Drawn from sources all over the internets…

• 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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Drawn from resources that look sooo big from down here…

• 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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Drawn from sources that are scattered like so much rice…

• 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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Drawn from resources all over the web…

• 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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Drawn from sources that stayed up late doing taxes…

• 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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 The Gigcast 137 How to Make Webcomics Review [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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Drawn from sources that are cranky as ‘H’-‘E’-double-hockey-sticks…

• 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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Drawn from sources that are all up in the grill of the world wide web…

• 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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