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Archive for January, 2008

This weeks show

Posted by admin on January 31st, 2008

We should have this weeks show up on late thursday or early friday. We have been slowed down by illness. This week we Talk to Evil Emperor Nick and Amelius.

Webcomic Wire – 1/30/08

Posted by DarthMike on January 30th, 2008

Drawn from sources that are still under the weather…

  • Flames Rising asks for suggestions about what would be a good horror webcomic to review. Any suggestions?
  • Bill Williams explains in an interview how Wowio works for Lone Star Press. 
  • February will be ComixTalk’s 5th Anniversary.  Congratulations!
  • Eyeskream is looking for fresh meat… er… I mean webcomics. 
  • Welcome new webcomic Tiny Folk!
  • This American Webcomic with Scott Kurtz about bad art habits. 
  • Multiplex hits strip number 200! Congratulations!
  • Fantagraphics starts running webcomics on their website. I agree with Heidi MacDonald about using an alias to sign up, mine is… 
  • Hourly Comic Day is coming up on Friday. Check it out.
  • The Scienteers is now accepting comics.

Let’s hope for more of these!

Posted by jtpokie on January 29th, 2008

I saw this on PVP Online.com and had to share. Very well done.

Lets hope for more of these.

JT

For those of you who know me.. yeah I know…

Let’s hope for more of these!

Posted by jtpokie on January 29th, 2008

I saw this on PVP Online.com and had to share. Very well done.

Lets hope for more of these.

JT

For those of you who know me.. yeah I know…

Webcomic Wire – 1/28/08

Posted by DarthMike on January 28th, 2008

Drawn from sources that are sniffling and feverish…

  • Here’s the audio from the phone interview with Studio Foglio.
  • David Malki’s, the creator of Wondermark, has released his short film called Expendable. Have a look. 
  • Sarah Sharp interviews Craig Taillefer, the creator of Mighty Motor Sapiens and The Chelation Kid.
  • Hyatt Art revamps website and is collecting submissions for the second webcomic anthology. 
  • Sequential Tart interviews Jeph Jacques.
  • The blog Webcomicgeek has announced their nominees for the Geekies. 
  • Webcomic Shorts moves to a daily updating schedule. Congratulations!
  • CulturePulp interviewsPersepolis’ creator Marjane Satrapi. 
  • Go forth and nominate your favorites for a Harvey Award!

Gigcast 126, News, and Cool Jazz

Posted by jtpokie on January 24th, 2008

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We are joined by Micheal Dean of Slither and Friends and revisit Howard Tayler of Schlock Mercenary for a Blank Label announcement and the music of George Hrab.

 

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Blambot writes for Marvel

Posted by admin on January 24th, 2008

Nate Piekos who is the master craftsman behind Blambot Fonts and the webcomic Atland has added on to his already impressive resume.

My first writing credit for Marvel Comics was solicited today so I can publically talk about it! SPIDER-MAN FAMILY 8 features a story by yours truly called “WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE” featuring Iceman! Art by Zach Howard.

~N

Congratulations to Nate. the Spiderman Family line is a great read.

Webcomic Wire – 1/23/08

Posted by DarthMike on January 23rd, 2008

Drawn from sources scrambling to get readership…

  • Live phone-in interview with Phil and Kaja Foglio this Sunday. 
  • Home on the Strange writer The Ferrett and Catherynne M. Valente are teaming up to do a new webcomic. No details yet other than they are looking for an artist. Best of luck!
  • Starslip Crisis makes the leap to WordPress/ Comicpress. Looks great!
  • David Hellman talks about A Lesson Is Learned…ComicSpace, LLC is looking for a fill time PHP/ MySQL guru.  Send inquiries to ComicspaceLLC@gmail.com.

Webcomic Wire – 1/21/08

Posted by DarthMike on January 21st, 2008

Drawn from sources watching the Venture Bros. obsessively. . .

  • A short documentary about Bizaro creator Piraro.
  • Harknell of Onezumi and AWSOM fame is teaching WordPress setup and install class at this year’s Katsucon. The panel will be on Saturday, February 16th at 10pm so bring your burning questions then. 
  • Also at Katsucon the Epic Webcomic Win contest, here is the list of swag that one can win.
  • Brad Guigar lists his convention appearances for 2008. 
  • Create a Comic Teaching Guide is in need of artists.
  • ComixTalk interview with Blank Label Comics. 
  • Leigh Dragoon is the latest interview in the continuing interview series Ouspoken by Girlamatic.

Webcomc Wire – 1/18/08

Posted by DarthMike on January 18th, 2008

Drawn from sources that are still a bit sleepy…

  • I know that many of you aren’t interested in the business aspects of webcomics; however, this is a post about seminars being offered about running an open creative business.
  • Hollywood insider webcomic: Don’t Forget to Validate Your Parking makes it on Boing Boing.
  • Here’s a neat comic The Superest, each of the artists involved draws a character which has powers and vanquishes the previous character. An interesting idea for collaboration. Here is the first one.
  • How to create a webclip bookmark icon for the iPhone.  Thank you rstevens!
  • Webcomic 101: Laying Your Foundation.
  • Emerald City ComicCon is expanding and changing venue. 
  • Alexander Danner joins the writting staff at Webcomics.com and here’s his first article entitled Webcomics Versus eBook Readers. Congratulations Alexander!
  • Seven Ways To Market Your Comic Book And Yourself from Occasional Superheroine. 
  • Mr. Media interviews Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine.
  • Broken Frontier gives out some awards. Congratulations to the winners! 
  • The Geek of Digital Strips responds to the $10 per reader thing.  Aside from being unnecessarily snarky about it, he makes some good points.
  • Congratulations to FLEEN for sticking it out and posting so often!