Leah Hernandez talks about How To Make Webcomcis from Halfpixel.

Italian comic book Dylan Dog from Platinum Studios to be made into a feature film. In other Platinum news the will be partnering with Top Cow to bring Witchblade to the big screen. Sounds like the farming is going well over at P.S. this season.

Webcomic Overlook has a review of SugarShock!

Next week Comic Fencing will review Geeks Next Door.

Glitchtown points out a problem with How To Make Webcomics and kudos to Brad Guigar for posting about it on his blog.

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Scott, Kev, and Myself.. Talk about Stuff. Shallow Thoughts from Christian Ellis and “Bitter” From Woodster!

Links to Stuff Mentioned:

O’Deer, PVP, Scott Kurtz Flicker, Comic Book Challenge , Platinum Studios , I was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space, Zuda, Hanibal Goes to Rome, Drunk Duck, Side B a musical Anthology, Kit White, The Scienteers, Quitting Time, Nothing Better, Webcomics Nation, Comics Press, PinkeyTA, Stanley the Whale

TWITTER LINKS!

Jt: http://twitter.com/JTShea

Scott: http://twitter.com/madscott

Kevin: http://twitter.com/kotaotan

Mike: http://twitter.com/Darthmike

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• Giving away your content for free? Think like a dandelion, interesting article.
• Scott Kurtz surprised at CAPE.
• Readers pick most Super Effective webcomic over at Joystiq.
• Webcomic Asylum has an interview with Joanne Wojtysiak of Gothbunnies.
• Despite a great response, I know that some are still waiting for their copy of How To Make Webcomics. Here’s hoping the logjam breaks soon because it’s a good book.
• PVP gets write-up in the Wired blog.
• Nice write-up for Cartoonists in Toronto, including webcomic creators.
• Fluther.com user Foolaholic asks what webcomics we frequent.
• Introducing the latest webcomic promotion guide; a little incomplete, but a good start.
• Nothing Better is calling for guest strips.
• Comic Fencing gets a new look and is looking for comics to review.
• The Webcomic Beacon podcast this week has a discussion entitled Grayscale vs B&W vs Color which looks promising.
• Interesting post at The Scienteers about the equation of webcomic success.
• Jim Henson explains visual thinking.

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• A womping 10 years of PVP! Congratulations Scott!
• Tim Broderick replies to Chris Wright’s guest column on Fleen.
• Webcomics collective Transplant Comics seems to be recovering well from surgery.
• Red String celebrates 5 years. Congratulations Gina!
• 5 years of Station 3V. Congratulations Tom!
• The Webcomic Overlook has a one punch review of Wayfarer’s Moon.
• Comic Fencing has started with their first reviews of We The Robots.
• Voting for the Eisner Awards is open.
• I had the chance to meet Craig Schwartz and the other creators of Toonlet at their Maker’s Faire table on Saturday.  They seem really energized about their software and had some interesting ideas about how it might be used by existing webcartoonists to enhance their forums by giving fans access to their characters so they can respond to the latest strip and to each other. Commentary through comics? Could be cool.

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Interview with David Gallaher of High Moon on Zuda and we talk with Krishna of PC Weenies about Tooncastiong, all that and the DD report form Black Kitty and Spang.

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• Toonlet, a service that provides tools allowing you to create webcomics with custom characters in minutes, regardless of artistic ability.
• Comic Fencing is a new review site that promises dueling reviews and invites viewers to participate.
• Quitting Time’s first time waster game is up in beta form and we’d love to have you try it out. The Customer of the Week Memory game.
• ‘Spark Rain Fire’ asks you what is your favorite webcomic is?
• Tony Breed talks about the connection between indie music and webcomics.
• This year’s Free Comic Book Day seemingly isn’t all that great according to i09; too bad they didn’t have more webcomics this year to spice things up.
• GirlAMatic will not be holding its usual open submissions call this year.
• Wes Molebash on Major Spoilers Podcast #12.
• Heidi MacDonald covers Stumptown at The Beat.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Zebra Girl.

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• Games and some Cosplayers at NY Comic Con covered on BBtv. Nice despite the BMW advertising.
• Iron Man redesigned by fans. I’m a sucker for stuff like this. 
• Dean Haspiel, one of the founders of ACT-I-VATE, has started an entry for Zuda called Street Code.
• Brad Guigar says you can have your cake and eat it too with his new B&W/ Color toggle for Evil-Inc. 
• David Gallaher, of High Moon fame, has a Weekly Webcomics Round up on the production blog The High Moon Rises.
• Stumptown Comics Fest in the press. 
• T. Campbell posts his advice about writing long form comics.
• Diesel Sweeties reaches #2000 and Wondermark reaches five years! Congrats to the both of you.
• The Webcomic Watchmen review Sizzzord-Fizzzight!
• The Webcomic Overlook gives a one punch review of Roza.

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Interview with Barry Smith of Ink Tank, and the Rowles Brothers stop by just to chat.

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• The reality of depending on ‘1000 True Fans’, a follow up piece by Kevin Kelly.
• Galleycat has an interesting post about NYCC. 
• CBR has an interview with Achewood creator Chris Onstad.
• Content Digital has an interview with Kelly Price from ComicGenesis. 
• Voting has begun for the Eagle Awards. Nominees are in the category of Favourite Web-Based Comic are Girl Genius, Penny Arcade, PVP, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, and The Order Of The Stick.
• Wow, this is just breathtaking piracy. 
• Fleen has a post about the future of Comicspace and E-Line Ventures.
• ComicMix has a post on the ‘Webcomic: Threat or Menace’ panel at NYCC. 
• Wired interview with Dr. McNinja creator Chris Hastings.

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• Butternut Squash turns 5 years old! Congratulations Ramon and Rob!
• PreTeena is calling it quits. 
• Interview and video of Scott & Ivy  McCloud and their panel appearance at NYCC.
• NYCC photos.
• Webcomic Overlook reviews Phoenix Requiem for ComixTalk.
• Webcomics 201: The Writing Process. 
• Suburban Conspiracy has a webcomic thread to go along with it’s comic thread.
• Peter Trinh asks what we think about music in webcomics over at Imprint. More of a what music does such-and-such a webcomic make you think about when you read it rather than adding music directly to webcomics, which is universally acknowledged to be annoying. 
• An interview with Jose Cabrera, creator of Crying Macho Man.

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• A.P. Furtado, Nate Piekos, Chuck Whelon and James West are teaming up to start a new sketch blog for all fans of old-school, RPG-inspired cartoon fantasy comics.
• If you missed the broadcast of Webcomics Live from Scott Kurtz he was nice enough to record it for you. 
• Dilbert.com gets a fresh look.
• Get your submission in for the 26^th annual Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award. 
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Alpha Shade.
• ComicSpace sponsored the annual CBLDF Drink and Draw fundraiser.
• Kristopher Straub talks about the state of the consortium.
• Dreamworks Studios options the rights to Platinum Studios ‘Atlantis Rising’.
• What do you think about animation in webcomics? Robbi_kenobi gives us his views.

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Webcomic News, DD News with Spang and BK ,and the music of George Hrab

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• A review of Comic Book Creator 2 by Geeks of Doom.
• An interview with Anne Thalheimer. 
• Lea Hernandez answers questions about webcomics for students who are writing papers on the subject.
• Editor and Publisher posts about Syndicates and the reduced size of comics space in newspapers. 
• Dave Kellett, creator of Sheldon, is interviewed at Art & Story.
• Klos, creator of the webcomic Desert Story, is the first to try Fundable to raise money for his webcomic. Ok, well the first that I’ve seen at any rate. Good luck Klos! 
• Nicholas Gurewitch is up for an Eisner Awasrd. Best of luck Nicholas! Check out also, the nominees for Best Digital Comic.
• Diana Goes Digital #5 over at The Savage Critics!
• An interesting post about copyright law changes, I’m not sure about how true this is or when/ if the referenced legislation will become law; however, it’s worth looking into for sure. (Hat tip to the Scienteers!)

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Webcomic news reviews and commentary, and Mike Moss stops by with a review of “How to Make Webcomics” by The Half Pixel Guys, and the music of Beatnik Turtle.

Notes:

Ink Tank Returns!

Big News at Keen Spot

Congrats to Michael Dyer Our Beatnik Prize pack Contest Winner

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• Barry Smith is returning to webcomics with Inktank.
• Keenspot will be discontinuing their premium service as of 5/1/2008. 
• Ice will be on hiatus until June.
• Villnard Publishing, a part of the Random House Publishing Group via Ballantine Books, announced that they will be publishing a graphic novel based on Platinum Studios’ ‘Unique’ series.
• Drawn! The Illustration & Cartooning Blog has a post about the new Halfpixel book How to Make Webcomics. The comment thread below has a discussion about making money with your webcomic.
• The Scream Factory is going to be publishing books via Wowio.com.
• Carrie Stetler from the Star-Ledger reviews The Nietzsche Family Circus.
• Keith Knight, creator of The K-Chronicles, has a new strip called Knight Life, which will be daily. Good luck Keith! 
• New York Anime Festival announces new dates and will now be held in September 26-28 and that will put it up against Baltimore Comic-Con.
• Shaenon K. Garrity gives her opinion on John Stanley’s Little Lulu. 
• Broken Frontier talks to Bobby Crosby about Marry Me.
• The Webcomic Beacon has posted their schedule for April.

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• The Boxcar gang posts their very first Jam, My Favorite Superhero.
• Neil Gaiman reads at the NYCC to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. 
• Heidi MacDonald posts about backstage at the Too Much Coffee Man Opera.
• Neil Cohn has a newly posted essay about navigating comics. 
• Webcomic Overlook gives a One Punch Review of Much the Miller’s Son.
• The Comic Curmudgeon reviews SPQR as the Geek Comic of the Week for ITworld. 
• Webcomics.com has an interview with Starline Hodge.
• Sidebar, a podcast about comics, art and pop culture, has posted a show with Gina Biggs of Strawberry Comics and Greg Carter of UpDown Studios.
• Caught Stealing Brains has a review with Caribbean Blue.
• The Daily Cartoonist has a post about Brad Guigar’s new book for Evil, Inc. 
• Sam & Max will be coming to the Wii.
• The Greeks love them some webcomics. Take a sec to visit Webcomics.gr and see how others in the world make webcomics. 
• Xuenay continues posting about copyright.
• Joel Watson blogs about his experience doing a guest strip for PVP. 
• The Trolls Strike Back via Encyclopaedia Dramatica. NSFW and don’t blame me for the content which is worse than the YWIBAYSFB blog. It exists and so I’m pointing it out. You’re welcome to have at them; however, beware that it’s pointless.

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• Interesting post in the blog Making Mistakes Making Games called I, for one, welcome our new webcomics overlords.
• Max Riffner gives us his take on the book How To Make Webcomics. 
• ComixTalk interviews Chris Crosby of Keenspot.
• School Spirit talks about his traffic numbers.
• Comixtalk interviews T. Campbell and if you haven’t noticed Comixtalk also has a new look.
• Marvel Comics starting their webcomics foray with some viral marketing.

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• Cory from BoingBoing.net and Randal Munroe, creator of XKCD will be at 3PiCon in Springfield, MA, Aug. 22-24.
• Fleen has the scoop on a panel at NYCC called Webcomics: Menace or Threat? I say, Threat. 
• Platinum Studios named as a finalist for 2007 Foreward Magazine’s book of the year award.
• Comic of the Month announced that they’re changing focus from a voting list to a banner exchange program of some sort because “I realized there were just too many of those comic voting sites out there.” Isn’t this the sort of thing you do on a white board before you launch? 
• Webcomic Overlook will be taking a two week hiatus.
• The Daily Cartoonist has an article about the debate with Ted Rall and Rich Stevens, among others, who debated the impact of webcomics on cartooning. 
• Finally got my copy of How To Make Webcomics and I must say it’s a good read.
• Go and check out Comic-1, a new list and review blog. Good luck!
• Templar, Arizona has joined Keenspot, as well as three of Bobby Crosby’s comics. 
• BitStrips has a bitter contract claiming partial ownership with anything created using its program. When will people learn?
• Check out the sweet new header image over at The Scienteers! 
• Boom! Studios is looking for a Comic Book Editor.
• Tiny_Monster, Jessica McLeod talks about money and webcomics on her LJ.

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John Bell of Bell’s In The Batfry stops by for an interview the Drunkduck report form BK and Spang returns, and we enjoy the music of Beatnik Turtle.

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• Interview with Jeffrey Rowland, creator of Wingu and OverCompensating.
• KC Green has joined Keenspot and brings Horribleville and Bee Power with him. 
• Bellingham artist shares his secrets of starting a webcomic.
• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup gives they’re picks for favorites of the week and ask for your vote. 
• The Guest Strip Project recruits fill-ins for charity. Way to go Michael Rouse-Deane!
• Check out bitstrips all you budding webcomic creators out there. Just add writing and you have instant webcomic. 
• To raise money for Terry Pratchett’s Alzheimer’s matching fund, Shaenon K. Garrity is selling original Narbonic and Skin Horse strips for $25.00 each.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Megatokyo.

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Search for the Farpoint Media Castle (it’s paired up with Third Life Books). In the front door there is a spot to buy Farpoint media Shirts, including a cool Gigcast T-Shirt.

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It’s all true people.. now go give my favorite keenspotter a big hug

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• Gordian Algebra reviews A Slice Of Life.
• Fleen has coverage of the Webcomics: A Primer panel which included Dean Haspiel, Raina Telgemeier, Rich Stevens and Ted Rall. The discussion took place at the New York Center of Independent Publishing 
• Shaenon K. Garrity shares some thoughts about the WCCA winners.
• Dark Horse is planning a Wondermark book. Congrats David!
• Web Worker Daily rounds up some free software to replace photoshop.
• Hella Koala has an interview with T. Campbell, Phil Kahn and Ryan Estrada. 
• Scott Adam’s theory of webcomics: The more closely people can look at a comic and go, “Hey, that’s ME!” the more they’ll like that comic. Good advice Scott.
• Comics Worth Reading reviews Finding Elim. 
• PCWeenies.org joins the ComicPress revolution.
• Darkhorse reveals the new Achewood cover to Heidi MacDonald at The Beat. 
• Quitting Time has a new Inker, Jack Shen.

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Webcomic News, Reviews and Commentary, and the Music of Beatnik Turtle, The Boys from The Good, The Bad and The Geeky, and Jim Flanagan!

More to come!

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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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News:

How to make Webcomics Available Now.

Diesel Sweeties PDF’s for Download

Lunar Boy

Webcomic Beacon

and more…

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• WCCA winners announced. Congrats to all you winners out there!
• Video profile of cartoonist Phoebe Gloeckner. 
• Diesel Sweeties collections will be released under Creative Commons license.
• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup looks at webcomic tributes to Gary Gygax. 
• Writer of Home On The Strange has a new webcomic My Name Is Might Have Been.
• You to can nominate someone for an Eagle Award, so don’t be shy. 
• An interview with Chris Crosby on the future of Keenspot.
• Tim Broderick talks money and contracts over at ComixTalk. 
• Boxcar Comics has re-done their site and is planning monthly podcasts.

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• How to make a living as an artist? 1,000 true fans is Kevin Kelly’s answer over at The Technium.
• Also, check out Fundable.org. An online resource for raising fixed amounts of money for projects.
• Shaenon K. Garrity has an article in the new Comic-Con Magazine which is available for download here. 
• The internet wins again, Hot Topic does the right thing for the most part.  They should have made some sort of remuneration for their error, but all is well that ends well.
• Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is having a benefit in NYC on 3/5 called ‘Best Erotic Comics’. 
• ComicsPRO takes over 24 Hour Comics Day.
• Zuda marches on.
• More on Keenspot changes.
• The Comic Wire posts the second part of their interview with Kristopher Straub. 
• T Campbell posits his wish list for articles about webcomics.
• More creator resources at Comicology.

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• Toronto-based UpTrend Media signed a deal to represent DrunkDuck.com in Canada.
• The Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is back over at Joystiq. 
• Add yourself to Frappr map of webcomic creators.
• Wes Molebash has created a new strip called ‘The Litterbox Chronicles’ which debuts on Zuda today.  Good luck Wes!

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• Big doings over at Keenspot, Chris Crosby acquires complete ownership of Keenspot and Comicgenesis and Dan Shive named as new CTO.
• CBR interviews Kristopher Straub. 
• How to deal with trolls and idiots on your comments boards.

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• Stick figure comic to explain the subprime crisis.
• A bold title: All webcartoonists should read this. 
• CBR News: The Comic Wire (no relation) reports that Dark Horse has announced new webcomic collections.
• An interview with T. Campbell on ComixTalk. 
• More manga online.
• Otakon is looking for creators to participate in their webcomics 102 panel. 
• Webcartoonist needs help, any donation will help.
• Webcomnik joins the internets. Good luck Webcomnik!
• Looking for fonts? Try Dafont.com.

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RACHEL NABORS NEEDS TEAM COMICS!
Rachel Nabors needs some serious dosh for dental surgery. She’s got no insurance (oh, don’t we know how much fun that is), and she must have the surgery. Rachel is a hardworking young manga-ka who’s created hundreds of pages of manga, and self-published her work.  Rachel also educates and supports other cartoonists through her site, MangaPunk and is a member of the women cartoonists collective Women’s Work.

Here’s her post, with pictures and an explanation of her needs and the PayPal button:
http://crowhen.livejournal.com/131452.html

HOW TO BE HELPFUL:
Send whatever you can.
Post your support at her LJ.
Either. Both.
REPOST the URL above and explain what she needs and why. Feel free to copy and paste this post.
Many people giving a tiny bit makes a LOT. Send what you can. When King gets his next check, we’re sending some.

HOW TO BE UNHELPFUL:
Suggesting ANYTHING. Rachel has exhausted avenues for dental school (she doesn’t have one that does surgery), loans (come ON, why is that the default suggestion?),  Hero Initiative, a move to another country (how unbelievably loutish), etc.

Bottom line, Rachel deserves the help. She works hard, she’s worked to make the business better, she’s trustworthy.

Away, my monkeys! Help Rachel! FLY!

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We talk Ashcans/mini comics with KC Green, Kit White and Kev Hayman, The music of Jonathan Coulton and the DD report with BK and SpANG.

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