Ka-Pow comic book effect?

Ka-Pow comic book effect?

[Pavneet Arora]

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Would anyone have a template on how to create a comic book “Ka-Pow” effect (or something similar) as per:

http://thumb101.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/752857/180152483/stock-vector-ka-pow-comic-speech-bubble-cartoon-180152483.jpg

I would like to use it for one of my slides for my talk at TUG 2016.

advTHANKSance

Pavneet Arora
m: +1 (647) 406-6843
e: pavneet_arora@waroc.com


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Re: Ka-Pow comic book effect?

[Alan BRASLAU]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:59:42 -0400
Pavneet Arora <pavneet_arora@waroc.com> wrote:

> Would anyone have a template on how to create a comic book “Ka-Pow”
> effect (or something similar) as per:
> 
> http://thumb101.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/752857/180152483/stock-vector-ka-pow-comic-speech-bubble-cartoon-180152483.jpg
> 
> I would like to use it for one of my slides for my talk at TUG 2016.


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You get the idea... (but keep in mind Edward Tufte's Phluff factor).

Alan
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