* someone e-mailed this excerpt of a Warren Ellis article to me. Starting with finished art and then cutting it open and figuring out how it was made is always a good idea if someone is wishing for a long career in doing any kind of creative work. Copying is good, too, if the component parts are easier to figure out.
* I linked to this panel transcript once already, but it's kind of amazing the number of casual insights into Japanese publishing so having run across it again I'll recommend it again.