Ok this is a case where I’m doing the right thing and I’m going to talk about something I just stumbled on while browsing the smackjeeves.com forum.

Gibson Twist is the creator of a few webcomics. Pictures of You, Cheap Shots, and The Whiskey Devils. I’m going to start right out with one of his comics.

I most certainly laughed my ass off thank you very much.

I started writing this to praise the webcomic Pictures of You, which attracted my attention with images of likely my favorite Cure song. Pictures of You is very well written. The self narration moves the story quickly enough to not get dull. There is plenty of soul searching and the main character Peter. You will please forgive me as I have only just started reading it but the short of it is that Pictures of You is like a reflective memory of Peters life in college. Gibson Twist doesn’t take short cuts on the art either. Honestly it’s one of the better Black and White comics I have read. More people need to be talking about Gibson’s work.

I’ll cut this off here. Check out Gibson Twist’s work. you will honestly love it.

Scott

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If you are subscribed to The Gigcast feed, you may have notices a PDF file in your aggregator this morning. It’s a gift form Scott Sigler and The Gigcast, actually.. it’s a bribe, to get you to help promote, and hopefully buy Ancestor, the new Horror Sci-fi thriller form Scott Sigler, on April 1st(at noon EST), and put this one-time podcast only novel at the top of the charts!

If you are the type who grabs his Gigcast manually you can get the Free PDF HERE

Many of you may have heard the podcast of this novel, and you still can form www.scottsigler.net and PodioBooks.com.

Here is an excerpt from Scotts’ e-mail to The Gigcast…

I’m trying to put myself and Podcasting on the map by making my print novel ANCESTOR hit #1 on Amazon.com. I think this will be a Big Friggin’ Deal if I pull it off, but it won’t be easy. To help make that happen, I’m giving away the whole thing as a tricked-out PDF. If you’ve heard of Corey Doctorow, that’s where I got the idea. I’m taking it one step further by having podcasters put the PDF link in their RSS feeds, and on their show notes.

GOAL:
Get hundreds of thousands of people to see the PDF. Some will read it and be done, some will toss it, and some will be intrigued enough to buy the dang thing in print.

So, help a fellow to make his NightGig his Day Gig, and Download the PDF and Then on April First at Noon EST.. buy the book Ancestor from Amazon.com. Thats APRIL 1st.. at NOON for it to count towards the new stats and make Ancestor #1!

You can use this nifty link HERE….

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 Gigcast #81: Spring Cleaning: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

• David Simon of Crimson Dark comes on and talks about the new database he’s making for his site. David also got a very nice mention on Websnark.
• PC Weenies is building a Wall of Fame.
• Nightgig had a birthday. So we’re having a contest and giving away some great Nightgig stuff. Contest ends on Tax Day in the US.
• Kevin Haymen of Errant Apprentice is putting out some books and wants your input on what extras to add to it.
• Scott talks for 3 minutes about Tales of the Revenant. You can also find Dave Flora on Comicspace. Remember to
  check out the awesome sculpt of the Revenant character by Eric Diaz! Pictures and links on Dave’s Comicspace and blogger pages.
• We play “give us a stout” by Connemara Stone Company.
• Black Kitty and Mr. Spook do a drive-by review of the Nightgig Sampler book.

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It’s Monday and I’m having a tough time getting going this morning. I thought I would get my brain going by cruising through my Drunkduck favorites. That brings me to todays Bad Fan. I should have shared this on with you all the day I found it. Tales of the Revenant by Dave Flora. I know very little about Mr. Flora but his single panel pulp-occult comic is SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL! Here is a rundown of what I do know. The story takes place in 1947. The main charectors are Charles Pallentine, a masked vigilante who’s soul was trapped in a ring. That ring was found by young man Eddie Shaw. Eddie agrees to be Pallentine’s host and help track down Pallentine’s killers. Ok, that’s enough to get me interested but here is what I think is the best part. The art is just beautifully detailed.

Go check it out for yourself. Me it’s made it to my DD favorites.

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