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Archive for February, 2009

Webcomic Wire – 2/27/09

Posted by DarthMike on February 24th, 2009

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.
Reported by Michael Moss.

Gigcast Live 181

Posted by jtpokie on February 20th, 2009

JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Live on Talkshoe

links later


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Webcomic Wire – 2/17/09

Posted by DarthMike on February 17th, 2009

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.’
Reported by Michael Moss.

Good, Bad and Geeky Nick Nitro Gigcast 180

Posted by jtpokie on February 13th, 2009

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.

Guest:

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.

www.BuzziNews.com

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

TB-BA Spotlight:


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Webcomic Wire – 2/9/09

Posted by DarthMike on February 9th, 2009

Drawn from sources that are playing Quake Live beta…

Reported by Michael Moss.

Don’t Mind us Stoopitz! Gigcast 179

Posted by jtpokie on February 7th, 2009

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

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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Webcomic Wire – 2/5/09

Posted by DarthMike on February 6th, 2009

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.
Reported by Michael Moss.