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Haiku Review…   by @haikubirdie
Odori Park (www.odoripark.com)

bold, well drawn brushstrokes
mixed with clever dialogue
east meets west marriage

Yehuda Moon (www.yehudamoon.com)

comic about bikes
casual enthusiests
will Wheelie love this

Sister Claire (www.sisterclaire.com)

brightly colorful
great sacriligeous humor
an amazing read!

Megacon 2011 Interviews…

Thomas Zahler

@loveandcapes
www.loveandcapes.com

Shawn Tommelleo

www.WhatsShakinComic.com
http://coffin-comics.jesterbrand.com/

NEWS STORIES

Cartoonist Celebrates His Comic Strip’s First Birthday!

Cartoonist Denver Brubaker’s webcomic, Tales of a Checkered Man, is celebrating its first birthday!  Brubaker launched the comic on April 6th of 2010. Tales of a Checkered Man is the story of an average hero who turns to a life of crime-fighting, despite his bad luck and acrophobia. Think “Charlie Brown as a masked vigilante,” Brubaker says. Brubaker, 35, is the creator, writer and artist behind this twice weekly webcomic. “The reaction to the comic has far exceeded my expectations,” the artist notes, “I’m so happy to have reached this milestone with a respectably growing readership in tow.”  Looking forward, Brubaker is content with continuing writing and drawing the misadventures of his costumed hero.  “I love this character.  He’s been a part of my life for years and years, and it’s exciting to be able to share him with everyone and to have people tell me how much they love him back,” the cartoonist says, “It’s a wonderful feeling.”  Brubaker is also now in the stages of planning a book which will collect the entire first year of comic strips.

Denver Brubaker’s webcomic Tales of a Checkered Man can be found at: www.thecheckeredman.com

Hi there!
I draw a webcomic www.afineexample.com and I like it.  You might like it too!  It’s about a pirate and greed and jokes and the economy.  I’ve been on and off working on it for the past 4 years but I recently did a big redesign and I think it’s finally fit for mass consumption.  I’d love a review or a bump or something, but if not hey no hard feelings everybody’s busy these days.  Thanks for doing what you do, and thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
cheers
Brian James

Jump leads new colourist

[10:18:03 PM] Ben Paddon: Not bad! Jump Leads just came out of hiatus, we have a new colourist working on the comic now, and we’re working on getting our books out again.
[10:19:16 PM] Ben Paddon: So, y’know. Exciting!

[10:22:17 PM] Ben Paddon: Our colourist has worked on a number of projects, including IDW comics such as Transformers, GI Joe and Doctor Who.
[10:22:19 PM] Ben Paddon: Which is awesome.

Established colourist Kris Carter will be joining the team. You might recognize the name – he wrote and provided the art for “Waterworld“, our eighth issue. But even if you haven’t read that you might recognise his work from comics such as Transformers: Nefarious, Doctor Who: The Forgotten, Torchwood: Rift War, and Red Dwarf: Songs In The Key Of Files. Clearly, Kris a man with some solid scifi comic credentials.

Japan needs Heroes
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1932174840/japan-needs-heroes

Machine of Death
http://www.dailybrink.com/?p=1210Machine%20of%20Death

Sekelsky

http://www.dailybrink.com/?p=1210Machine%20of%20Death Click on the slideshow to also see some pictures taken of @mbennardo by ME!

Charlie Brown
http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/03/28/peanuts-3eanuts-charlie-brown/

E-mail:

Thom Pratt

Duuuuudes? You guys are back?
Hey, swing by ‘Shadowbinders’ sometime… we’d love to have you!
http://www.shadowbinders.com

Peace,
“Kneon”

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Song Info in order of Play.

Larry O’Gaff and Swallowtail,
ukuleletim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4debA5e9r9I

Whiskey in the Jar – Ukulele
DoctorFinlay43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW1DFTwsVSY

Thompson’s Reel
KenMiddletonUkulele
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBwBcLiDG_8

Rights of Man (Irish Ukulele Instrumental)
austinlove1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugr9zin7_IA

Fields of Athenry (Ukulele cover)
casarole45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcFYqGzVLys

Black Velvet Band
JTPokie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__x_1_X07Q

The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
KenMiddletonUkulele
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un0tH7LBaeA

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Ukulele Links:
www.mainlandukes.com
www.ukuleleunderground.com
www.tampabayukulele.com

Comic/other links:
http://marvel.com/news/story/15347/fear_itself_deadpool
http://twitter.com/drhastings/status/45514190013743104
http://www.fleen.com/archives/2011/03/09/breaking-news-4/

http://drmcninja.com/

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

http://www.hulu.com/watch/142471/dr-who-and-the-daleks

http://www.th3rdworld.com/web-comic/The-SuperFogeys

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Tom Racine

@talltaleradio

http://talltalefeatures.com/
www.taltaleradio.com
Links:
http://comicscoasttocoast.com/

Comic Sherpa now http://www.gocomics.com/

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Guest/host:  Karl Kuras  http://www.trantornator.com/

Links:

http://www.aeromental.net/2010/09/09/hd-photos-of-the-3-nascar-cars-autobots-the-wreckers-in-transformers-3/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7qfVD_TXiA

http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/2011/02/22/mcduffie-week-at-project-rooftop/

Nathan Fillion facebook group
http://nerdist.com/
http://bubbaworldcomix.com
http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Gods_of_ArrKelaan/
http://www.redsplanet.com/comic/
http://ratfist.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKFW6QeGvns

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Mike Nortons Battle Pug
Battlepug: The Web Comic was born out of desperate scramble to appease iFanboy. They contacted Mike to create a signature t-shirt for a new line of merch. However, Mike had been working exclusively with DC Comics for 4 years and had no original properties that he could reveal to the world yet. He drew the image you see above and had Allen color it. And lo, a BATTLEPUG was born!

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/02/battlepug-makes-the-leap-from-t-shirt-to-webcomic/
http://battlepug.com
http://www.ihatemike.com/bio/

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NEW DELHI — India’s first comic book convention opens in the capital New Delhi on Saturday, with organisers expecting thousands of fans to prove the art form is thriving in the Internet age.
Comic Con India will introduce the country’s booming youth market to new graphic characters including a warrior blessed by the sun god and a half-otter half-human superhero.
Jatin Varma, organiser of the two-day convention, told AFP that the effects of India’s recent economic dynamism have spread from big business into the alternative worlds of youth culture and underground art.

http://www.comicconindia.com

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jkHGT4ZWF4_ytjzaWUeGe9vYWowg?docId=CNG.c290e40a1c0e8fea7fa9aaf96fa3f507.1c1

@JTShea buncha news sites report that matthew vaugn to bring a new movie/comic of retired superheroes http://bit.ly/fSXetD which is a blatant rip of superfogeys

spambot ( Jonah Gregory )Over at WingDamage.com we decided to expand coverage into indie game & game music news (we normally didn’t cover news at all)

@JTShea who the hell is Rutherford joins the Frumph.NET network http://bit.ly/hpUZNJ

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Guest!

Kevin Hayman,   http://www.nightgig.com/sweatshop/, http://www.drunkduck.com/Local_Idiot/index.php

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Andy Childress

Glad the giggidy giggidy gigcast is back fellows.  If yall record one this week I, Andy Childress of  BUBBAWORLDCOMIX.COM , will be in Jackson , MS at the Feb Fright fest on the 12th. I will have copies of my horror graphic novel , MISFITS & MAYHEM, along with a few copies of my humor book TALES FROM THE APPLIANCE GRAVEYARD VOL 2.  I will have horror art and books and art from my normal humor titles.  More info on the website for everything at http://bubbaworldcomix.com .  the site updates daily.

See Ya In The Funny Web Pages,
Andy B. Childress
http://bubbaworldcomix.com
bubbaworldcomix@gmail.com

links:
Awesome Hostpital
http://www.awesomehospital.com/

Story by Chad Bowers and Chris Sims
Art by Matt Digges
Logo and Lettering by Josh Krach
Death Rays. Mind Control. Teenage Werewolves. When you’ve got a problem so rad that conventional science can’t help, you need to consult the specialists of Awesome Hospital.

Blood dreams
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1621152470/blooddreams
Angi Shearstone is an award-winning professional artist with an MFA in comics, a small herd of cats, strong geek tendencies and a fondness for ska-core. She’s worked in children’s books with Mercer Mayer, in comics on Batman: Gotham County Line with Scott Hampton, collaborated with Mur Lafferty on Beyond the Storm: Shadows of the Big Easy, and otherwise has self-published a handful of small comic book projects. She currently teaches cool computer stuff to keep the bills paid as she prepares to launch the first installation of her potentially epic-sized fully painted comic book series, BloodDreams. She’s also a certified dabbler in video editing.

http://io9.com/#!5756129/whos-the-newest-member-of-the-fantastic-four

This was created in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s – 1990s. Vivian’s work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she resided most of her life. Her discovered work includes over 100,000 mostly medium format negatives, thousands of prints, and countless undeveloped rolls of film.
http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/

Birthday art
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pcmOS6IkhC4S1lgEABDmJvKzkKTpHxbGUuovWFnRlYo?feat=directlink

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Links:

http://www.mascotcomic.com/ - http://kevinbolk.deviantart.com/

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/45884-let–s-do-the-math-digital-comics-revenues-vs-print-comics-revenues.html

Animated Pearls before Swine
http://www.youtube.com/user/jbo116

Ratfist - http://ratfist.com/

dailygrind – last 5 http://crowncommission.com/dailygrind/

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• Christoher Schultz has sold the domain WebcomicZ.
• RSA Animate tackles 21st century enlightenment.
• MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell features Sea Shephed in recent comic strip.
• Comic book autobiography of a teen girl’s life with braces.
• 10 years ago: The Wally Wood letters.
• Koko Be Good, a graphic novel about finding meaning in lifecomplex by Jen Wang.
• Jersey Circus, a parody of the reality TV show Jersey Shore and the cartoon The Family Circus.
• Wookie The Chew, Winnie the Pooh retold with Star Wars characters.
• Cartoonist Pete Emslie posing with Julie Newmar.
• Cory Doctorow’s latest column about ownership called Proprietary Interest.
• What Things Do: excellent webcomics.
• Giant, fetishistically detailed Little Nemo art.
• Betty White gets her own comic book.
• 24 Hour Comic Book Day in San Francisco and Berkeley.
• Maker Jim Henson in 1969: HOWTO make a puppet.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: A Mad Tea Party by Jonathon Dalton.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, talks about how to get people to read your site.
• A collection of interviews and articles on the life and work of Robert Crumb.
• Criterion Collection reissues R. Crumb documentary with special features.
• Castration comics from Mary Roach and Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi. Ouch!
• Scott Pilgrim and Shonen Manga.
• An interview about BoingBoing.net.
• Mal and Chad’s fill in the bubble frenzy 2.
• Brody’s Ghost: Mark Crilley’s 6-part graphic novel.
• A tour of Dark Horse Comics.
• Gabrielle Bell’s comic strip about ComicCon.
• August 28th is International Read Comics in Public Day.
• Critique of a badly-drawn Bible story coloring book.
• An interview with Lev Yilmaz, creator of Tales of Mere Existence.
• Gods Playing Poker is offering Fox News Bingo cards as a free download.
• The Onion AV Club interviews cartoonist Jim Woodring.
• The comics Bill Waterson sent to Berkeley Breathed posted on BoingBoing.net.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Scott Pilgrimage: Documenting real-life locations from Scott Pilgrim comics.
• Apple Censorship hits comics and more. Miyazaki keeps his title of ‘Anti-globalization curmudgeon‘ and good for him.
• US Army ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ instructional comic on gays in military.
• Make your own Android App with Android App Inventor.
• Nikki Cook will be the guest artist this month at Gizmodo.
• Keith over at Karmic Debt Comics talks about collectives, the Webcomic Planet collective and.. well karma.
• Northern News Services has an article about Webcomics.
• iDrawDigital has a post about webcomics review sights.
• Mtv has it that Harvey Pekar has passed on to less ordinary places. Sad to see you go Harvey.
• The Hindustan Times talks about comics on your phone.
• Storming the Tower has 13 webcomic supervillains in the spotlight.
• Scott Kurtz leaves Image and returns to self-publishing.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Squid-Sensei

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Quitting Time Vol. 1: I love the smell of corporate evil in the morning! is for sale with introduction by our own Scott Gallatin.
• Hetalia fans flood Anime Expo in Los Angeles.
• Sita Sings the Blues: A benefit screening for the EFF and the SF Cartoon Art Museum on Tuesday, July 20th.
• Pressure-sensitive drawing headed to iPad in free software library. Will it become a viable low-cost alternative to the Cintiq?
• Here are some interesting tutorials on how to ink in Photoshop. (Here and here.)
• I forget if I’ve linked to this before, but Gene L. Yang takes apart the casting for Last Airbender movie.
• The Beat has a look at DC’s shutdown of ZUDA.
• The Webcomic Overlook has some creator responses to the ZUDA shutdown.
• DC Perazza answers questions on changes to ZUDA.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Polar Opposites

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Douglas Rushkoff on the Pekar Project.
• Single comic panels that depict both cause and effect.
• Rick Marshall makes the case for following comic creators via social networks over at Pop Candy.
• Webcomic Beacon #125 features Erika Moen.
• MTV’s Splash Page highlights Octopus Pie and other webcomics in print.
• The Depression Support Network has a post entitled ‘Webcomics and Mental Health.’
• Fabric Dragon has a wonderful post about how you can help out the Foglios and other webcomic creators.
• The Webcomic Overlook #125: Bottle of Awesome.
• Webcomics.com has part 1 of 4 of a Q&A with Scott Kurtz.
• DC comics launches an iPad app.
• The Scene posts their picks for the top 10 webcomics.
• ComixTalk has a post about the Webcomics Auction for the Gulf Coast organized by Carly Monardo.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Architexts

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• WordPress 3.0 is out! Hurry and jump on the bandwagon today!
• The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity is now open in Orange, California. Darn I wish it was closer.
• Make it harder to track your browsing with HTTPS Everywhere for Firefox. While your at it get you some TOR.
• Comics Alliance is reporting that the Gulf Coast is getting aid from sales of Venture Bros. and webcomic auctions.
• Storming the Tower reports that the Webcomics App is coming back.
• The Webcomic Overlook #124 reviews MS Paint Adventures.
• Platinum Studios reports that Cowboys & Aliens have begun filming in Mexico.
• Battlemouth interviews Bad Machinery creator John Allison.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Hyperbole and a Half (Ok, maybe it’s a blog with comics in it, but it’s still darn funny.)

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Apple tries to censor more content for the iPad and iPhone, sometimes successful and other times not. Apple also gets punk’d at WWDC.
• Quitting Time goes to three times per week starting this week.
• Kelly Thompson lists some webomics that she loves.
• Word Balloon University makes its debut.
• Episode 27 of the podcast Letters vs. Numbers is entitled ‘Webcomics for the Blind.’
• Matt Unedited gives us An Ode To Webcomics.
• Absolute Write has a post and discussion about how to make money off of webcomics.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• How to make a printer that will work directly on tshirts. Be a maker!
• Robot 6 has an interview with Molly Crabapple.
• STL Webcomics interviews BlueStar Blues creator Joshua Jericho.
• The Webcomic Beacon #122 is about photocomics.
• Digital Spy interviews Esther Bircham of Alien Ink.
• Xaviar Xerexes clues us into who the 2010 nominees for the Manning Award for Comic Newcomers are. Xaviar also interviews Bellen! creator Brian Brown.
• The BEAT covers Marvel’s latest experiment in combining digital and print publishing and some great news about PBF.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• John K., of Ren and Stimpy fame, has started offering cartooning classes.
• Robot 6 spotlights Filthy Figments, new adult website by creators Gina Biggs, Jennie Breeden and a host of others.
• Hark! A Vagrant creator Kate Beaton will have some cartoons published in upcoming issues of The New Yorker.  Congratulations Kate!
• RGB Filter has an interview with Ryan North.
• Christopher Rivan has an essay posted on his blog entitled ‘What can you learn from a webcomic?’
• TGT Webcomics interviews Dawn Griffin from Zorphbert & Fred at C2E2.
• Playback:stl has an interview with creator Raina Telgemeier.
• Whazamo! State of the Art tackles the subject of webcomics.
• Cyanide and Happiness launches their iPhone app.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Dynagirl

Reported by Michael Moss.

• A documentary film about the work of Jim Woodring.
• Blogger frankh lists 5 webcomics that he thinks don’t suck.
• The Daily Cross Hatch has an interview with Jonathan Rosenberg.
• STLWebcomics.org offers a guide to publishing for the newbie.
• Webcomic Beacon #119 is about LEGO brick comics.
• Webcomics Critique reviews Cyanide and Happiness.
• Joe Hunter brings us his reprisal of Every Webcomic Ever.
• ComixTalk has a roundup of the nominees for the Joe Shuster Awards.
• Bean Leaf Press asks what makes a webcomic work?
• The Webcomic Overlook will be taking a break and offers a review of Marilith.
• The Red Right Hand returns to reviewing.
• Focus has a list of 12 cartoons to get you through the work day.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Matt Mullenweg, creator of WordPress, with this year’s State of the Word.
• Storming the Tower blogger Lauren Davis has a great wrap up and commentary of the recent webcomic app-flap or as I like to say app-flap-recap. Those Tweedles, they do battle don’t they!
• Geist has the nominees for the 2010 Joe Shuster Award in the Webcomic category.
• CBR has a piece about Christian Beranek and Tony DiGerolamo have joined forces with other webcomic creators to launch The Webcomic Factory.
• The Daily Cartoonist has a review of how Webcomics.com is doing as a subscription site.
• Jacked Up is a new webcomic by creator Jack Carter.
• CBR reports that Goats is on hiatus.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Max vs. Max

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• Cory Doctorow talks about the danger to publishers posed by the iPad.
• Robot 6 talks about the contest being offered by Microsoft UK where IT professionals share their user stories. The winning stories will be made into a webcomic called ‘Where’s the ‘Any’ Key.’ They also track down Brad Guigar and talk to him about discounts offered to Webcomics.com members.
• The College Voice calls out some webcomics it considers worth reading.
• The Webcomic Builder talks about how to script a webcomic.
• TGT Webcomics interviews Digital Pimp.
• The blog Eye Lazor Beams shares the webcomic he reads.
• The Times Live has a piece on Penny Arcade.
• Daily Break News highlights the Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
• Gods Playing Poker releases two new tshirts.
• Geeks.co.uk has a list of recommended webcomics.
• The Racquette highlights the webcomic ‘Bug.’
• New webcomic Big Damn Deal launches and gets a mention on Laughing Squid.

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• Cartoon advice from Bill Griffith; creator of Zippy the Pinhead.
• GeekDad has an interview with Foxtrot creator Bill Amend.
• Robot 6 has a MoCCA 2010 wrap up.
• ST. Louis Webcomics (STLwebcomics.org) has an interview with Spilled Ink Cartoons.
• The term ‘webcomic’ might make it into the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
• Storming The Tower has a post about this years’ Eisner Award nominations in the webcomic category.
• Denver Westword News has a piece about webcomics.
• New features of Photoshop CS5.
• Patrick Farley vows to return to webcomics.
• Can the iPad be a cheap substitute for the super expensive Cintique?

 Reported by Michael Moss.

• ‘Let’s Be Friends Again’ artist Chris Haley is moving on. Joel Priddy will be taking his place.
• USA Today has a piece about Penny Arcade, calling it a testament to the power of gaming culture.
• A write up of Shaenon Garrity and Gail Simone at WonderCon 2010.
• Chris Baldwin’s comic ‘Little Dee’ has come to an end. He’ll be moving on to his new comic ‘Spacetrawler‘ but in the meantime you can pre-order Little Dee Volume 4. Good luck Chris!
• DJ Coffman returns to doing ‘Yirmumah!’ daily. Best wishes to you DJ!
• Xaviar Xerexes reviews the book ‘At The Movies,’ a collection of the comic ‘Please Rewind.’
• A newsvine.com post by Dungbeetlemania about his favorite webcomics. What are your favorites?
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: 20 Something by Jimmy Norris

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• The tragedy of Calvin taking Ritalin.
• Charles Lavoie makes the case that practically every New Yorker cartoon can be re-captioned with ‘Christ, what an asshole!’ without loosing the funny.
• NH State Rep. Nick Levasseur, massive tool, thinks that anime is a reason that ‘two nukes just wasn’t enough.’ The incredible tool apologizes for his stupidity at least.
• Comic books absolved of role in vampire hunting spree in 1954.
• NYC Graphic has an interview with Jason Little.
• Fleen has a post about PAX East 2010 if you’re curious about how it’s going.
• Intervention webcomic convention pre-registration is open.
• Platinum and ezprints launch an online store.
• Sequential Tart has an interview with Anders Loves Maria creator Rene Engstrom.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Bottlebrush and Slick

Reported by Michael Moss.

JT and Brian Talk Webcomics.  TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

Guest:

Links:

TB-BA Spotlight:

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• Vox Magazine this week has a story about local creators using the web to share their work. It also has interviews with Scott Ziolko, Jeremy Burt, Gary Lister, JB Winter, and Keith Chan.
• Revo-emag has their picks for the best webcomics ever.
• CBR spotlights Gabrielle Bell.
• Webcomic Planet War! 2010
• The Webcomic Overlook #113 reviews Xylia Tales.
• The Beat has an interview with Rantz Hoseley on the LongBox launch at Emerald City.
• White Ninja reaches 1000 strips! Congratulations!
• Odori Park turns one year old. Congratulations Chris!
• Joey Manley posts about American Elf creator James Kochalka’s video game fund raiser.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Out Of The Blue

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JT and Kev Talk All tings Nightgig, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

Guest:

Links:

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• Free ebooks correlated with inreased print-book sales on BoingBoing.net.
• Jackson Ferrell at This Week in Webcomics has announced that he’s cartooning again. You can check out his new work over at Borderline-Boy.com. Best of luck!
• The Webcomic Overlook #111: Las Lindas.
• Check out The Bad Webcomics Wiki. There are some good comics on the list in my opinion so read it with a critical eye for the overly critical.
• Quitting Time and Gods Playing Poker are the newest webcomics to take Harknell of Onezumi.com up on his offer to create iPhone apps for comic creators. If you are a webcomic creator you should check out his offer!
• ROBOT 6 has an interesting piece on cartoonists and their self portraits.
• CBR has an interview with Bill Barnes and Paul Southworth about their newest effort Not Invented Here.
• Viper Comics and Daniel Barcroft launch Sanford Park. Best of luck!
• The British International Comics Show is coming up in October 2010.
• The Casual Webcartoonist writes about how to price your artwork (h/t ComixTalk).
• Otis Frampton talks about his new webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere on ComixTalk.
• The Beat posts about cartoonist Asaf Hanuka and his webcomic The Realist.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Steal This Webcomic

Reported by Michael Moss.

Back again with Kevin Hayman and the Music of Marc Gunn

Links not in the Blog so Far…

Wishtales Publishing Studio
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Red’s Planet by Eddie Pittman
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http://www.BubbaWorldComix.com

Schlegel’s Coffee Shop

Octobriana Kickstart site

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JT and Kev Hayman Talk about Nightgig, The Gigcast and What is going on around here!

…and yes, We’re back.

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• Nedroid is coming to TopatoCo.
• OSM cast has a roundtable discussion about webcomics.
• The Webcomic Builder takes on procrastination.
• MTV profiles Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik.
• Video Game Virtues interviews Matthew Taranto, creator of Brawl in the Family.
• Seattle Geekly podcast talks about electronic media and webcomics.
• The Daily Cartoonist has it that the Dallas Art News is going to start a webcomic section in April.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Hark! A Vagrant.
• MTV.com gives Axe Cop some press.
• The Webcomic Builder has an interview with Gianna Masetti, creator of The Noob.

Reported by Michael Moss. 

• Neil Gaiman weighs in on Christopher Handley’s case.
• Marvel Comics takes flack from Tea Party protestors and apologizes.  The price of accuracy I suppose.
• The Makers start an online series about business.
• The Webcomic Builder has an interview with Gianna Masetti (Hat tip to ComixTalk).
• Brad Guigar celebrates 10 years of webcomics. Congratulations Brad!
• Coyote Trax has a review of Atomic Laundromat.
• Comic Riffs interviews Scott Kurtz after he speaks at Macworld.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Cleveland.com has the first interview in 15 years with Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes.
• On the Etsy blog there’s an interesting post by Amanda Steinberg, founder of Dallyworth.com, about understanding online advertising.
• Charlie Stross posts about earning a living as a writer in a ‘post-Google’ era that has some good questions for webcomic creators as well.
• Xerexes has an interesting comparison of various webcomic tools for WordPress.
• The blog Vana Jezebel wants to know what webcomics you read.
• Hey! Look! Comics! has posted some thoughts on the Washington Post Webcomic of the Decade award.
• Comic Riffs at the Washington Post has eight burning questions from readers about their poll.
• While we’re on the subject of awards, This Week In Webcomics gives his us thoughts on The Webcomic List Awards.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• The Escapist has a webcomic contest. The winner gets a paid gig.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Order of Tales.
• Project Wonderful has added a geotargeting feature to their site.
• Fleen reports of a malware-distributing hack that targets WordPress/Comicpress.
• The Beat moves from PW to its own site.
• Webcomics Community opens up in response to Webcomics.com going behind a pay wall.
• Robot 6 at CBR has a conversation with Phil Foglio about why he chose to publish Girl Genius online.
• WOWIO and Top Cow team up to bring you Wanted, Darkness Witchblade and others.
• Comics Alliance talks with the creators of Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier.
• Webcomics on the iPad? An interesting article on Comics Alliance.
• Valley News has story about Zuda contestant Forest Rhodes.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• After three months Newsday’s pay-walled website has a whopping 35 subscribers. Hope Webcomics.com is doing better. Fleen talks about it too.
• Webcomics Inc is commissioning digital wallpaper. In exchange for your designs you’ll receive promotion of your webcomic. For more info contact them at webcomicsinc@gmail.com.
• SodaHead asks what your favorite webcomics are.
• Robot 6 on CBR has an interview with Josh Alves creator of the Araknid Kid.
• Platinum is teaming up with EZPrints for Drunk Duck merchandising.
• Mark Liebrecht is putting his webcomics ‘Caffinated!’ and Zombie Cops on hold while he switches over to producing his work digitally from start to finish.
• The Washington Post has a poll asking what your favorite webcomic of the past decade is.
• RIT is getting a visit from webcomic artists Nick Gurewitch and Chris Onstad.
• Scott Kurtz is coming to do a presentation and book signing at the Cartoon Art Museum.
• Ryan Estrada talks about webcomic inspired movies.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Here is an interesting video of Ralph Bakshi on surviving tough times.
• The Somali man is charged with attempted murder of Danish Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
• On a lighter note, here’s a create your own comic link from Marvel. You can create either comic strips or a comic book.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• The Washington Post column Comic Riffs wants nominations for best webcomic.
• Gunbaby? The baby with guns? Sounds like a gun that shoots knives to me, but the art is cool. Check out the submission call as well by Webcomics Community.
• Fleen clarifies a previous post about Webcomics.com.
• ComixTalk has an interview with David LaMason of Unbearable Bears.
• Xerexes shows us a highlight from a recent trip to the Cartoon Art Museum.
• Webcomic Overlook #103: Dead Winter.

Reported by Michael Moss.

First have a happy and fruitful New Year! Now on to the webcomic news.

• Robot 6 has a round-up and a happy first anniversary to you Sean!
• Webcomics.com becomes a pay site overnight with no transition.
• The marelouspatric has a dimmer view of Halfpixel’s pay-move. I think the ensuing discussion is pretty good.
• Here and here are some more people weighing in.
• Part 1, by Robot 6, what are you excited about for 2010?
• Kidd and Geezer talk webcomic economics.
• Fleen has a good round-up of chaos at Keenspot.
• ComixTalk has an interview with David LaMason of Unbearable Bears.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• When teachers make webcomics.
• Michael Jasper asks ‘Why Comics? And Why Webcomics?’
• 20 Questions with Lucas Turnbloom, creator of Imagine This.
• Robot 6 gives thanks for several favorite webcomics.
• TGT Webcomics asks how often do you update your comic?
• Nicholas and Jay ask about superhero webcomics so send them your favorites.
• The Webcomic Overlook will be updating sporadically due to another writing project.
• Sequential Tart interviews Gina Biggs, creator of Red String.
• Bukisa posts part three of a series on how to start a webcomic.
• Remember the Webcomic-Con 2009 at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, coming December 12th.
• The School Library Journal talks about webcomics for teens.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Reported by Michael Moss.

• The Company Man, by Pedro Hernendez, has started publishing on its own website in addition to Comics Nexus. Check it out!
• Webcomic creators assemble! Develop your own iPhone app offered free from the makers of AWSOM.org.
• The Telegraph picks the ten best webcomics.
• Scott McCloud asks what is ‘Your Comics-to-Crap Ratio?’
• Scott Kurtz has strong feelings about Wizard conventions and form letters. Good for him.
• Hermit Hill, the first webcomic in Metaplace.
• John Cleese gives us shares his brilliance on creativity.
• CBR talks about the death that stalks all webcomics.
• Brad Guigar asks the question, Facebook or SEO?
• Xaviar Xerexes reviews The Amulet Book Two, The Stonekeeper’s Curse.
• Does Kiva hold some secrets for webcomics?

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Comics Nexus has some great webcomics in their column Webcomics Wednesday. Check it out!
• Joey Manley talks webcomic promotion. Don’t forget to read the whole series.
• PHD Comics gets a post on Neatorama.com.
• The Beat gives us a good look at Baltimore Comicon.
• The Trades has an interview with Lora Innes, creator of The Dreamer.
• Brendan McGinley of Bankshot Comics announced the launch of their new webcomic ‘Citizen X: The Mission’.
• io9 highlights webcomics-in-print.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts some challenges to Joey Manley’s post about how to make a living with webcomics.
• Viz is accepting for submissions for their original graphic novel.
• Galactic Binder says that Star Wars themed webcomics deliver the goods.
• The Consumerist explains why even bad online reviews can increase sales.
• CBR has an interview with Tom Siddell, creator of Gunnerkrigg Court.
• Robots and Monsters on Neatorama.
• Fraggin’ photo reference for a fee.Scientific paper explains Superman’s powers.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Gordon McAlpin needs your help. He’s trying to raise funds so that he can pay for his print fun of the first Multiplex book. While you’re at it, check out Kickstarter as a way to raise funds to pay for your own project.
• News-a-rama interviews Emma Caulfield about Contropussy.
• The blog Shiny Shiny has a post about Bitstrips, a DIY webcomic site.
• CBR has an interview with Ron Perazza of DC Comics fame.
• Micropayments making a come back?
• A recording of 24 Hour Comic Day with KC Green, Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about raising the prominence of archive pages.
• Techdirt asks if Doonsbury has anything to learn from XKCD.
• At Digital CIty comic book artist Joel Watson shares how he makes a living with HijiNKS Ensue.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• An illustrated guide to making t-shirts with the Yudu machine. What IS a Yudu machine you ask? Make with the clicks and find out.
• The Beat has the 2009 Ignatz winners. Congratulations!
• Who reads webcomics? Read this post and find out. Here’s the original post.
• Newsarama.com reports that the webcomic Wide Awake has been optioned for film.
• io9 has an interview with Randal Munroe.
• GeekToMe posts that Wednesday will be webcomic day and asks for creators to email them with their URL.
• Act-I-Vate goes to the movies.
• Sweet Fat Life: Webcomic.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Secret Asian Man leaves Comics.com and resumes publishing on own site.
• Act-I-Vate at the Brooklyn Book Festival.
• Brad Guigar posts a how to create your own survey on Webcomics.com.
• The School Library Journal has a post about webcomics.
• Ryan Estrada posts about the state of the Cartoon Commune.
• Mike Lynch points out that today’s Hi and Lois talks about webcomics.
• The XKCD book, ‘xkcd:volume o,’ is now available.
• An interesting article about taking a look at what we’re actually paying for.
• Gods Playing Poker celebrated 2 years online on Sunday.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Forbidden Planet Intl. posts about Hark, A Vagrant.
• The Floating Lightbulb ponders 50 questions to ask yourself about your website.
• Counterpoint Weekly has a post The Rise of Webcomics.
• Minneapolis/St. Paul’s City Pages blog posted a Q&A with webcomic artist Keith Pille.
• Brad Guigar offers Evil Inc. to college newspapers for free. Hasn’t something like that been tried?
• Red String hits 1000 pages. Congratulations Gina!
• Yul Tolbert discusses the Rules for Engaging an Artist.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Harvey Pekar talks about webocmics in this interview at MTV.
• CBR reviews Skin Horse volume one.
• Randall Monroe reading to benefit EFF in San Francisco on Sept. 21st.
• PhD Comics posted on Neatorama.com.
• Swine Flu at PAX?
• Brad Guigar posts about how to use Photoshop paths to create word balloons and talks about self-syndicating to college newspapers at Webcomics.com.
• The webcomic Beacon #86 is about SIMS Machinma Comics.
• The Floating Lightbulb makes a case for using ComicRank.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• WordPress under attack? The case for upgrading your sites without delay made by Laughing Squid.
• Newsarama.com posted a review of Achewood Vol. 2: Worst Song, Played on Ugliest Guitar.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomic Critique reviews Starslip Crisis.
• Storming the Tower posts about Eerie Cuties and other works by Gisele Lagace.
• Xerexes posts about Side B: The Music Lover’s Comic Anthology over on ComixTalk.
• The Boston Comics Roundtable has just produced their third anthology: InBound.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• AppScout has a post entitled ‘Disney, Marvel, and the future of Online Comics.’
• Bad Idea Goggles has part one of a guide on how not to make webcomics.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomic Critique reviews Out Post 7.
• CBR checks out the Ignatz nominees.
• Locus column is about the success and critique of releasing free ebooks.
• Publishers Weekly talks about print collections and webcomics.
• io9 talks webcomics with their new post.
• Hey! Look! Comics! has a sarcastic list of tips for webcomic beginners. A word of caution: Successful people don’t seek company.
• The Examiner has a write up about the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.
• Xerexes points us to The Continentals, a new webcomic from Darryl Hughes and Monique MacNaughton.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Boing Boing highlights Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
• Interview with Darwyn Cooke, author and Illustrator.
• Obligatory link about Disney’s purchase of Marvel Comics.
• Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon on Lines and Colors.
• Webcomic Overlook No. 95: Legend of Bill.
• Xerexes reviews Knights of the Lunch Table on ComixTalk.
• Talking Comics with Molly Crabapple over on CBR.
• CBR has an interesting article called Unbound: Design Matters.
• Lubbock online has an article about webcomics.
• Technology News has 10 great webcomics that you should NOT share with your kids.
• io9 talks with Spike Trotman.
• SFGate has an article about the recent Mosters of Webcomics show at the Cartoon Art Museum.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Are you the next Comic Strip Superstar? Amazon and Andrews McNeel Publishing want to know. Brad Guigar has a good analysis.
• Webcomics.com University has it’s pilot episode.
• Jasper the Cat Tackles Health Care.
• 3 Keys To Finding Your Source of Inspiration.
• XKCD explains how to be a tech-support guru and gets highlighted on BoingBoing.net.
• Wowio! Has been bought from Platinum by Platinum CEO, Brian Altounian. More.
• The Floating Lightbulb points us at an interview with John Campbell.
• Marvel Digital Comics are coming to the Sony PSP.
• The Webcomic Beacon #87 is about the Femme Fatales.
• Guest Strip at Calamities of Nature.
• Comedy.com has a post ’11 Greatest Sex Jokes in Webcomics.’
• Comics Nexus highlights Pedro Hernandes’s Company Man.

Reported by Michael Moss.

JT and Kevin Talk Webcomics.

Guest:  Kevin Hayman from Errant Apprentice

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• ComicRank is getting some new features.
• WebDonuts is running a caption contest.
• CBR has an interview/article with the August Zuda contestants.
• CBR has an in depth interview with Ryan North.
• AppScout has an article about Top Shelf embracing the web.
• An interview with Diana Cameron McQueen about the new Girlamatic site.
• Teaching Baby Paranoia reaches it’s 500th strip. Congratulations!

Reported by Michael Moss.

• News-a-rama features webcomics creator Felipe Sobreiro.
• Big Shiny Robot! has an article about Gunnerkrigg Court.
• WYLFWT has launched version 5 of it’s website.
• The Boston Comics Roundtable has published anthology number three.
• Xaviar Xerexes interviews Caleb Sevcik.
• The LGBT Webcomic Charity Art Auction is coming. Check it out!
• Webcomic Beacon number 85 talks Editorial comics.
• TGT Webcomics turns 1 year old. Congratulations!
• Get Your War On is calling for a boycott of Jamba Juice. Here’s more.
• Odori Park creator Chris Watkins shares some lessons he learned during his ‘one-a-day personal challenge.’
• Brad Guigar posts about customizing the InkBlot theme for Webcomic 2.1.
• Pop-Tarts copies Kawaii Not. It is becoming clear that webcomic creators need a strategy to combat the stealing of our awesomeness.

Reported by Michael Moss.

***ADDED AFTER INITIAL POSTING***

Webcomic creator Megan Rose Gedris, YU+ME: dream, is being blackmailed. If you see any nude or semi-nude images posted somewhere on the inTARnets please notify her and help her get them taken down.

• Comics drawn on post-it notes.
• The art of Harvey Kurtzman.
• Syndicated cartoon strip headed for the Commons need uploading and tagging help.
• Kyle Latino continues to brainstorm about digital comics.
• Dinosaur Comics Battle v. New Yorker Dingus?
• CBR posts about six things that webcomics fans should do at SDCC.
• Juice company rips off Get Your War On.
• Over at ComixTalk Captain Nihilist asks ‘What’s so bad about calling them ‘webcomics?’

Reported by Michael Moss.

• How to Make Webcomics has been nominated for a Harvey Award. Congratulations!
• TGT Webcomics shines the spotlight on the ICA.
• The Webcomic Beacon #81 is about lettering and fonts.
• The website for Jesus and Mo was recently hacked.
• Technology News brings us five webcomics we can share with our kids.
• Brad Guigar posts about how to learn the webcomic medium.
• Comico 2.0 returns.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Comic writer Mark Sable detained by the TSA for carrying a script about writer under suspicion by the TSA. It’s no secret that the TSA has a great sense of humor.
• Razman360 asks, ‘What are your favorite Webcomics?’
• Sannalim posts a small webcomic entitled ‘Why I don’t Draw Webcomics.’The Examiner talks about the wonderful world of webcomic and has another article about starting one.
• The Floating Lightbulb talks about webcomic store traffic.
• Zingerding explains why they don’t like webcomics.
• ComicSpace does an ROI experiment to see who’s advertising is the best.
• ComixTalk has an interview with Calem Sevcik.
• Sandy Debreuil has a good article on Webcomics.com about creating comic strips in Flash.
• A Palace In The Sky reviews Precocious.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Jeremy Mullins has passed away due to injuries sustained while climbing in the Catskills. To his family and friends, please accept our heartfelt condolences.
• Kidjutsu gets a review in PW.
• The Daily Gamecock has a post about webcomics.
• PW also has a post about Sinfest and it’s creator Tatsuya Ishida.
• Stripshow 2.0 for WordPress is out.
• Webcomic Overlook takes a look at Set To Sea.
• The Floating Lightbulb posits twelve things that hurt your webcomic.
• The folks over at Winged Wolf Studio ponder the difference in jargon between webcomics and digital comics.
• WordPress 2.8 released.
• Fritz over at RackaFracka has a new Cartoons for Business page where he hocks his cartoons with business themes.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• The Sudbury Star, also published in the Toronto Sun, has a piece about webcomics called History in the Making.
• TGT Webcomics interviews Alina, creator of WereGeeks.
• The Floating Lightbulb has some tips on raising your visibility with Google.
• Brigid Alverson is joining Robot 6 on CBR.
• The Create a Comic Project has received funding and will have a 2010 tournament.
• The Awkward Scientist reviews Anders Loves Maria.
• The LoliDudes talks about Kawaii Not.
• News-a-rama talks about the changing technology of comics.
• Heidi macDonald, as always, keeps us informed.
• The Webcomic Overlook brings us One Punch Review #21.
• ComixTalk points out the Online Internet Webcomic Show.
• Brad Guigar posts about common mistakes when making word balloons.
• The Webcomic Beacon has a two part series called How Not to Make a Webcomic.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Onezumi had a car accident and, so if you can, please stop by her site and wish her well. There is also a donation sale. (*Thanks for the correction)
• Tom Spurgeion has a Comic-Con survival guide.
• The Boston Comics Roundtable has released the third issue of their anthology Outbound.
• Daryl Cagle talks about the future of syndication.
• Comics Worth Reading has a post about the business of comics.
• And the author of Beaver and Steve offers this on the creative process.
• Keith Knight is interviewed by The Story on American Public Media.
• Viz Media has launched a webcomic site according to ICV2.com.
• Starship Castle is starting a review column called Webcomics Warp where they review fantasy or sci-fi webcomics.
• The Washington Post interviews Comic Riffs Blogger Michael Cavna.
• The Floating Lightbulb points out where more help for WordPress users can be had and reviews Asset Bar.
• Robot 6 reports that the ACT-I-VATE primer is due out this fall.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Sean Kleefeld talks about the future of comic distribution.
• News-a-rama interviews Brock Heasley, author of SuperFogeys.
• The National Post talks to Jason Thompson about the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
• The Floating Lightbulb has some behind-the-scenes plug-in advice about WordPress.
• Krishna tells us why he doesn’t participate in link exchanges.
• Robot 6 has a post about Slash Print following the digital revolution.
• TwiTip, Twitter for Cartoonists.
• For Better for Worse author Lynn talks about reference material and give some great tips including using toys.
• Dinosaur Comics collection: improbably fantastic re-use of dinosaur clip art.
• Ever wonder what’s up with Jughead’s hat?
• A mini-documentary of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Digger moves from Graphics Smash to its own site where the men are pretty and the archives are free.
• Erfworld also has moved off of Giants in the Playground and  launched its own site.
• There are unconfirmed reports of ComicGenesis being hacked into and shut down over the weekend. Critical Kitty has more.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about why he thinks Comic Hosts are fading. Are they?
• Webcomics.com has an article on how to create a media kit.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• The Seattle PI has an interview with Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade.
• The National Post talks to Ryan North.
• Brad Guigar is taking pre-orders for Evil Inc. Volume 4. Now in color!
• Not to be overlooked, Evil Diva is review no. 75 on The Webcomic Overlook.
• Readers pick for best webcomic: Nerd Rage.
• Forces of Geek review thirteen webcomics.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique posts about some new finds.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about webcomic growth and measurement.
• Nick Eff reads a lot of webcomics. Let him show u some.
• Sunny Kris, The Webcomic on Indian Workplaces.

Written by Michael Moss.

• Yirmumah now has it’s own Anti-Social network ning.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Christopher J. Paulsen, creator of Precocious.
• The Beat reports that Saltwater Taffy is starting a webcomic version of it’s print comic.
• Neil Cohn needs some people to take part in an experiment. Bwahahaha science!
• Platinum Studios is facing a 20 million dollar defecit. Yikes!
• Free Webcomics Workshop for grades 6-11 on May 2nd at the Centerville Library if you happen to live in Ohio.
• The Floating Lightbulb highlights some French webcomics.
• Strawerry Syrup has an interesting post about being on hiatus.
• Johnny Saturn suggests some webcomics we should be reading.
• The blog Young Australian Skeptics gives a scathing and pretty spot on review of After Eden, a Christian anti-evolution webcomic. I suppose there had to be one out there.
• George Carroll has a post on Webcomics.com called ‘Learning from…webcomics?’ which is pretty good.

Reported by Michael Moss.

JT Talks Webcomics.

The Gigcast
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• Joey Manley talks about drama in webcomics.
• Scratchin Post and Li’l Nyet get reviewed by Talkin Bout Comics.
• Heidi MacDonald talks about the webcomics approach to printing.
• Xerexes posts about Musicslu as a possibility for pre-selling webcomics.
• An interview on ComixTalk with Brian Brown, creator of Bellen!.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• More print vs. webb debate.
• Camaron has a great post called ‘You Have Time’ over at Webcomics.com.
• Rackafracka launches a brand new newsletter.
• The Examiner has a review of The Elves of LleuGarnok.
• Some bad news.
• The webcomic Overlook has the 2009 Eisner Nominees for Best Digital Comic.
• The Beat tells us about the man who invented Comic Sans.
• Xerexes talks about Girlamatic over at ComixTalk.
• Clickwheel.net has relaunched and upgraded so check it out.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• Cat Garza’s is having some issues with a chiropractor, fleen has the story.
• The Webcomic Beacon #70: the 2008 Beaky Awards.
• The Washington Post asks ‘Where Else Do You GO to Fill Your Comics Needs?’ A good question!
• News-a-Rama has an interview with Box Brown.
• Spy6teen debuts on Zuda.
• Yen Press Launches Toxic Planet Comic Online.
• Talkin Bout Comics talks about webcomics that aren’t Zuda.
• Karmic Debt Comics gets hot under the collar about Scott Kurtz.
• Barkeater Lake celebrated 10 years in January. Better late than never for a hearty congratulations!
• Here’s some good advice on designing memorable tshirts for your webcomic from Webcomics.com.
• Sandra and Woo get a review on WebcomicZ.
• The Floating Lightbulb talks about webcomic site design.
• The Art Geek Zoo has a post about its evolving status after one year. Congrats on turning 1!
• The new webcomic Urfs by Mike Jacobsen and Phil Selby was in the spotlight on Neatorama.com.

Reported by Michael Moss.

• A digital painting demo from Jami Noguchi of Erfworld.
• Emerald City ComcCon is on for this coming weekend.
• Startslip reaches 1000 Strips. Congratulations Kris!
• The Webcomic Overlook is taking April off.
• Hugo nominated webcomic ‘The Body Politic’ is free download.
• BlogTO has a post about Ryan North and Project Wonderful.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Alex and Nick of Rocket Llama.
• The Examiner has a review of ‘MY 25 Percent’ and part 3 of a series about how to get a webcomics started.
• Calamities of Nature is having their first ever caption contest. Find out more here.
• Readers of ZergWatch, a video game fanzine, have picked ‘Let This Mask Hide the Tears’ as the best webcomic.
• Robot 6 points out that IDW is bringing back GrimJack and other ComicMix titles back into print.
• Alone in a Crowd has a nice Webcomics Weekend wrap up post and COmixTalk has Webcomics Weekend Part 2.

Reported by Michael Moss.

JT is back on Talkshoe with a good bunch of webcomicers to talk about NEWW and the new Webcomic Planet.

Guests: Twitter names for now…  links to follow.

Follow these people on twitter :  @Frumph @StealThisComic @sekelsky @DungeonWarden @djnicknitro @rhoratio and others!

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• Joey Manley is looking for your tshirt designs.
• The Webcomic Overlook has a review of Evil Diva.
• ComixTalk has a review of the Webcomics Weekend.
• Xerexes has an interview with Brian Babendererde, creator of Soul Chaser Betty.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Nathan Bonner of Indavo.
• Some photos of the Webcomic Weekend.
• Webcomic Finds has a review of Seek and Destroy from Anarchy Comics.
• The Examiner has a review of the webcomic Traitor.
• Storming the Tower has a review of Of Bears and Men.
• PVP offers a tshirt with the slogan ‘You’re Killing Newspapers by Reading Webcomics’ on it in time for the Webcomics Weekend.
• UCLICK offers free Dramacon Comic App through Apple.
• Carmine Magazine talks about The Create a Comic Project.
• GeekDad has his second anniversary and revisits Ten Great Webcomics.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique reviews Surviving Retail.
• C.B. Cebulski shares his tips on how to break into comics.
• CBR spotlights Jim Mahfood’s Los Angeles Ink Stains as a webcomic to watch.
• The Cartoon Art Museum is lookin for professional cartoonists to take part in their Cartoonist-in-Residence Program. If you fit the bill and are interested please contact membership@cartoonart.org.
• Wellon’s Weblog has an post entitled ‘Why Web Comics are Better.’
• Johnny Saturn joins ComixsXP.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Lucas Turnbloom on The Gigcast 184.  AND  Shallow Thought from Christiana Ellis, The TBBA Spotlight from Brian Anderson, Thw Webcomic Wire from Mike Moss and a visit to The Nightgig Studio Lounge to hear The Barnkickers!

Guest:

Lucas Turnbloom  from Imagine This!

Musical Guest:

The Barnkickers on CD Baby

JC Hutchins Personal Effects

TB-BA Spotlight:

1. dogeatdoug@JTShea oops, I meant this link: http://www.sordidcityblues….

2. dogeatdoug@JTShea And Imy shirts are now available: http://tinyurl.com/b5mzrv

3. dogeatdoug@JTShea And http://www.george-comics.com/

4. dogeatdoug@JTShea And: http://www.willowsgrove.com…

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• Andrew Farago announced the passing of Rod Gilchrist, Executive Director of the Cartoon Art Museum. Our heartfelt condolences to Gilchrist’s family and friends for their loss.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with J Gray, creator of Mysteries of the Arcana.
• ComixTalk links to a printable DIY comic on how to make mini comics.
• The New England Webcomics Weekend 2009 reaches capacity.
• Maria Walters asks ‘What’s up with webcomics?’
• Gaming Aisle has some picks for their segment Webcomic of the Week.
• Mashable has their list of the 20 best webcomics.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Nedroid’s Picture Diary.
• PR.com has a press release about a 50-year-old video editor named Byron Wilkins who changed careers to become a webcomic artist.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about some newer webcomics.
• Comix 411 has an interview with Larry Latham.
• God’s Playing Poker moves from Thursday to Friday.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomic Critique has a review of Boxes o’ FOxes.
• Issue #19 of Creative Characters has an interview with Cyrus Highsmith.
• News-a-rama has the nominees for the LA Times Book Prize which were announced on the 3rd.

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Interviews from Megacon 2009

Guests:

Mark Mekkes http://www.Zortic.com
Nick Nitro  http://www.dribbleforkids.com
Mike Maihack http://www.cowandbuffalo.com
Dave Shabet  http://www.deadwinter.cc
Martin Brant and the drew from http://www.grimfurrytales.com/
Echo Chernik form http://www.echo-x.com
Jenifer walker aka scraps from http://www.randomactscomics.com/
Derrik Fish http://www.dandyandcompany.com/
Jenny Breeden  http://www.thedevilspanties.com

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2009 Megacon Webcomics Panel

Thanks to the Webcomic Folks who were nice enough to take time away from their tables to help make the Webcomic  Panel such a success!

Jenny Breeden  thedevilspanties.com
Dave Shabet  deadwinter.cc
KC Green     rumblo.com
Mike Maihack cowandbuffalo.com
Mark Mekkes (corrected)Zortic and eti-pi
Ryan Sohmer  licd.com
Krishna Sadasivam (corrected!) PCWeenies.com 

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• Ryan Estrada applies for his dream job as Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Best of luck Ryan!
• Applegeeks reaches 500 episodes. Congratulations Hawk and Ananth!
• Todd & Penguin are back.
• Karen Ellis faces a disastrous fire. For the latest go read her blog. Right now she needs the Mac version of Photoshop.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Jamie Jennings of Emerald Winter.
• Creator Interview with Greg Kinman at Zuda Fan.
• The Christian Science Monitor asks, are your comic books really at risk?
• Strip News details some cool stuff in happening in webcomics.
• The Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is still looking for that special someone.
• The Webcomic Overlook takes a gander at Anders Loves Maria.
• Shepard, Lessig and Steven Johnson in NYC Feb. 26th – Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.
• WonderCon is coming!
• Crappy economy and Diamond de-listing hit Viz hard, company announces restructuring. Good luck!
• The Harvey Award nominations are open.
• Digital_Femme has a post entitled Black Women in Comics: Part 1.
• News-a-rama has an interview with Stuart and Kathryn Immonen.
• Quitting Time will now publish on Monday and Wednesday. That’s right! Twice as much wacky retail antics as before!
• The ComicSpace T-shirt Store Beta is open for business.
• Video of the webcomics panel at Katsucaon 15.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Live on Talkshoe

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• Uclick seems to be leading the pack in distributing comics to the iPhone.
• DJ Coffman has a video tutorial on drawing comics with Cintiq.
• Webcomic Finds explains their comic categories.
• An interview on ComixTalk with Grant Thomas.
• Publisher’s Weekly has an article about the good turnout to NYCC 2009.
• Freelance Switch has 10 tax deductions that freelancers can make.
• A new website for sharing sketches called Sketchory.
• New Curator has a post called Museums and Webcomics.
• CBR has their thoughts on which webcomics we should be watching.
• The Washington Post has an article called ‘Which Webcomic Are You Ready to Rally Behind?’
• CBR has a piece about Dark Horse continuing to print webcomic titles.
• Switched says Marvel Comics are coming to the iTunes Store.
• ComixTalk has an interview with Greg Dean, creator of Real Life.
• Fried Fish Comcs is one year old. Congratulations!
• The Examiner has a piece about webcomics.
• The Daily Star has an article called ‘Teen Talk: Weekend Reviews: My time to judge more webcomics.’

Reported by Michael Moss.

JT and Scott Talk Webcomics with Nick Nitro of Dribble for Kids and The Good, Bad and The Geeky podcast. Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson., and we visit the Nightgig Lounge to hear the music of The Hosts.

Guest:

• Nick Nitro of Dribble for Kids and The Good, Bad and The Geeky podcast.

Links:

DavidGallaher @JTShea – The critically acclaimed werewolf western, HIGH MOON started its third season during Monday night’s full moon! highmooncomic.com

sekelsky @JTShea www.webcomicsweekend.com, naturally.

www.BuzziNews.com

Zorphbert and Fred have a new official website? It’s now at: www.zfcomics.com

TB-BA Spotlight:

• A pretty fantasy comic: http://music-ofthe-spheres.blogspot.com/2008/11/chapter-1-page-1-next-page.html
• Brand new, mature audience, freakin’ funny strip: http://cocknbull.net/
• Aaaaaaand one I’m just getting into: http://youmeandsteve.com/

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• News-a-rama has a post about the NYCC Dark Horse Comics Panel and Marvel Digital Panel.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews SPQR Blues.
• The Express Buzz has a piece about the economy and comics.
• Webcomic Finds reviews Jovian Luck.
• Blambot’s Nate Piekos has a great post about comic-book lettering.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics with Brian Gibson of Stoopitz. Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

Guest: Brian Gibson From Stoopitz.com

TB-BA Spotlight:

dogeatdoug @JTShea And another: http://tinyurl.com/ctbodv

This one is quirky but really funny: http://askrachelcomic.com

And another killer comic: http://www.thanuka.com

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• The Independant has a good piece called ‘How Cartoons Joined the 21st Century.’
• Sony Pictures Animation and Platinum Studios, Inc. team up to develop an animated feature.
• The Cartoon Art Museum in SF is having a benefit screening of Watchmen on March 5th. If you want to volunteer for thier wondercon party give a shout to Andrew (gallery@cartoonart.org).
• Ka-Blam has started ComicsMonkey, a distribution network for print-on-demand comics to comic shops.
• Union of Heroes reaches 100 pages. Congratulations!
• An update on what’s going on with ComicSpace, LLC.
• A new Scott McCloud graphic novel in the works.
• An interestin post in defense of the webcomics business model.
• Da Blog has part one of a series called ‘Webcomics’ Identity Crisis.
• Ars Technica talks about the Infinite Canvas.
• The Weekly Webcomic Spotlight is HotShot and Mighty Girl by Fred Van Lente.
• The Webcomic Overlook has a post questioning the value of negative reviews.

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Here it is.

Check out Lea Hernadez. Good Bad and the Geeky.

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• Gizmodo has a piece about Monty Python and the benefits of giving away content for free.
• The Beat asks What’s up with Nick Gurewich?
• ComixTalk has an update to Project Wonderful. Tougher to get in and stay in.
• The Webcomic Beacon episode 62 is about Hobbyists vs Professionalists.Brad Guigar posts a wrapup of his appearance at Harvard.
• The Webcomic Overlook takes a gander at Femmegasm.
• Xerexes has a draft of the 100 Greatest webcomics lists for Comedy and Drama.
• Kris Straub talks about his re-branding of Starslip Crisis on Webcomics.com.
• The lawsuit against Mike Peters has been dropped by the Columbian Coffee Growers Federation.
• Video of Illustrator Charlene Chua doing her thing using Adobe Illustrator.
• Boom! Studios launches a new blog called MarkWaid.com which is a how-to source for writing comics.
• An interview with Goats creator Jon Rosenberg on CBR.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  on Talkshoe  LIVE!

Guest:

Karl shows up with a Megacon Update.

Horatio from Rampage Network stops by with some news.

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• Comixpedia celebrates three years. Congratulations Xerexes!
• Webcomix-blog promises a new webcomic featured every day.
• Hello Mic Test has a post about the how to produce and popularize your webcomics.
• PinkRaygun.com has a post titled Making Our Way: Pimping Webcomics.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Devon Legacy creator Keith Taylor.
• Prism Comics announces new episodes of The Werewif on Wednesday.
• News-A-Rama has discovered Zuda’s interesting use of Twitter.
• The Exchange Magazine has a post, and video of Scott McCloud’s TED talk.
• This Week in Webcomics recommends Hijinks Ensue to readers.
• Sean Kleefeld’s thoughts about comics and webcomics.
• Ben Huh posts tips about developing community.
• The Escapist Magazine has an a post about a new writing aid called ‘Write or Die.’ I can’t wait for the Adobe plug-in version to keep me in line while drawing.
• Halo 3 webcomics has a post about making good text balloons.
• MT Interview with Alexander Danner and Edward J. Grug III.

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Brought to you by the Fighting Gregories they bring you reviews and articles about why they love gaming. From the music, to the art, the characters, the culture and everything in between.

Check out their first review over at www.wingdamage.com.

JT and Scott interview Norm Feuti of Retail and his new webcomic Gill.  Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

Guest: Norm Feuti of Retail and his new webcomic Gill.

TB-BA Spotlight:

dogeatdoug Lots-o-linkies: http://webcomic.us/finnstrip/ , http://glitchtown.com/ , http://unconsciousink.com/inklings/ And a couple more: http://theairingcupboard.ne… , http://askrachelcomic.com/i

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• The Guest Strip Project is in dire need of strips, so if you haven’t done one please go on over and get involved.
• The economy claims another victim, this times it’s Young American Comics. Their final news letter announced their going-out-of-business sale.  Sad to see you guys go!
• The Webcomic Junkie has a part 1 of a series of posts about made up webcomic terminology.
• James Sime from Isotope Comics in San Francsico and other shop owners talk to CBR about the effect of webcomics on traditional comic sales.
• This Week in Webcomics has the first have of an interview with Calamities of Nature creator Tony Piro.
• The Independent of Southwestern Minnesota has a piece about Jamie Haram, creator of Picatrix.
• Xerexes is looking for some new and cool webcomics to read.
• The Montreal Mirror has an interview with Karl Kerschl, creator of The Abominable Charles Christopher.
• Webcomics have made it back onto Instructables.
• Adam Susskind has a webcomic tutorial in PDF form.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

News

E-mail:

From Mark Mekkas

Hi JT, If it’s not too late for news this week, I have a little something. In order to get ahead for the convention season, I’m going to reduce ETI-PI to 2 days per week for a while.  However, to make up for it, I’m going to present some “additional content” fiction over at Zortic.  Specifically I’m going to be introducing “The Adventures of Blast Rocketron” starting next Wednesday (bonus trivia points to anyone who remembers who Blast Rocketron is). I appreciate any plugging you can do. Thanks, Mark

visit Zortic at http://www.zortic.com, ETI-PI at http://www.eti-pi.com and Abby’s Agency at http://www.abbysagency.us

Links:

TB-BA Spotlight:

dogeatdoug And a big “SuperFogeys” announcement: http://www.th3rdworld.com/web-comic/The-SuperFogeys

Oh yeah! This is by one of my fav comic artists. Does a lot of stuff for SLG: http://fscwasteland.net/muZz/

And a plug to go vote for “Calamities of Nature” at the Weblog awards: http://tinyurl.com/8nelrj

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• Correction: Tony Piro was kind enough to write and correct the post about his guest strip contest.There were actually three winners (1, 2 and 3) and he also points out that Calamities of Nature, along with others like Dilbert, XKCD and Jesus and Mo, is up for the 2008 Web Blog Awards: Best Comic Strip catgory. Voting is still on. A hearty congratulations to all three winners and best of luck Tony
• Frumph.net has started a contest of sorts called the 2009 Webcomic Promotion Wars wherein you promote yourself in various ways, earn points for that and then do battle.
• AfterElton.com has a post called ‘It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Gay Webcomics!’
• Your Anti-Snark has a review of Out There and takes some swipes in a Year-In-Review post.  The new YWIBAYSFB?  Let’s hope not.
• David Malki interviews on The Sound of Young America.
• 500 episodes without poop jokes? Harder than you might think (via ComixTalk) Congratulations Evan!
• ComixTalk also has an announcement from ComicBrush.com that they have fixed some problems with their program.

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• Happy New Year everyone!
• Frumph.net releases QuickFrumph, like QuickKeen but with more Frumph. They’ve also introduced
• WebComicPlanet, Free hosting for webcomics using Comipress MU.
• NewsARama has an interview with Matthew Forsythe, creator of Ojingogo.
• ComixTalk has a post about Howard Tayler’s presentation on Making Money By Giving Webcomics Away.
• The Webcomic Overlook has gleened some answers to the Heidi MacDonald’s question about what the biggest story of 2008 was, and what stories in 2009 will be big.
• Derik Badman’s best webcomics of 2008 list.
• Chris Onstad, creator of Achewood at Googleplex.
• Tony Piro clues us in to an interview with Chris Anderson, the author of The Long Tail book and blog.
• He also has posted the winner of his Guest Strip contest. Congratulations Stephanie!
• Zuda Fan has an interview with creator Spencer Platt.
• If you haven’t heard about reader oriented podcast TGT Webcomics, go and have a listen.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  A year in review recorded live on Talk Shoe.

Guest:  Eveyone who listened and called in.

Links: To Be Added later.

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• Sarah Jaffe posts about the possibility of doing a weekly webcomic column on Newsarama. I say go for it!
• Delos reviews Battlegate.
• The New York Times has a piece about comics ‘Feeling the Pain of Print.’
• The SF Examiner has a post from Joystiq, the second part of ‘Readers Pick Best Webcomic: How the King Stole Christmas.’
• The Village Voice has a piece about webcomics that features Achewood, Bodyworld and Templar, Arizona.
• CBR has a chat with Jamaica Dyer, creator of Wierd Fishes.
• This Week in Webcomics has a three part list of his favorite webcomics.
• MadScott pointed out this handy comic tools blog over on Twitter.
• The Floating Lightbulb has an interesting post about the search engine Mooter.
• Webcomics Inc has a flash hangman game where you guess the titles of webcomics.
• FLEEN talks about Sam Jain, and eFront.
• Brigid Alverson reports that TokyoPop is reviving their manga pilot program.
• Creator the Marvelous Patric announces that Freaks N Squeeks returns with all new comics over on ComixTalk.
• Zuda Fan has an interview with creator Spencer Platt.

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• The School Library Journal has an interview with Sarah Ellerton, creator of Inverloch.
• Check out the Webcomic Holiday Postcard Fundraiser.
• iFanboy has a post about webcomics.
• Spike posts about Zuda contracts over at PopCultureShock.com.
• Webcomics.com has a tutorial about creating word balloons in Photoshop.
• Quitting Time, my webcomic, has teamed up with FoolishGadgets.com to bring you Products That Never Made It.
• What do you think about Webcomicsworld.com? The Floating Lightbulb doesn’t hold back as usual. Here is some more reaction.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

We are joined by Kevin Hayman of Errant Apprentice.

Guest:

Links:

Twitter Bits:

Frumph @JTShea working on a Women in Webcomics pinup site for a mag and webcomic promotions

hijinksensue @JTShea all next week Im running guest comics drawn by my readers (Actuall starting Fri, then Mon and Wed)

TB-BA Spotlight:

Oh yah! Got some good one’s this week: http://www.fritzcartoons.com/

Absolutely hooked on this one. Brilliant, brilliant: http://www.2cowsandachicken…

And a plug for the awesome SF origins storyline: http://tinyurl.com/46vlah

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• The Washington Post has an interview with Darrin Bell, the creator of Candorville.
• Tony Piro, creator of Calamities of Nature has a great tutorial called Flatting Your Comic.
• Instructables is starting a series of how-to posts on webcomics. Here is the first one about scanning, cleaning adn publishing line art.
• Also, if you haven’t heard about Webcomics Collage, check it out!
• Fleen has a good review of some interesting and candid posts about Zuda contracts.
• NY Comic Con has made the arts section of Staten Island’s own silive.com.
• We the Robots joins Pibgorn in the New Uclick webcomics lineup for iPhone, iPod Touch and whatever other buzzwords they can throw in there. Congratulations to Chris Harding and Scott Meyer!
• The Beat has a nice post about ADSDAQ and new ad services offered by Joey manley and ComicSpace.
• A comic contest from Saad Akhtar, creator of Fly, You Fools!

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