Drawn from sources that are sure that there is no bottom…

• Ryan Estrada applies for his dream job as Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Best of luck Ryan!
• Applegeeks reaches 500 episodes. Congratulations Hawk and Ananth!
• Todd & Penguin are back.
• Karen Ellis faces a disastrous fire. For the latest go read her blog. Right now she needs the Mac version of Photoshop.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Jamie Jennings of Emerald Winter.
• Creator Interview with Greg Kinman at Zuda Fan.
• The Christian Science Monitor asks, are your comic books really at risk?
• Strip News details some cool stuff in happening in webcomics.
• The Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is still looking for that special someone.
• The Webcomic Overlook takes a gander at Anders Loves Maria.
• Shepard, Lessig and Steven Johnson in NYC Feb. 26th – Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.
• WonderCon is coming!
• Crappy economy and Diamond de-listing hit Viz hard, company announces restructuring. Good luck!
• The Harvey Award nominations are open.
• Digital_Femme has a post entitled Black Women in Comics: Part 1.
• News-a-rama has an interview with Stuart and Kathryn Immonen.
• Quitting Time will now publish on Monday and Wednesday. That’s right! Twice as much wacky retail antics as before!
• The ComicSpace T-shirt Store Beta is open for business.
• Video of the webcomics panel at Katsucaon 15.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Live on Talkshoe

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Drawn from sources that are glad to see a new week already in progress…

• Uclick seems to be leading the pack in distributing comics to the iPhone.
• DJ Coffman has a video tutorial on drawing comics with Cintiq.
• Webcomic Finds explains their comic categories.
• An interview on ComixTalk with Grant Thomas.
• Publisher’s Weekly has an article about the good turnout to NYCC 2009.
• Freelance Switch has 10 tax deductions that freelancers can make.
• A new website for sharing sketches called Sketchory.
• New Curator has a post called Museums and Webcomics.
• CBR has their thoughts on which webcomics we should be watching.
• The Washington Post has an article called ‘Which Webcomic Are You Ready to Rally Behind?’
• CBR has a piece about Dark Horse continuing to print webcomic titles.
• Switched says Marvel Comics are coming to the iTunes Store.
• ComixTalk has an interview with Greg Dean, creator of Real Life.
• Fried Fish Comcs is one year old. Congratulations!
• The Examiner has a piece about webcomics.
• The Daily Star has an article called ‘Teen Talk: Weekend Reviews: My time to judge more webcomics.’

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics with Nick Nitro of Dribble for Kids and The Good, Bad and The Geeky podcast. Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson., and we visit the Nightgig Lounge to hear the music of The Hosts.

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Guest:

• Nick Nitro of Dribble for Kids and The Good, Bad and The Geeky podcast.

Links:

DavidGallaher @JTShea – The critically acclaimed werewolf western, HIGH MOON started its third season during Monday night’s full moon! highmooncomic.com

sekelsky @JTShea www.webcomicsweekend.com, naturally.

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Zorphbert and Fred have a new official website? It’s now at: www.zfcomics.com

TB-BA Spotlight:

• A pretty fantasy comic: http://music-ofthe-spheres.blogspot.com/2008/11/chapter-1-page-1-next-page.html
• Brand new, mature audience, freakin’ funny strip: http://cocknbull.net/
• Aaaaaaand one I’m just getting into: http://youmeandsteve.com/

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Drawn from sources that are playing Quake Live beta…

• News-a-rama has a post about the NYCC Dark Horse Comics Panel and Marvel Digital Panel.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews SPQR Blues.
• The Express Buzz has a piece about the economy and comics.
• Webcomic Finds reviews Jovian Luck.
• Blambot’s Nate Piekos has a great post about comic-book lettering.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics with Brian Gibson of Stoopitz. Shallow Thought form Christiana Ellis, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

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Guest: Brian Gibson From Stoopitz.com

TB-BA Spotlight:

dogeatdoug @JTShea And another: http://tinyurl.com/ctbodv

This one is quirky but really funny: http://askrachelcomic.com

And another killer comic: http://www.thanuka.com

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Drawn from sources that are still writing 2008 on their checks…

• The Independant has a good piece called ‘How Cartoons Joined the 21st Century.’
• Sony Pictures Animation and Platinum Studios, Inc. team up to develop an animated feature.
• The Cartoon Art Museum in SF is having a benefit screening of Watchmen on March 5th. If you want to volunteer for thier wondercon party give a shout to Andrew (gallery@cartoonart.org).
• Ka-Blam has started ComicsMonkey, a distribution network for print-on-demand comics to comic shops.
• Union of Heroes reaches 100 pages. Congratulations!
• An update on what’s going on with ComicSpace, LLC.
• A new Scott McCloud graphic novel in the works.
• An interestin post in defense of the webcomics business model.
• Da Blog has part one of a series called ‘Webcomics’ Identity Crisis.
• Ars Technica talks about the Infinite Canvas.
• The Weekly Webcomic Spotlight is HotShot and Mighty Girl by Fred Van Lente.
• The Webcomic Overlook has a post questioning the value of negative reviews.

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