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Archive for March, 2008

Posted by DarthMike on March 19th, 2008

Drawn by sources watching the humor show Goodness Gracious Me on YouTube…

Japan appoints Doraemon to be the official Cartoon Ambassador promoting anime and manga all over the world.
ElfQuest is available online.
A review of Home On The Strange.
Open call for webcomics for Balticon Webcomic track.
Too Much Coffee Man the opera now has a sequel. Congratulations Shannon!
Clickwheel has come out with some new content and tools.
Outspoken with Karen Luk.
The Webcomic Watchman review A History of Violence.

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Posted by DarthMike on March 17th, 2008

Drawn from sources all over the world wide web…

Ian Jay, creator of Try Everything Once, has started IanJay.net to post the rest of TEO as well as other webcomic projects. He will also be making a series of informative videos about webcomics that will be posted on the Scienteers website soon.
Wes Molebash interviewed about YHT and Zuda Comics.
ROK Comics has posted some short interviews with some comic creators, including David Fletcher and Rich Diesslin.
17 tips for getting bloggers to write about you.
Joey Manley has a brief update about his ComicSpace merger activities as of late.
Writer David Gallaher and Illustrator Steve Ellis get interviewed about their horror-western High Moon for the Star Bulletin.
A new monthly comic contest called Comic of the Month. If you win you get free advertising on the site for a month. It’s a bit of a chore to set up a poll and get voting set up, but what the hey, free is free.

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Posted by DarthMike on March 14th, 2008

Drawn from sources that are glad it’s Friday…

An interview with Jaime Hernandez.
The Knave interviews Zuda Editor Kwanza Johnson.
ROK Comics has plans for revamping their site, don’t be afraid to email them and suggest something completely new and exciting.
Platinum Studios is starting up the Comic Book Challenge for 2008. Hopefuls can begin submitting their work from May 1^st to May 31^st. Good luck contestants!
How to make a webcomic YouTube video. Creator of Octopus Pie shows us how comic 121 was made.
How To Make Webcomics has finally shipped. I ordered it from Amazon on Dec. 22^nd. Frankly I think they promoted a bit too early, it was less than great to have something arrive this late.
The Daily Cartoonist has a post about the challenges of creating an online comic with a viable business model.
Dawn Douglass is asking for help with that big question as well.
Dave Stevens passed away.
Broken Frontier reviews Crowfeathers.