on a strip-by-strip basis. I’ve had some good ones, but I’ve probably had more mediocre and even bad ones. (Pickle [...]

Do you want to write a good webcomic or are you having trouble writing your strip? Writing in and of itself is obviously a massive topic, but I think I can help you write a good webcomic by giving you 7 basic steps by which to live. Most any webcomic genre can benefit from these [...]