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Archive for May, 2008

Webcomic Wire - 5/30/08

Posted by DarthMike on May 30th, 2008

Drawn from sources that want a Cintique but cant afford one…

  • C0nt1nu1ty posts a nice piece about abandoned webcomic efforts called the Dead Webcomcis Society.
  • Creator of A Girl and Her Fed has a good post with some advice about starting a webcomic.
  • Heidi MacDonald has some great coverage of the Tokyo Pop’s contract written for their Manga Pilot program. Here is more as well. Aaaand still more.
  • Stripshow 1.6 for Wordpress is now available.
  • Webcomics Weekly episode 34 deals with IP farmer and what to look out for when dealing with the farmers.
  • Websnark has a State of the (Web)Cartoonist post, this time about User Friendly creator J.D. Frazer.
  • Dear Pirate Creator Darren Gendron blogs about his impressions of Halpixel’s podcast the Webcomics Weekly.
  • John Freeman from ROK Comics says that Crumb, no not that one, by David Fletcher is being translated into Chinese. Check him out at his blog.
  • CBR reports about the new anthology from the Chemistry Set called No Formula: Stories from the Chemistry Set, Vol. 1.
  • SoulGeek, a dating agency, has just started a webcomics portal, which will be presenting Legend of Bill and will soon be sporting Starslip Crisis as well.

Gigcast 144 Imagine This!

Posted by jtpokie on May 29th, 2008

We talk with Lucas Turnbloom of Imagine This, a Shallow Thought by Christiana Ellis and Promos for 7th Son Obsidian and The Parsec Awards.

 
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Webcomic Wire - 5/27/08

Posted by DarthMike on May 27th, 2008

Drawn from sources all over the known universe…

  • XKCD in the New York Times.
  • Geeks Next Door is on a brief pause due to marriage. Congratulations Jesse and Matt!
  • 2008 Friends of Lulu nominees.
  • Draw yourself as a teen.
  • Websnark posts about the state of (Web)Cartoonist Scott Kurtz.
  • Cartoonist J. Rowland brings Wigu back to the web MWF.
  • D.J. Coffman is working on a new project called the Flobots.
  • Brandon Carr is taking a break from Weird Adventures in Unemployment.
  • The Scienteers review Rival Angels and have a new IRC channel.
  • Gawker posts Why The Internet Ruins Humor: A Sophisticated Theory.
  • Aaron Frey joins Prism Comics.
  • David Malki posts about how to win an advanced copy of his upcoming book Beards of our Forefathers and an advanced review of it as well.
  • TuneZone.com talks with Dan Davis who has, among many other things, a new cartoon on Zuda.
  • Top Ten Funniest Webcomics from Listanity.
  • What is the deal with this blog-not-about-webcomics thing? Here are some examples 1 2.
  • News-a-rama points us to a new webcomics site created by a crew of animators called Dumm Comics.

Congratulations Uglyhill and Bellen

Posted by Scott on May 23rd, 2008

Rumor has it that today is Ugly Hills 3rd anniversary. Congratulations on an incredible 3 years and some of the best reading on the internet.

I just found out from Box Brown that Bellen is also celebrating his 2 year anniversary. Holy crap on the milestones.