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                <title>Megan Huang on Drawing Ghosted for 2000 AD</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/megan-huang-ghosted-2000-ad-interview</link>
                <description>Ghosted artist Megan Huang on Book Two in 2000 AD, working with Guy Adams, designing the Clowns and ten years in comics. Read the full interview on VerseDB.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Deron Bennett on Lettering and Writing</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-deron-bennett</link>
                <description>Letterer Deron Bennett on keeping Canto&#039;s look through three letterers, retouching manga, writing for Denys Cowan, and training letterers at AndWorld Design.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Come Say Hello to VerseDB at NC Comicon in Durham, North Carolina</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/versedb-nc-comicon-2026</link>
                <description>VerseDB has a table at NC Comicon in Durham, Nov 14–15, 2026. Get a free VerseDB PRO promo code, meet the Allreds and Ben Bishop, and visit Ultimate Comics.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Chris Eliopoulos on the Wright Brothers</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-chris-eliopoulos-on-the-wright-brothers</link>
                <description>Cartoonist Chris Eliopoulos on drawing the Wright Brothers as kids, matching another letterer&#039;s hand on Weapon X, and how to start your own comic strip.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Erica Schultz</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-erica-schultz</link>
                <description>Erica Schultz on writing Gunslinger Spawn and Daredevil, what lettering taught her about scripts, and adapting Murderbot&#039;s All Systems Red. Browse her work.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Avengers: Doomsday Reading Guide: Comics to Read First</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/avengers-doomsday-reading-guide</link>
                <description>Get ready for Avengers: Doomsday with the Hickman comics behind it, from Avengers #1 through Secret Wars. Full reading order plus the issues to track down.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>The Comics Behind Avengers: Doomsday</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/the-comics-behind-avengers-doomsday</link>
                <description>Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters December 18, 2026. Read the essential Marvel comics behind Doctor Doom, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men before the film.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Fred Van Lente on Vampyrates!</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-fred-van-lente-on-vampyrates</link>
                <description>Fred Van Lente on building the vampire-ruled Night Isles in Vampyrates!, moving between nonfiction and fiction, and what the stage taught his comics scripts.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Taylor Esposito on Lettering Junk Punch</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-taylor-esposito-on-lettering-junk-punch</link>
                <description>Letterer Taylor Esposito on the off-register letters in Junk Punch, lettering Space Ghost like Batman, teaching at the Kubert School, and his local comic shops.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Todd Klein on Lettering and Logos</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-todd-klein-on-lettering-and-logos</link>
                <description>Letterer Todd Klein on the loudest page he lettered in Kingdom Come, crediting logos nobody signed, why lettering needn&#039;t be invisible, and what he reads now.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Comic Book Barcodes Explained: What Every Digit Means</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/comic-book-barcode-explained</link>
                <description>Learn what comic book barcodes tell you about an issue, cover variation, and printing. Try the decoder and find matching comics in the VerseDB catalog.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Indie Comic Book Day: 17 Publishers, One New Wednesday</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/indie-comic-book-day-17-publishers-one-new-wednesday</link>
                <description>Indie Comic Book Day lands on the third Wednesday of every month starting January 2027. Meet the Indie Comic Alliance and all 17 founding publishers behind it.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Jim Zub on Conan and Journey to the West</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-jim-zub-on-conan-and-journey-to-the-west</link>
                <description>Jim Zub talks adapting Journey to the West, the Wayward Compendium, thirty-plus issues of Conan, and his best advice for new creators. Read the full interview.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Jimmy Palmiotti, Co-Creator of Painkiller Jane</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-jimmy-palmiotti</link>
                <description>Jimmy Palmiotti on co-creating Painkiller Jane, remastering decades of covers for Uncovered, owning your own books, and what he&#039;s writing next.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Liana Kangas</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-liana-kangas</link>
                <description>Liana Kangas on drawing in someone else&#039;s sandbox, the Greg Pak advice they still work by, and what they wish they&#039;d known about finding a style.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Tony DiGerolamo</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-tony-digerolamo</link>
                <description>Tony DiGerolamo on self-publishing Jersey Devil, writing Simpsons comics for Bongo, running The Travelers for 25 issues, and why novels won him over.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Joe Caramagna</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-joe-caramagna</link>
                <description>Joe Caramagna talks lettering 6,000+ Marvel comics, breaking in at the Bullpen, writing Space Chasers, and why great lettering should disappear into the story.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Creator Spotlight: Jeremy Whitley on Comics &amp; Durham, NC</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/jeremy-whitley-creator-spotlight</link>
                <description>Princeless creator Jeremy Whitley talks Strange Tales, Durham comic shops, and disability rep in Navigating with You. Add his books to your pull list.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Supergirl Movie vs. the Comics: What Changed?</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/supergirl-movie-vs-woman-of-tomorrow-comics</link>
                <description>How the Supergirl movie changes Tom King and Bilquis Evely&#039;s Woman of Tomorrow: the narrator, the ending, and which Supergirl comics to read next.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Diablo&#039;s New Comic Fills the Gap Before Lord of Hatred</title>
                <link>https://versedb.com/blog/diablo-dawn-of-hatred-lord-of-hatred-bridge</link>
                <description>Diablo: Dawn of Hatred is a 4-issue Titan Comics series set between Vessel of Hatred and Lord of Hatred. Here&#039;s exactly how it connects to the game.</description>
                                    <dc:creator>dangioffre</dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 20:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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