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NightGig Studios (http://www.nightgig.com) is proud to announce that it’s Webcomic centric news, review and entertainment podcast, “The Gigcast” (http://www.thegigcast.com) is becoming part of the FarPoint Media Podcast Network. ( http://www.farpointmedia.net)

FarPoint Media, the Indie Podcast Network that offers audio and video podcasts for audiences of all ages and interests, has recently joined with Podango. Which, accordiong to Michael R. Mennega, founder and CEO of FarPoint Media: “…offers us a complete and reliable hosting solution with full WordPress integration, robust ad insertion capabilities and a variety of easy-to-use management tools,[The Podango platform] lets us concentrate on creating and delivering the best audio content for our growing legion of online fans.”

The network is expanding its program lineup with new channels of podcasts. The Gigcast will now be found on the FPM: Comics Channel, devoted to comic books, webcomics, graphic novels and comic art.

Current and new subscribers to The Gigcast should update to the new Gigcast RSS Feed: http://gigcast.nightgig.com/rss , to continue receiving The Gigcast uninterrupted.

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Draw Dash and WIN!

That’s right, the contest is to do the best drawing of Dash and the winner gets a brand new Microsoft Zune. This particular model is the 30 gigabyte model and from personal experience, portable music players are perfect for when you’re drawing your comics and art. So, all you need to do to get this awesome prize is draw Dash Kameku, the star of Cosmic Dash.

So, how exactly does the contest work? Simple! You just draw your best Dash Kameku you can. You can enter as many times you like with as many drawings as you’d like. You can do black and white, color, 3D models, whatever you want. My favorite rendition of the character gets the Zune as well as the option of me designing a character for them and several of my original sketches for Cosmic Dash pages.

Brian Anderson Wants your art SKILLS!

I’ve got news.

I’m returning to my webcomic roots. Not that I left them, just well…wait…now I’m confused. Right, I’m launching a new webcomic January 1st and I’m looking for artists. The comic will be based on my upcoming novel “The Conjurers.” Yes, it certainly would help promote the book, but the webcomic will launch and continue on regardless of what happens with the book.

Initially it will be updated once a week and I plan  on having at least three artists working on separate stories. If things go well with the book deal, I plan on self-funding the webcomic. In other words, my goal is to turn it into a paying gig for the artists. I haven’t put the official announcement up yet on the site, but anyone can swing by and get a feel for the world in the novel.

It’s really kind of a new approach to a webcomic. One that I’m excited about and am sure will be fun.

Cheers,
Brian Anderson
http://www.dogeatdoug.com
http://www.theconjurers.com

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Drawn from the border fence where we all are denied entry…

• Mexican scholar Ernesto Priego has been denied a visa for re-entering the United States for an appearance later this month at International Comic Arts Forum.
• Sean O’Reilly has moved from Arcana Studio’s over to run the animation arm of Platinum Studios.
• Christopher Butcher posts about the state of comics journalism.
• Shaenon Garrity, the creator of Narbonic and editor for Viz Media will be at the Schulz museum for their Second-Saturday Cartoonist program on Saturday, October 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Lower Hudson News remembers Archie Comics Richard Goldwater who recently passed on. Our condolences to Mr. Goldwarter’s family.
• CBR and Greg Burgas investigate what fun comics are.
• ROK Comics will announce the winner of their $10,000 humor competition at the Birmingham International Comic Show on Saturday, October 14^th at the end of the Technology Panel. The selection will be made from an unpublished list of 30 finalists.
• Yes, I too will link to Strong Bad and his advice on how to make webcomics.
• Dark Horse publishing of the first print collection of The Perry Bible Fellowship, The Trial of Colonel Sweeto, is going well. Good for them!
• Mike Hawthorne starts a new site Thinktank Comics to serialize his work Hysteria.

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Drawn from sources all over the web…

• Comixpedia Wiki needs Admins!
• Brian Warmoth interviews Ryan Estrada for Wizard. 
• Girlamatic is taking submissions from Oct. 6^th to Nov. 5^th, here are the details.
• Schulz biography controversy analyzed at The Beat. 
• CR Editorial posts about webcomics and the future.
• Nick Park says Wallace and Gromit will return.  I know that it has nothing to do with webcomic news but it is pretty cool. 
• Tim Broderick posted an article about submitting to more traditional publishers on ComixTalk.
• Quitting Time is posting again.

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