Drawn from sources that are a bit exhausted from work and under the weather…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 10/1/2010

Drawn from sources that are loving the new season of the IT crowd…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 8/25/2010

Drawn from sources that are ready for this week to be over…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 7/15/2010

Drawn from sources that are wondering if BP’s majority shareholder is satan…

• 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.

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Drawn from sources that are Euphoric to be indy…

• 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

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 6/28/2010

Drawn from sources that are horrified by the idea of the Smurfs in 3D…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 6/18/2010

Drawn from sources that are watching the SyFy channel despite the name…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 6/15/2010

Welcome to Webcomic Wire number 200! Drawn from sources that are glad not to have seen Sex in the City 2…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 6/8/2010

Drawn from sources that want to be on America’s Got Talent…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 6/3/2010

Drawn from sources that were thankfully NOT educated in Texas with their new textbook…

• 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.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 5/25/2010