http://gigcast.nightgig.com The Podcast that covers the world of webcomics. News Reviews and Commentary from and about webcomics and interviews with the people behind the best comics on the web. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:02:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Drawn from sources that are full of frosted mini-wheats... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/748 Back again with Kevin Hayman and the Music of Marc Gunn Links not in the Blog so Far... Wishtales Publishing Studio http://www.wishtales.com Red's Planet by Eddie Pittman http://www.redsplanet.com http://www.BubbaWorldComix.com Schlegel’s Coffee Shop Octobriana Kickstart site The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/746 JT and Kev Hayman Talk about Nightgig, The Gigcast and What is going on around here! ...and yes, We're back. Song " Half the Time"  Written by Sesso Played and sung by Zoe! See it on YouTube Find more great Original songs, covered by some great Ukulele Musicians on the ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/740 Drawn from sources that are being monitored by a school-issued laptop... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/738 Drawn from resources all over the web... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/736 Drawn from sources that are struggling to be productive... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/734 Drawn from sources that are enjoying good weather... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/731 Drawn from sources that despise the Westboro Baptist Church... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/729 Drawn from sources that are somewhat out-of-date... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/727 Drawn from sources who thinks freecycle is great... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/724 Drawn from sources that are glad to be home after a long trip... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/722 Drawn from sources preparing to loosen their belts... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/719 Drawn by sources who don't believe the promises of the visitors... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/717 Drawn from sources that love Monty Python... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/715 Drawn from sources that are sick and tired, but mostly sick... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/713 Drawn from sources that have a headache... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/711 Drawn from sources that are sore from exercise... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/709 Drawn from sources who mourn the death of a sexy dance icon... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/707 Drawn from sources that are remembering without pomp and circumstance... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/704 Drawn from sources that are under attack by zombies... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/702 Drawn from sources that are having their finger re-attached after a contentious health care debate... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/700 Drawn from sources that cause cancer, but only theoretically... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/697 Drawn from sources that are contemplating their business navel... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/694 JT and Kevin Talk Webcomics. Guest:  Kevin Hayman from Errant Apprentice The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of the Farpoint Media family of shows - www.farpointmedia.net,Released under a Creative ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/692 Drawn from sources that are quarantined in District 9... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/690 Drawn from sources looking for an escape from the every day... 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. ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/688 Drawn from sources that are in the dark... ***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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/683 Drawn from sources all over the universe... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/681 Drawn from sources that love Plants vs. Zombies... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/679 Drawn from sources that are in dire need of a good haircut... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/677 Drawn from sources that need a good stiff drink... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/675 Drawn from sources who know where their towel is... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/672 Drawn from sources that have tried Pepsi Throwback... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/670 Drawn from sources that are close to 'the man'... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/668 Drawn from sources that had a rainy and restful weekend... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/666 Drawn from sources that had a good weekend... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/664 JT Talks Webcomics. The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of the Farpoint Media family of shows - www.farpointmedia.net,Released under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial No-Derivs 2.5 license http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/661 Drawn from sources that are sore from hiking and walking over the weekend... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/659 Drawn from sources that are hanging on by their fingernails... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/657 Drawn from sources that are still dodging pink slips so far... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/654 Drawn from sources deep deep under the sea... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/651 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! The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/648 Drawn from sources that are busy as heck... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/646 Recorded on Talkshoe. The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of the Farpoint Media family of shows - www.farpointmedia.net,Released under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial No-Derivs 2.5 license http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/644 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/636 Drawn from sources that are stunned... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/634 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 The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/629 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    The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/623 Drawn from sources that are sure that there is no bottom... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/619 JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Live on Talkshoe links later The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of the Farpoint Media family of shows - www.farpointmedia.net,Released under a Creative Commons ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/617 Drawn from sources that are glad to see a new week already in progress... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/614 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/612 Drawn from sources that are playing Quake Live beta... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/610 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 The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/606 Drawn from sources that are still writing 2008 on their checks... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/603 I had/have to edit out parts of the impromptu talkshoe Gigcast, and life got in the way.  It'll be up ASAP. Thank you for waiting... Here it is. Check out Lea Hernadez. Good Bad and the Geeky. JT http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/597 Drawn from sources all over the world... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/595 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. The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/592 Drawn from sources that are getting ready to watch Obama get sworn in... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/590 You may not know this but I'm a part time gamer geek. I love to crush little pixels under my 3d rendered boot. That's why I'm pretty excited to point you to Wingdamage.com. Brought to you by the Fighting Gregories they bring you reviews and articles about why they love gaming. ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/588 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 The GigcastA Nightgig Studios ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/586 Drawn from sources that love The Muppets... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/584 JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson. News things this week http://www.ccawards.com/ http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/01/07/mike-peters-sued-for-20m-over-coffee-cartoon/ http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/01/07/popeye-is-now-public-domain-at-least-in-europe/ http://comixtalk.com/welcome_googleplex_chris_onstad_achewood 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/578 Drawn from sources that are ready to watch Tropic Thunder tomorrow... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/576 Drawn from sources that are under the gun in the new year... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/574 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. The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/567 Drawn from sources all over the cold, cold, friggin' cold universe... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/565 Drawn from sources that are having a hectic holiday... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/563 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/554 Drawn from resources that are trying to get into the holiday spirit... 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 ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/549 This is a test if you want gigcast 172 go back a post. This has only been a test. Now enjoy some festive Holiday ukulele music. JT http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/539 If things seem out of place it's because we moved servers this weekend. Thank you for your patience. http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/537 JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Shallow Thought from Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson. Guest: Links: TB-BA Spotlight: The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of the Farpoint Media family of shows ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/559 We talk with Hunter Gallien, aka Zim, from Sword in Hand, and JT and Scott talk about what's up at NightGig Studios, and the wonderfull world of webcomics. Shallow Thoughts from Christiana Ellis. GUEST Hunter Gallien aka Zim from Sword in Hand NEWS TWITTER BITS Follow JTShea on Twitter! johncoswell ComicPress Manager 1.3 is nearing release. ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/536 Drawn from sources that are working hard to get into the holiday spirit... Twyla Tharp on motivation, creativity and the usefulness of failure. Great advice for all creative fields. Check out new webcomic rating site IsItFunnyToday.com. InkBlot 1.0, the latest webcomic wordpress plugin. A Webcomic Gift-Giving Guide. The Floating Lightbulb has a post about making ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/534 JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson. Guest: Links: TB-BA Spotlight: The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle One of the Farpoint Media family of shows ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/561 JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts LInks: More to come.. The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comwww.thegigcast.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.comOne of the Farpoint Media family of shows - www.farpointmedia.net,Released under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial No-Derivs ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/532 Drawn from sources that believe even small accomplishments are worth celebrating... Emily the Strange is a rip off of a 1978 book character. Des Moines Register sacks Editorial Cartoonist Brian Duffy. Book of Biff, and more cartoons like Questionble Content, have been dumped by ADSDAQ for "...a high volume of graphics and images ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/530 Drawn from sources all over the world... Ryan Estrada does a Neatorama Comic and promotes his Cartoon Commune. The Tribune-Review has a piece about Lora Biondi Innes, creator of the webcomic The Dreamer. Bomb Shelter Comics extends the voting for the Webcomic Idol contest to today. Xerexes strikes again with an interview with the ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/528 Eat turkey. Forget about all your woes. You're getting sleeepy... Jiffy Burke offers 10 tips for webcomic creators over on Sequential Tart. ROK Comics is being run as a 'scaled down service' until further notice. This means there are no employed staff to deal with problems should they arise. ROK isn't finished ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/526 Happy Thanksgiving week everyone! Calamities of Nature has announced its first guest strip contest. The 3 best strips submitted by December 22nd will have their comics featured as the December 28th, December 31st, and January 2nd updates. In addition, each winner will receive a signed copy of the Calamities of Nature ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/524 JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts LInks: More to come.. TBBA Spotlight This might seem like Nepotism but man, I'm really loving his work: http://nightgig.com/madscott/ Bleak but fascinating strip. Really liked the art on the first few pages too: http://www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/lildepressedboy/ I love original single panel strips. This one certainly fits that category: http://www.thebookofbiff.com/ The ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/522 I was listening to Tall Tales Radio this morning and heard the interview with Norm Feuti who does a comic called Retail and another one called Gill. I need to tell you that Gill is one of the best comics I have read. If a paper can’t take a risk and ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/521 Drawn from sources that are back at tired from a late night of pool and beer... Platinum announces that Cowboys & Aliens is on the Dreamworks priority list according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Gazette has a piece about how the internet is liberating comic book artists. Here's one more from The ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/520 We talk with Ben Paddon about Soul Geek, Politcal blogging and Jump Leads.  JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts LInks: More to come.. The GigcastA Nightgig Studios Production - http://www.nightgig.comwww.thegigcast.comHave News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.comOne of the Farpoint Media ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/519 I just wanted to point you to a good interview that Jennier Contino did with DJ Coffman about the news that Hero By Nights may hit your TV Screens. BY JENNIFER M. CONTINO Late yesterday, Platinum Studios sent out a press release announcing they'd teamed with IM Global to create a Hero ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/518 Drawn from sources that are recently back from NYC... ComxTalk has an interview with Abby L. of The Green Avenger. Creepy returns to MySpace DHP. Hereville creator Barry Deutsch has signed a book deal with Harry N. Abrams to publish Hereville as a graphic novel. Johas Diego talks tools of the trade on Webcomics.com. Michael ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/517 And now a special message: Hey Gigcasters... Just a quick shout out that Capes & Babes is officially one year old today. I had my online debut November 12th of last year and it's been a fun and exciting 365 days since that first strip. Anyway, if you want to check out my ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/516 We talk with Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert and Fred and JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts LInks: More to come.. TB-BA Spotlight From the browser of Brian Anderson First one for this week: http://www.miserylovessherman.com/ Some guys I met at Boston Comic Con: http://beinggordy.com/ Not much online yet, but loved what I saw at ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/515 JT and Kevin Hayman talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts TB-BA Spotlight form Brian Anderson, Music from Jonathan Coulton Special Guest Lindsay Smith of Daisy is Dead and Freshman Fifteen. NightGig News NightGig Webcomic Sampler Book 4 in progress! JT Ukes - site desigh - coloring contest - Tiki - Podacst Daily in November Errant Apprentice ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/514 Drawn from sources that are battling the rain to wish you a Happy Halloween! TigerCon brings art, music and anime to Towson University in Maryland. The Globe and Mail has a piece about XKCD. A new blog about animation backgrounds. Blogger and former webcomic creator Ess Dee ponders about webcomics in this post. New webcomic, ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/513 Drawn from sources laughing at various political gaffs... Newsarama.com has a post about a new webcomic project that remembers those Transgendered persons who are victims of violence. The Transgender Day of Rememberance is requesting submissions for their project. Chuck Rozakis posts about archives on ComicMix. A review of Mitch Clem's new book 'Nothing ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/512 Drawn from sources all over the unverse... Elf 'n Troll ends. Sad news! News-a-rama.com has a post about Platinum's employee pay cuts. That's sad! ROK Comics are now on the iPhone. Watch out Clickwheel! Webcomics.com has been purchased by HalfPixel, possibly with the aid of their friends at Penny Arcade. They're looking for articles, ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/511 We interview Phil Hofer aka Frumph of frumph.net and JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts and The TB-BA Spotlight form Brian Anderson. Guest: Philip Hofer of Frumph.net and the WCRCAs News Platinum plan... Webcomics.com Relaunched by Halfpixel: Full Shownotes After the break! E-mail Danny Burleson here from "Oy" at oycomics.com... Got a few things here: 1) As ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/510 Drawn from sources that are subterranean and oddly tubular... The winners of the 2008 Webcomic Readers Choice Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners! ComixTalk posts about Panel Flow, a Flash based alternative to Comicpress. DJ Coffman gives his opinion about using Flash for webcomics. An interesting post about Twitter on ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/508 Drawn from sources all over the world wide web... The Cartoon Lounge over at the New Yorker has a post about a Cartoon-Off with XKCD and Farley Katz. I don’t know if it’s the season for arguments or if drama gets you viewers, but there is a lot of arguing going ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/507 JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts LInks: This weeks Guest: Scott Drummond from Dock Boys and his live streaming 24 hour comic day on Ustream. Shallow Thoughts from Christiana Ellis TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson Night Gig News: kotaotan @JTShea Not as such for news, but I do have a copy of Errand Apprentice  ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/506 I know money is tight all over but I wanted to pass this on. It's a message from Kit White who has been a long time member of Nightgig.com my friend, alice, has always been an inspiration to me. heck, she still is. i enjoy hanging out with someone so creative! she's ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/505 Drawn from sources trying to avoid work today... The Washington Post has an article called 'Five Webcomics to Keep Your Eye On.' Xerexes has an interesting post following up on the 'Most Read' series of articles comparing the audiences for various webcomics. I can't remember if I've posted Bloody and Brutal Reviews before, ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/504 JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts and TBBA Spotlight. LInks: Fall Con No Brand Con http://www.Alpha-shade.com E-mail Hello, please check out my new wacky webcomic, Barry.  He lives with his Ma in Queens....insert high hilarity now! www.barrycomic.com I am trying to help promote and profit via my new website, if you dig it please pass ... http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/503