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JT and Kevin Hayman talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts

TB-BA Spotlight form Brian Anderson, Music from Jonathan Coulton

Special Guest

Lindsay Smith of Daisy is Dead and Freshman Fifteen.

NightGig News

• NightGig Webcomic Sampler Book 4 in progress!
  
• JT Ukes – site desigh – coloring contest – Tiki – Podacst Daily in November
  
• Errant Apprentice book 1
• NightGig Member PW Ad Box (Totally stolen form The Scienteers )
  

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Drawn from sources that are battling the rain to wish you a Happy Halloween!

• TigerCon brings art, music and anime to Towson University in Maryland.
• The Globe and Mail has a piece about XKCD.
• A new blog about animation backgrounds.
• Blogger and former webcomic creator Ess Dee ponders about webcomics in this post.
• New webcomic, The Werewif, started on Wednesday this week. Best of luck!
• PCWeenies ventures out into other languages with the help of some friends. Also, the winner of the caption contest is Mike Perron, who’s caption is now published with the 10th anniversary strip of PCWeenies.
• Paramount Studios has aquired the screen rights to Agnes Quill: An anthology of Mystery, by Dave Roman.
• A Keith Knight cartoon causing a stir in New Jersey.
• The Cartoon Commune v.2.0 is here and offering custom stuff.
• Skitzo Man posts what he’s learned from his lack of success in webcomics.
• Theater Hopper has suffered a catastrophic computer failure and needs your help to recover the lost data from a corrupt drive.
• Here’s a video of Emmanuel Guibert’s interesting drawing style with ink and water.
• From Chris Anderson’s blog, The Long Tail, two interesting posts (1 & 2) about revised free business models and pricing sweet spots.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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Drawn from sources laughing at various political gaffs…

• Newsarama.com has a post about a new webcomic project that remembers those Transgendered persons who are victims of violence. The Transgender Day of Rememberance is requesting submissions for their project.
• Chuck Rozakis posts about archives on ComicMix.
• A review of Mitch Clem’s new book ‘Nothing Nice To Say,’ a foray into the dirty underbelly of print comics.
• Xerexes has an interview with Chris Hazelton, creator of the webcomic Misfile.
• If you didn’t know, APE2008 is coming to San Francisco soon!
• Bomb Shelter Comics ‘Webcomic Idol’ contest has been whittled down to the top ten competitors.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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Drawn from sources all over the unverse…

• Elf ‘n Troll ends. Sad news!
• News-a-rama.com has a post about Platinum’s employee pay cuts. That’s sad!
• ROK Comics are now on the iPhone. Watch out Clickwheel!
• Webcomics.com has been purchased by HalfPixel, possibly with the aid of their friends at Penny Arcade. They’re looking for articles, tips and other knowledge sharing stuff from those interested in contributing.
• The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be holding a party in celebration of the Alternative Press Expo and Keith Knight’s new book on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 8:00-11:00 pm.
• SoreThumbs takes on Platinum/Wowio situation in a comic by guest artist DJ Coffman.
• Bound By Law? The ‘Understanding Comics’ of copyright has a new edition out.
• Neatorama posts about the comic Products That Never Made It.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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 Webcomic List and Awards on Frumph.net on The Gigcast 165 [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We interview Phil Hofer aka Frumph of frumph.net and JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts and The TB-BA Spotlight form Brian Anderson.

Guest:

Philip Hofer of Frumph.net and the WCRCAs

News

• Platinum plan…
• Webcomics.com Relaunched by Halfpixel:

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Drawn from sources that are subterranean and oddly tubular…

• The winners of the 2008 Webcomic Readers Choice Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners!
• ComixTalk posts about Panel Flow, a Flash based alternative to Comicpress. DJ Coffman gives his opinion about using Flash for webcomics.
• An interesting post about Twitter on Comic Book Bin.
• Crackwalker has some thoughts on how to make it as a webcomic creator. ComicMix has more in their post ‘The Theory of Webcomics: The Daily Grind.’
• First real big challenge to Protect Act is the case of Iowa comic book and manga collector Christopher Handly who faces 20 years for possession of a few Hentai books.
• After ten years away, Tubularman is back.
• SonicWall thinks XKCD is internet porn.
• Wondermark! has suspended publishing at Modern Tales and now can only be seen on the newly redesigned Wondermark.com.
• A nice roundup of 24 Hour Comic Day from The Beat.
• Krishna reveals his top secret project. Congratulation on reaching Ten years!
• SkitZo MaN posts about proper file maintenance.

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Drawn from sources all over the world wide web…

• The Cartoon Lounge over at the New Yorker has a post about a Cartoon-Off with XKCD and Farley Katz.
• I don’t know if it’s the season for arguments or if drama gets you viewers, but there is a lot of arguing going on these days (Exhibit 1 & 2).
• The Daily Cartoonist column ‘Webcomics Weekly News Roundup’ has an interesting roundup of links and news bits from this week.
• The Comics Reporter has an interview with DHP’s Mike Richardson about Webcomics among other topics.
• Prism Comics launches a new webcomic ‘The Catty Corner’ by Joe Carr. Best wishes Joe!
• Platinum Studios announced today that Equiti-trend Advisors has put together a 6-page analysis of PS, which can be viewed here, which is overall pretty dry but does blame their current stock price on the mortgage meltdown. “At its 12-month low currently, largely due to macroeconomic problems and the mortgage meltdown of 2008, PDOS is a bargain currently at less than$.10 per share”Well, .10 cents per share is a bargain, but so are Hatian penny stocks. The Beat has a post about Platinum’s new advisory board.
• Fes of the Webcomic Beacon prepares for his attempt to broadcast his 24 hour lego Webomic. Check it out on Friday from 3pm Eastern time. Best of luck Fes!
• Skitzo Man Dot Com’s Webcomic of the Week is M.I.M.E.S.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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 Dock Boys, The Gigcast 164 [0:01] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

JT and Scott talk Webcomics,  Christian Ellis Shallow Thoughts

LInks:

This weeks Guest:
Scott Drummond from Dock Boys and his live streaming 24 hour comic day on Ustream.

Shallow Thoughts from Christiana Ellis

TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson

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I know money is tight all over but I wanted to pass this on. It’s a message from Kit White who has been a long time member of Nightgig.com

my friend, alice, has always been an inspiration to me. heck, she still is.
i enjoy hanging out with someone so creative! she’s taught me tons of cool things and we’ve had plenty of fun just sitting around working in altered books or other artistic projects as we visit. she has a great eye for art and an excellent sense of design.

she’s as big a geek as i am, too. her fandom is the marvel comic book, Daredevil.
you should see her daredevil quilts! can’t find any current links to them, but they are sooo beautiful!
no, these aren’t your grandmother’s type quilt. they’re gorgeous examples of thread paintings and fabric collage with hand beaded fringe on some of the pieces.
it’s even approved by the joe quesada, the current editor-in-chief over at marvel and david mack, both of whom have seen her work. mack even signed several of the pieces featuring his art.

last year, alice began getting active in a regional chapter for the Foundation for Fighting Blindness (www.blindness.org).
you see, alice has been diagnosed with early onset macular degeneration. that’s right, the most creative person i know, with one of the best eyes for visual art i’ve seen, will lose her sight.

this is a devasting thing, but here’s another reason alice is an inspiration to me. she’s still going and not letting it stop her.
she has started a new business making braille tshirts (www.brailletshirts.com). no, it’s not screenprinted where only the sighted can see it, but she uses metallic studs or swarovski crystals to make actual text that the blind can read!
she can do custom phrases, too.
i have a few of these shirts and they are truly nifty.
she is also planning on going back to school to learn to become a braille transcriber.
truly amazing, isn’t she?

the primary event for a FFB chapter is a VisionWalk, to raise money for research for denegerative eye diseases such as Macular Degeneration, Stargart Disease, Usher Syndrome, Rentintis Pigmentosa, etc., and find cures. This weekend is Memphis’ first VisionWalk and alice has a team. If you can be in Memphis, please come join the team!
Can’t be in memphis? You can donate to the cause. Don’t have much? hey, they’ll accept $5 donations! I believe alice is making tshirts (the design is one her VisionWalk page and giving them to those who make a donation of $25 or higher…
i have volunteered to do face painting at the event, but i plan on walking, too, if time permits.

Please support Alice and the FFB!
Click here to visit my personal page.

Click here to view the team page for Team Darediva

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Drawn from sources trying to avoid work today…

• The Washington Post has an article called ‘Five Webcomics to Keep Your Eye On.’
• Xerexes has an interesting post following up on the ‘Most Read’ series of articles comparing the audiences for various webcomics.
• I can’t remember if I’ve posted Bloody and Brutal Reviews before, but here it is. The unvarnished and more than slightly profane (NSFW) Red Right Hand.
• Great Hera! It’s Wonder Woman Day III!
• Randall Munroe and Cory Doctrow talk work habits at 3PiCon.
• 24 Hour Comic Book Day in San Francisco.
• PC Weenies made PC Advisor Magazine’s ‘Top 10 Humorous Websites’ chosen by their readers. Congratulations Krishna!
• Just in case you didn’t know XKCD spurred a new feature from YouTube. Good work Randall!
• An interview with Gordon McAlpin, creator of Multiplex on ComixTalk.
• Heidi MacDonald of The Beat has a nice roundup of the further adventures in Wowio/Platinum.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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