Drawn from sources deep deep under the sea…

• A digital painting demo from Jami Noguchi of Erfworld.
• Emerald City ComcCon is on for this coming weekend.
• Startslip reaches 1000 Strips. Congratulations Kris!
• The Webcomic Overlook is taking April off.
• Hugo nominated webcomic ‘The Body Politic’ is free download.
• BlogTO has a post about Ryan North and Project Wonderful.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Alex and Nick of Rocket Llama.
• The Examiner has a review of ‘MY 25 Percent’ and part 3 of a series about how to get a webcomics started.
• Calamities of Nature is having their first ever caption contest. Find out more here.
• Readers of ZergWatch, a video game fanzine, have picked ‘Let This Mask Hide the Tears’ as the best webcomic.
• Robot 6 points out that IDW is bringing back GrimJack and other ComicMix titles back into print.
• Alone in a Crowd has a nice Webcomics Weekend wrap up post and COmixTalk has Webcomics Weekend Part 2.

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JT is back on Talkshoe with a good bunch of webcomicers to talk about NEWW and the new Webcomic Planet.

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Guests: Twitter names for now…  links to follow.

Follow these people on twitter :  @Frumph @StealThisComic @sekelsky @DungeonWarden @djnicknitro @rhoratio and others!

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Drawn from sources that are busy as heck…

• Joey Manley is looking for your tshirt designs.
• The Webcomic Overlook has a review of Evil Diva.
• ComixTalk has a review of the Webcomics Weekend.
• Xerexes has an interview with Brian Babendererde, creator of Soul Chaser Betty.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Nathan Bonner of Indavo.
• Some photos of the Webcomic Weekend.
• Webcomic Finds has a review of Seek and Destroy from Anarchy Comics.
• The Examiner has a review of the webcomic Traitor.
• Storming the Tower has a review of Of Bears and Men.
• PVP offers a tshirt with the slogan ‘You’re Killing Newspapers by Reading Webcomics’ on it in time for the Webcomics Weekend.
• UCLICK offers free Dramacon Comic App through Apple.
• Carmine Magazine talks about The Create a Comic Project.
• GeekDad has his second anniversary and revisits Ten Great Webcomics.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique reviews Surviving Retail.
• C.B. Cebulski shares his tips on how to break into comics.
• CBR spotlights Jim Mahfood’s Los Angeles Ink Stains as a webcomic to watch.
• The Cartoon Art Museum is lookin for professional cartoonists to take part in their Cartoonist-in-Residence Program. If you fit the bill and are interested please contact membership@cartoonart.org.
• Wellon’s Weblog has an post entitled ‘Why Web Comics are Better.’
• Johnny Saturn joins ComixsXP.

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Recorded on Talkshoe.

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JT and Scott Talk Webcomics.  Lucas Turnbloom on The Gigcast 184.  AND  Shallow Thought from Christiana Ellis, The TBBA Spotlight from Brian Anderson, Thw Webcomic Wire from Mike Moss and a visit to The Nightgig Studio Lounge to hear The Barnkickers!

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Guest:

Lucas Turnbloom  from Imagine This!

Musical Guest:

The Barnkickers on CD Baby

JC Hutchins Personal Effects

TB-BA Spotlight:

1. dogeatdoug@JTShea oops, I meant this link: http://www.sordidcityblues….

2. dogeatdoug@JTShea And Imy shirts are now available: http://tinyurl.com/b5mzrv

3. dogeatdoug@JTShea And http://www.george-comics.com/

4. dogeatdoug@JTShea And: http://www.willowsgrove.com…

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Drawn from sources that are stunned…

• Andrew Farago announced the passing of Rod Gilchrist, Executive Director of the Cartoon Art Museum. Our heartfelt condolences to Gilchrist’s family and friends for their loss.
• Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with J Gray, creator of Mysteries of the Arcana.
• ComixTalk links to a printable DIY comic on how to make mini comics.
• The New England Webcomics Weekend 2009 reaches capacity.
• Maria Walters asks ‘What’s up with webcomics?’
• Gaming Aisle has some picks for their segment Webcomic of the Week.
• Mashable has their list of the 20 best webcomics.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Nedroid’s Picture Diary.
• PR.com has a press release about a 50-year-old video editor named Byron Wilkins who changed careers to become a webcomic artist.
• The Floating Lightbulb posts about some newer webcomics.
• Comix 411 has an interview with Larry Latham.
• God’s Playing Poker moves from Thursday to Friday.
• Coyote Trax’s Webcomic Critique has a review of Boxes o’ FOxes.
• Issue #19 of Creative Characters has an interview with Cyrus Highsmith.
• News-a-rama has the nominees for the LA Times Book Prize which were announced on the 3rd.

Reported by Michael Moss.

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Interviews from Megacon 2009

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Guests:

Mark Mekkes http://www.Zortic.com
Nick Nitro  http://www.dribbleforkids.com
Mike Maihack http://www.cowandbuffalo.com
Dave Shabet  http://www.deadwinter.cc
Martin Brant and the drew from http://www.grimfurrytales.com/
Echo Chernik form http://www.echo-x.com
Jenifer walker aka scraps from http://www.randomactscomics.com/
Derrik Fish http://www.dandyandcompany.com/
Jenny Breeden  http://www.thedevilspanties.com

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2009 Megacon Webcomics Panel

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Thanks to the Webcomic Folks who were nice enough to take time away from their tables to help make the Webcomic  Panel such a success!

Jenny Breeden  thedevilspanties.com
Dave Shabet  deadwinter.cc
KC Green     rumblo.com
Mike Maihack cowandbuffalo.com
Mark Mekkes (corrected)Zortic and eti-pi
Ryan Sohmer  licd.com
Krishna Sadasivam (corrected!) PCWeenies.com 

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