Don’t forget to check out Gigcastarama.
Webcomic News with Special Guest Chuck Rowles, a Drive-by from Kreg Stepp and An interview with John Daiker, of The Whovian Observer.
All links listed in the ‘Cast, in order of appearance:
Intro:
- www.nightgig.com
- Dr. Who
- The Whovian Observer [DD] [NG]
- Cinderblock [on CG]
- Spyndle [blog] [comic]
- Technorama Podcast [site]
- Drunk Duck
- Platinum Studios
Don’t forget to check out Gigcastarama.
Webcomic News with Special Guest Chuck Rowles, a Drive-by from Kreg Stepp and An interview with John Daiker, of The Whovian Observer.
All links listed in the ‘Cast, in order of appearance:
Intro:
- www.nightgig.com
- Dr. Who
- The Whovian Observer [DD] [NG]
- Cinderblock [on CG]
- Spyndle [blog] [comic]
- Technorama Podcast [site]
- Drunk Duck
- Platinum Studios
Now there was some grumbling that big shot comic stars would be overshadowing the little guys on Drunkduck. With tonight’s launch of Cowboys and Aliens I was expecting a big POW on the front page of DD. Instead I kinda had to go looking for it. I’m a little surprised but not unhappy to see that life didn’t change much now that Cowboys and Aliens is up. It’s business as usual (if you ignore the forum grumbling).
Seeing as how the earth didn’t stop spinning lets take a first look at Cowboys and Aliens.
At first glance you will notice a very wanted poster style theme. A few small spots where the menu background and the main items don’t look perfect but I’m nitpicking a little, it’s every bit the movie poster I would expect out of a professional book. I will stop you here and remind you that you should check out the trailer. The sound effects really bring it to life.
Here’s a little story background for you that I borrowed from the site.
Cowboys & Aliens was created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, both highly respected comics writers. Luciano Lima, whose worked on everything from Wolverine and X-Force to The Mask, did pencils. Inks were done by the team from Magic Eye Studios, who have worked on comics projects like Street Fighter and Stargate, as well as classics like Donald Duck and Kim Possible. The colour (he likes it spelled that way) was done by Andy Elder whose worked on Warhead and Testament. You can find out more about all these folks on their bios page.
Cowboys & Aliens is an alternate history concept. A “what if” story that moves the battle of the Old West from between the Cowboys and Indians to a new invader, one requiring the once battling Cowboys and Indians to team up if they are to have even a hope of surviving.
On a side note Here there be robots is in their recommended list.
I just clicked on the story and I’m loving the look of it so far. I recommend you start from the beginning. I have a bad habit of reading things from latest to first. The story so far draw parallels between early European settlers treatment of native Americans and an alien race that looks to have forcefully resettled another alien race.
That’s all I have so far. I recomend you check out Cowboys and Aliens. If you spot something I missed about it please point it out.
From the New York Times…
September 25, 2006
For One Publisher, the Life of Every Comic Book Starts on the Web
By MICHEL MARRIOTT
For generations of Americans, comic books were the first real page-turners. But the audience for their digital counterpart, called Webcomics, has for the most part been limited to a niche group of comic book creators and their most ardent followers.
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the chairman of Platinum Studios, a privately held California entertainment company that develops and adapts comics for other media, wants to change that.
Platinum, a relative newcomer in an industry dominated by Marvel and DC Comics, took the first step last month when it bought DrunkDuck.com, a popular Webcomics site, for an undisclosed sum. It is opening the revamped site today at the same Web address as DrunkDuck 2.0.
Read The rest Here…
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/technology/25comics.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin
We’ll Get Dylan on The Gigcast Asap.
JT
Scott Edits:
Some interesting links for those of you who are internet blind
Lastly I want to add my congratulations to Dylan and Platnium. I think this is a cool move. I also want to congratulate all you DD members who made Drunk Duck what it is. Without you Drunk Duck would have faded but you guys keep the fires hot.
One late entry PVPonline has a thought on the sale.
and DJ Coffman will likely be seeing his Hero By Night comic hosted on Drunk Duck.
yar, gigcast.. get it here….
yar, gigcast.. get it here….
Found this over at Boxcar Comics but I thought I would let you check it out.
Viper Comics is Looking for a Brand New Webcomic
September 19, 2006 – Viper Comics has announced they will now be accepting open submissions for a webcomic to join the company’s existing strips You’ll Have That and The Horrible Pirates.
“Viper is always on the lookout for the newest talent in comics and hopefully this opportunity will allow us to showcase a great unknown to a world-wide audience,” said Viper President Jessie Garza.
Creators will need to provide sample pages/strips of their webcomic (with finished art) and a full pitch regarding the characters and content. Only submissions from complete creative teams will be accepted. All submissions should be sent to info@vipercomics.com .
The chosen webcomic will launch on the Viper Comics website alongside Viper’s You’ll Have That by Wes Molebash and The Horrible Pirates by Patrick Bussey.
You’ll Have That is a comic-strip about a young married couple updated every weekday. It has received one print collection with a second due in December.
The Horrible Pirates launched in late 2005 and has since been thrilling readers with the adventures of the world’s nastiest pirate crew and their evil monkey rivals. A print collection of the weekly comic is expected for 2007.
Wapsi Square is on my top ten favorite webcomic. Plus Paul Taylor and his family are living in Minnesota so they get extra points with me. Paul’s family can use a little help right now and at the same time you can get your hands on some great art. If nothing else please take a moment to look over what’s up for auction and pass the word.
Thank You
http://www.blanklabelcomics.com/?p=92
Taken from the Blank Lable News and repeted here to help get the word out:
Blank Label Comics is announcing a fund-raiser for BLC member Paul Taylor. Paul’s first child was born a month prematurely on Aug. 18, and he has required an extended hospital stay. Paul and his wife have been through quite an ordeal — which continues to this day.
Extended hospital stays turn into extended hospital bills, so we’d like to help our friend. Several BLC members and friends are auctioning off original art and other amazing items over the next two weeks. The money made from these auctions will be donated directly to Paul Taylor and his family.
A full list of auction items appears below. All list items will be linked to the auctions as they go live. Some items may be added to the list as the next two weeks progress, so check back often.
Finally, if you’re not interested in an auction item but would still like to help, feel free to go to http://www.wapsisquare.com and make a donation directly to Paul through his PayPal donation button which appears under the comic on the left-hand side of the screen (look for Monica wearing a “SUPPORT WAPSI” T-shirt.
Auction items:
Ugly Hill original art, by Paul Southworth
Sheldon original art, by Dave Kellett
Melonpool original art by Steve Troop
Original PVP cover art by Scott Kurtz
Shortpacked! original art by David Willis
Numbered sketch edition of Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management by Howard Tayler
Original Checkerboard Nightmare art by Kris Straub
Evil Inc original art, matted and framed, by Brad Guigar
Wapsi Square original art, Golem Girls, by Paul Taylor
Wapsi Square original art, Katherine Gilchrist, by Paul Taylor
Wapsi Square original sketch, Monica, by Paul Taylor
Wapsi Square original art, Shelly with guitar, by Paul Taylor
Wapsi Square original art, Shelly finds hope, by Paul Taylor
Wapsi Square original art, Shelly and Monica jogging, by Paul Taylor
