Drawn from sources that are recently back from NYC…

• ComxTalk has an interview with Abby L. of The Green Avenger.
• Creepy returns to MySpace DHP.
• Hereville creator Barry Deutsch has signed a book deal with Harry N. Abrams to publish Hereville as a graphic novel.
• Johas Diego talks tools of the trade on Webcomics.com.
• Michael Schlosky, creator of Mikey’s Life, reviews Li’l Nyet.
• The Freelancer’s Union has announced the creation of the Freelancer’s Insurance Company.
• Tony Piro has a review of the various print-on-demand options there are currently.
• Kevin Colden talks Fishtown over at CBR.
• ComixTalk is shutting down their forums for lack of use.
• Chris Yates covers the Alternative Press Expo.
• The Weekly Webcomic Wrapup ponders it’s own branding.

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And now a special message:

Hey Gigcasters…
Just a quick shout out that Capes & Babes is officially one year old today. I had my online debut November 12th of last year and it’s been a fun and exciting 365 days since that first strip.

-Chris

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 Dawn Dawns on The Gigcast... again 167 [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We talk with Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert and Fred and JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts

LInks:

More to come..

TB-BA Spotlight
From the browser of Brian Anderson

• First one for this week: http://www.miserylovessherman.com/
• Some guys I met at Boston Comic Con: http://beinggordy.com/ Not much online yet, but loved what I saw at the Con.
• Another great comic for this week: http://dooomcat.com/wp/2008/08/17/01-bear-nuts/

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 Daisy is Dead - Gigcast 166 Halloween 08 Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

JT and Kevin Hayman talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts

TB-BA Spotlight form Brian Anderson, Music from Jonathan Coulton

Special Guest

Lindsay Smith of Daisy is Dead and Freshman Fifteen.

NightGig News

• NightGig Webcomic Sampler Book 4 in progress!
  
• JT Ukes – site desigh – coloring contest – Tiki – Podacst Daily in November
  
• Errant Apprentice book 1
• NightGig Member PW Ad Box (Totally stolen form The Scienteers )
  

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Drawn from sources that are battling the rain to wish you a Happy Halloween!

• TigerCon brings art, music and anime to Towson University in Maryland.
• The Globe and Mail has a piece about XKCD.
• A new blog about animation backgrounds.
• Blogger and former webcomic creator Ess Dee ponders about webcomics in this post.
• New webcomic, The Werewif, started on Wednesday this week. Best of luck!
• PCWeenies ventures out into other languages with the help of some friends. Also, the winner of the caption contest is Mike Perron, who’s caption is now published with the 10th anniversary strip of PCWeenies.
• Paramount Studios has aquired the screen rights to Agnes Quill: An anthology of Mystery, by Dave Roman.
• A Keith Knight cartoon causing a stir in New Jersey.
• The Cartoon Commune v.2.0 is here and offering custom stuff.
• Skitzo Man posts what he’s learned from his lack of success in webcomics.
• Theater Hopper has suffered a catastrophic computer failure and needs your help to recover the lost data from a corrupt drive.
• Here’s a video of Emmanuel Guibert’s interesting drawing style with ink and water.
• From Chris Anderson’s blog, The Long Tail, two interesting posts (1 & 2) about revised free business models and pricing sweet spots.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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Drawn from sources laughing at various political gaffs…

• Newsarama.com has a post about a new webcomic project that remembers those Transgendered persons who are victims of violence. The Transgender Day of Rememberance is requesting submissions for their project.
• Chuck Rozakis posts about archives on ComicMix.
• A review of Mitch Clem’s new book ‘Nothing Nice To Say,’ a foray into the dirty underbelly of print comics.
• Xerexes has an interview with Chris Hazelton, creator of the webcomic Misfile.
• If you didn’t know, APE2008 is coming to San Francisco soon!
• Bomb Shelter Comics ‘Webcomic Idol’ contest has been whittled down to the top ten competitors.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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Drawn from sources all over the unverse…

• Elf ‘n Troll ends. Sad news!
• News-a-rama.com has a post about Platinum’s employee pay cuts. That’s sad!
• ROK Comics are now on the iPhone. Watch out Clickwheel!
• Webcomics.com has been purchased by HalfPixel, possibly with the aid of their friends at Penny Arcade. They’re looking for articles, tips and other knowledge sharing stuff from those interested in contributing.
• The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be holding a party in celebration of the Alternative Press Expo and Keith Knight’s new book on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 8:00-11:00 pm.
• SoreThumbs takes on Platinum/Wowio situation in a comic by guest artist DJ Coffman.
• Bound By Law? The ‘Understanding Comics’ of copyright has a new edition out.
• Neatorama posts about the comic Products That Never Made It.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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 Webcomic List and Awards on Frumph.net on The Gigcast 165 [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We interview Phil Hofer aka Frumph of frumph.net and JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts and The TB-BA Spotlight form Brian Anderson.

Guest:

Philip Hofer of Frumph.net and the WCRCAs

News

• Platinum plan…
• Webcomics.com Relaunched by Halfpixel:

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Drawn from sources that are subterranean and oddly tubular…

• The winners of the 2008 Webcomic Readers Choice Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners!
• ComixTalk posts about Panel Flow, a Flash based alternative to Comicpress. DJ Coffman gives his opinion about using Flash for webcomics.
• An interesting post about Twitter on Comic Book Bin.
• Crackwalker has some thoughts on how to make it as a webcomic creator. ComicMix has more in their post ‘The Theory of Webcomics: The Daily Grind.’
• First real big challenge to Protect Act is the case of Iowa comic book and manga collector Christopher Handly who faces 20 years for possession of a few Hentai books.
• After ten years away, Tubularman is back.
• SonicWall thinks XKCD is internet porn.
• Wondermark! has suspended publishing at Modern Tales and now can only be seen on the newly redesigned Wondermark.com.
• A nice roundup of 24 Hour Comic Day from The Beat.
• Krishna reveals his top secret project. Congratulation on reaching Ten years!
• SkitZo MaN posts about proper file maintenance.

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Drawn from sources all over the world wide web…

• The Cartoon Lounge over at the New Yorker has a post about a Cartoon-Off with XKCD and Farley Katz.
• I don’t know if it’s the season for arguments or if drama gets you viewers, but there is a lot of arguing going on these days (Exhibit 1 & 2).
• The Daily Cartoonist column ‘Webcomics Weekly News Roundup’ has an interesting roundup of links and news bits from this week.
• The Comics Reporter has an interview with DHP’s Mike Richardson about Webcomics among other topics.
• Prism Comics launches a new webcomic ‘The Catty Corner’ by Joe Carr. Best wishes Joe!
• Platinum Studios announced today that Equiti-trend Advisors has put together a 6-page analysis of PS, which can be viewed here, which is overall pretty dry but does blame their current stock price on the mortgage meltdown. “At its 12-month low currently, largely due to macroeconomic problems and the mortgage meltdown of 2008, PDOS is a bargain currently at less than$.10 per share”Well, .10 cents per share is a bargain, but so are Hatian penny stocks. The Beat has a post about Platinum’s new advisory board.
• Fes of the Webcomic Beacon prepares for his attempt to broadcast his 24 hour lego Webomic. Check it out on Friday from 3pm Eastern time. Best of luck Fes!
• Skitzo Man Dot Com’s Webcomic of the Week is M.I.M.E.S.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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