Drawn from sources that love Plants vs. Zombies…

• Comic writer Mark Sable detained by the TSA for carrying a script about writer under suspicion by the TSA. It’s no secret that the TSA has a great sense of humor.
• Razman360 asks, ‘What are your favorite Webcomics?’
• Sannalim posts a small webcomic entitled ‘Why I don’t Draw Webcomics.’The Examiner talks about the wonderful world of webcomic and has another article about starting one.
• The Floating Lightbulb talks about webcomic store traffic.
• Zingerding explains why they don’t like webcomics.
• ComicSpace does an ROI experiment to see who’s advertising is the best.
• ComixTalk has an interview with Calem Sevcik.
• Sandy Debreuil has a good article on Webcomics.com about creating comic strips in Flash.
• A Palace In The Sky reviews Precocious.

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Drawn from sources that are in dire need of a good haircut…

• Jeremy Mullins has passed away due to injuries sustained while climbing in the Catskills. To his family and friends, please accept our heartfelt condolences.
• Kidjutsu gets a review in PW.
• The Daily Gamecock has a post about webcomics.
• PW also has a post about Sinfest and it’s creator Tatsuya Ishida.
• Stripshow 2.0 for Wordpress is out.
• Webcomic Overlook takes a look at Set To Sea.
• The Floating Lightbulb posits twelve things that hurt your webcomic.
• The folks over at Winged Wolf Studio ponder the difference in jargon between webcomics and digital comics.
• Wordpress 2.8 released.
• Fritz over at RackaFracka has a new Cartoons for Business page where he hocks his cartoons with business themes.

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Drawn from sources that need a good stiff drink…

• The Sudbury Star, also published in the Toronto Sun, has a piece about webcomics called History in the Making.
• TGT Webcomics interviews Alina, creator of WereGeeks.
• The Floating Lightbulb has some tips on raising your visibility with Google.
• Brigid Alverson is joining Robot 6 on CBR.
• The Create a Comic Project has received funding and will have a 2010 tournament.
• The Awkward Scientist reviews Anders Loves Maria.
• The LoliDudes talks about Kawaii Not.
• News-a-rama talks about the changing technology of comics.
• Heidi macDonald, as always, keeps us informed.
• The Webcomic Overlook brings us One Punch Review #21.
• ComixTalk points out the Online Internet Webcomic Show.
• Brad Guigar posts about common mistakes when making word balloons.
• The Webcomic Beacon has a two part series called How Not to Make a Webcomic.

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Drawn from sources who know where their towel is…

• Onezumi had a car accident and, so if you can, please stop by her site and wish her well. There is also a donation sale. (*Thanks for the correction)
• Tom Spurgeion has a Comic-Con survival guide.
• The Boston Comics Roundtable has released the third issue of their anthology Outbound.
• Daryl Cagle talks about the future of syndication.
• Comics Worth Reading has a post about the business of comics.
• And the author of Beaver and Steve offers this on the creative process.
• Keith Knight is interviewed by The Story on American Public Media.
• Viz Media has launched a webcomic site according to ICV2.com.
• Starship Castle is starting a review column called Webcomics Warp where they review fantasy or sci-fi webcomics.
• The Washington Post interviews Comic Riffs Blogger Michael Cavna.
• The Floating Lightbulb points out where more help for Wordpress users can be had and reviews Asset Bar.
• Robot 6 reports that the ACT-I-VATE primer is due out this fall.

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Drawn from sources that have tried Pepsi Throwback…

• Sean Kleefeld talks about the future of comic distribution.
• News-a-rama interviews Brock Heasley, author of SuperFogeys.
• The National Post talks to Jason Thompson about the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
• The Floating Lightbulb has some behind-the-scenes plug-in advice about Wordpress.
• Krishna tells us why he doesn’t participate in link exchanges.
• Robot 6 has a post about Slash Print following the digital revolution.
• TwiTip, Twitter for Cartoonists.
• For Better for Worse author Lynn talks about reference material and give some great tips including using toys.
• Dinosaur Comics collection: improbably fantastic re-use of dinosaur clip art.
• Ever wonder what’s up with Jughead’s hat?
• A mini-documentary of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

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Drawn from sources that are close to ‘the man’…

• Digger moves from Graphics Smash to its own site where the men are pretty and the archives are free.
• Erfworld also has moved off of Giants in the Playground and  launched its own site.
• There are unconfirmed reports of ComicGenesis being hacked into and shut down over the weekend. Critical Kitty has more.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about why he thinks Comic Hosts are fading. Are they?
• Webcomics.com has an article on how to create a media kit.

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Drawn from sources that had a rainy and restful weekend…

• The Seattle PI has an interview with Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade.
• The National Post talks to Ryan North.
• Brad Guigar is taking pre-orders for Evil Inc. Volume 4. Now in color!
• Not to be overlooked, Evil Diva is review no. 75 on The Webcomic Overlook.
• Readers pick for best webcomic: Nerd Rage.
• Forces of Geek review thirteen webcomics.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique posts about some new finds.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about webcomic growth and measurement.
• Nick Eff reads a lot of webcomics. Let him show u some.
• Sunny Kris, The Webcomic on Indian Workplaces.

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Drawn from sources that had a good weekend…

• Yirmumah now has it’s own Anti-Social network ning.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Christopher J. Paulsen, creator of Precocious.
• The Beat reports that Saltwater Taffy is starting a webcomic version of it’s print comic.
• Neil Cohn needs some people to take part in an experiment. Bwahahaha science!
• Platinum Studios is facing a 20 million dollar defecit. Yikes!
• Free Webcomics Workshop for grades 6-11 on May 2nd at the Centerville Library if you happen to live in Ohio.
• The Floating Lightbulb highlights some French webcomics.
• Strawerry Syrup has an interesting post about being on hiatus.
• Johnny Saturn suggests some webcomics we should be reading.
• The blog Young Australian Skeptics gives a scathing and pretty spot on review of After Eden, a Christian anti-evolution webcomic. I suppose there had to be one out there.
• George Carroll has a post on Webcomics.com called ‘Learning from…webcomics?’ which is pretty good.

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Drawn from sources that are sore from hiking and walking over the weekend…

• Joey Manley talks about drama in webcomics.
• Scratchin Post and Li’l Nyet get reviewed by Talkin Bout Comics.
• Heidi MacDonald talks about the webcomics approach to printing.
• Xerexes posts about Musicslu as a possibility for pre-selling webcomics.
• An interview on ComixTalk with Brian Brown, creator of Bellen!.

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Drawn from sources that are still dodging pink slips so far…

• Cat Garza’s is having some issues with a chiropractor, fleen has the story.
• The Webcomic Beacon #70: the 2008 Beaky Awards.
• The Washington Post asks ‘Where Else Do You GO to Fill Your Comics Needs?’ A good question!
• News-a-Rama has an interview with Box Brown.
• Spy6teen debuts on Zuda.
• Yen Press Launches Toxic Planet Comic Online.
• Talkin Bout Comics talks about webcomics that aren’t Zuda.
• Karmic Debt Comics gets hot under the collar about Scott Kurtz.
• Barkeater Lake celebrated 10 years in January. Better late than never for a hearty congratulations!
• Here’s some good advice on designing memorable tshirts for your webcomic from Webcomics.com.
• Sandra and Woo get a review on WebcomicZ.
• The Floating Lightbulb talks about webcomic site design.
• The Art Geek Zoo has a post about its evolving status after one year. Congrats on turning 1!
• The new webcomic Urfs by Mike Jacobsen and Phil Selby was in the spotlight on Neatorama.com.

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