Drawn from resources all over the actual physical world…

• Congratulations to Nicholas Gurewitch who won two Harvey Awards!
• St. Paul has declared October 4^th to be Comic Book Day!
• Next Comic Fencing has their review of Calamities of Nature posted as well they announce that their next review will be of Night Owls.
• Xavier Xerexes interviews Pokey The Penguin in honor of his 10^th anniversary of being on the web.
• XKCD is on BoingBoing.net again with his log-scale map of the observable universe.
• Ponoko’s Photomake could lead to some interesting products from saavy webcartoonists.
• Baltimore Webcomics Panel as covered by CBR.
• The Floating Lightbulb has an interesting post entitled ‘Are More Webcomics Better?’.
• PCNA Graphic Novel Showcase wants you to join them for the third annual 24 Hour Comics Day challenge if you can make it to Portland.
• Bomb Shelter Comics has announced the judges for their Webcomic Idol contest and that they will start accepting submissions October 1^st.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/29/08

Drawn from sources all over the strange but wonderful series of tubes…

• The Night Owls, a series based on a comic strip from Zuda Comics, is about to start a second season.
• Nicu has a how-to post about working in Inkscape.
• CBR reports that Shadowline is expanding Image’s new webcomic line.  News-A-Rama and ComicBitsOnline.com have more.
• This Week in Webcomics has a review of Untrue Tales.
• Another list of 5 great webcomics that you should read by MakeUseOf.com.
• PopMatters has a post about Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight.
•  On a note unrelated to webcomics Dr. Horrible: League of Evil is now accepting applications.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/26/08

 The Gigcast #161 Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

NEWS

http://www.scarygoround.com/ is ten years old!

E-Mails

BUBBAWORLDCOMIX.NET will be having it’s 2nd annual Halloween Special….TALES FROM THE APPLIANCE GRAVEYARD.

TB-BA Spotlight Links

And this is one of my all time fav’s. I think he’s updating it again: http://www.blastwavecomic.com/index.php

And this one, even if just for the reader: http://www.rdcomicsonline.com/webcomics/webcomics.html

An advance link for next week. It’s a little wordy but pretty good so far: http://www.gunbaby.com/

This can be for the next show or the one after. Either way this rocks: http://is.gd/2P5I

The Gigcast
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www.thegigcast.com
Have News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?
E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com


One of the Farpoint Media family of shows – www.farpointmedia.net,
Released under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial No-Derivs 2.5 license

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Drawn from deep in the microverse of webcomics…

• Tokyopop revamps the Manga Pilot program.
• ComicPress: The Technical Guide parts 2 and 3 are out.
• This Week in Webcomics outlines the top ten Strong Bad Emails.
• Webcomic Weekly #47 features a visit from Mike Krahulik of Penny-Arcade.
• King Features has signed a deal with ROK Comics to deliver strips to cell phones.
• The Floating Lightbulb talks about different styles of humor in this post and talks about metrics in this one.
• EyeSkream adds three new webcomics, Little Terrors, Gamer Candy and Somewhere in SF.
• Comics Worth Reading has a list of New Webcomics Worth Reading.
• ComicMix has an interesting post about webcomics and DRM.
• A post from Cameotracker on LiveJournal about when crossovers break up.
• Sandeep Kamath treats us to a list of webcomics created by Indians.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/23/08

 The Gigcast #160, Return of the Super Fogeys! [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We interview Brock Heasley about Super Fogies and Th3rd World Studios new site designs,  JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts and The TB-BA Spotlight picks of the week.

GUEST

Brock Heasley
http://www.superfogeys.com

E-Mail

Nicholas Doan

The Night Owls Animated

Untitled Project Productions and the Timony Twins present THE NIGHT OWLS, Episode 1, an animated short based on the popular comic strip published by Zuda Comics!   The Night Owls is © Peter Timony and Robert Timony is a Detective Agency set in New York City in the 1920s and specializing in cases that involve the supernatural.

TWITTER BITS!

BetaPwned @JTShea News: In the spirit of talk like a pirate day everyone should check out Sails of Blood at http://www.sailsofblood.com – by..Jason Brezinski, fellow Squidworks member Ozzy Longoria, Michael Nelson, and Marco A. Najera.

haikubirdie @jtshea what can i pimp now? / my love of these bubble baths/ or my bad haiku? also i’m drawing/ comics about gasstations/ for a future book

haikutwaiku @jtshea what can i pimp now? / my love of these bubble baths/ or my bad haiku?

steppek @JTShea I wanna pump technorama at http://www.chuckchat.com/technorama You can mention our Upcoming Hoover Dam tour! Damnit

TBBA Spotlight

Here’s one for this week: http://is.gd/2F96 and he has his own site at croakersgorge.com. more to come…

Another one for this week: http://www.wirepop.com/ . Don’t want to go crazy on manga but this site is worth it.

Lasy one is a bunch by the same creator. Great, great stuff: http://www.fakerockstar.com/comics/

The Gigcast
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www.thegigcast.com
Have News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?
E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com


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Released under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial No-Derivs 2.5 license

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Drawn from sources all over the world…

• CBR has a piece about work-for-hire agreements.
• ROK Comics announces that you can now create webcomics for mobile phones from your mobile phone using their new comic creator.
• Lone Star Press has a ‘Wowio: Countdown to Payment’ clock posted on their site. Currently at 33 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds.
• The Floating Lightbulb has a short list of great webcomics you may be missing.
• Hope Larson talks to CBR.
• ICv2.com is reporting that Marvel is launching original webcomics for Iron Man and the Hulk.
• Dr. McNinja now in color.
• Cantrip the Magic Rabbit launches, the newest member of the Scienteers. Congratulations and best of luck!
• Gods Playing Poker turns one year old and rolls out an art upgrade in next week’s episode.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/18/08

Drawn from sources not being investigated for abuse of authority…

• The Floating Lightbulb has a few articles (1 and 2) pointing out some recent additions to the ranks of comic listing sites.
• ROK Comics will be changing things up a bit by offering their content free to view on the web. They also have announced a new contest called ‘Between a ROK and a Hard Place,’ detailed here, in partnership with the Birmingham International Comic Show.
• If you haven’t heard of the Freelancers Union then you’ll want to follow this link. They’re now offering two new seminars about website building and marketing during the economic downturn.
• JDDennis blogs ‘In Defense of Webcomics’ a response to an essay entitled ‘Webcomics Suck.
• The Webcomic Overlook has a review of Jump Leads.
• This Week in Webcomics has an interview with Multiplex creator Gordon McAlpin.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/16/08

 The Gigcast 159 Tanya Rocks the 'Cast [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We Talk with Tanya Higgins of Beta Pwned, A Better Way Merchandising and The Webcomics Beacon.  Christian Ellis Shallow though and the TB-BA Spotlight

LInks:

http://www.abetterwaymerch.com


News

Shortpacked Creator hits 11 years comicing
http://shortpacked.livejournal.com/409576.html


E-mails

Lou Graziani

Hi Guys,
I just heard the Gigcast for the first time.  I’ve been doing my webcomic since 05, and I’ve heard of your podcast a number of times, but this was the first time I’ve listened.  I bookmarked it and I’ll be back.

I checked out that “Union of Heroes”.  Its not that far along yet, but I like it.  I look forward to seeing how far they can take that super hero concept.  WIll it mostly be regular 2o somethings talking, or will it be full out “xmen” style action?  This is a style that is surprisingly rare and they seem to be off to a pretty good start…

If you are looking for more material to review, you could check out my comic: www.cy-boar.com
That’s what I’m busy coloring now while I listen…

Ingress and Egress, the new Split Lip horror comic

Ingress and Egress, the new Split Lip horror comic, has just gone live in its entirety at the Split Lip website. You can read the story at http://www.webcomicsnation.com/splitlip Ingress and Egress was written by Sam Costello and drawn by Jason Ho.  Ingress and Egress is the 19th Split Lip story, bringing the site to over 235 pages of free comics

TB-BA Spotlight

The Gigcast
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www.thegigcast.com
Have News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?
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Drawn from sources all over the multi-verse…

• Entrepreneur.com has a profile of Chris Onstad’s comic Achewood and webcomics as business model.
• News-a-rama has a story about micropayments.
• Webcomic Overlook gives Chainsawsuit a One Punch Review.
• CBR interviews Danielle Corsetto.
• ComixTalk reports about the new site design of the webcomic Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos. Xerexes also has a nice roundup of the Platinum/Wowio news and Publishers Weekly has a good article about it too.
• Free file hosting until 2038, you have to sign up for this promo offer by Sept. 15^th.
• Want to put money away for a short term goal like buying a Cintique? SmartyPig allows you to open a savings account to do just that and it’s FDIC insured. 
• Steake and Kidney-Punch by Liz Greenfield is the latest to appear on Dark Horse’s online spotlight for new talent.
• The Floating Lightbulb has a post about your morale and putting the polish on yoru webcomic.
• Brinkerhoff – Pocket Full of Brink – Volume 2 is now available on Lulu. 

 Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/11/08

Drawn from resources all over the secret garden…

• The Long Tail has a post about the different kinds of free and a great talk about the weird things that happen when things suddenly become abundant.
• Users are remixing the Chrome comic.
• CBR reports that a company called iVerse media is bringing digital comics to the iPhone/iPod Touch and that comics will be sold along with this app. Through the iTunes stores.  Creators will be able to set price and will be encouraged to give away the first issue of their series for free as an enticement to readers. iVerse is looking for established publishers now.
• CBR interviews Dresden Codak creator Aaron Diaz.
• Monkeyangst wants to know if you use Stripshow for your comic.
• The Webcomic Idol contest is gearing up and will start taking submissions October first.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 9/8/08