Subscribe to The Gigcast:
    • View RSS FeedSubscribe with iTunesAdd to your Playlist at PodcastPickle.comSubscribe with Google Reader
      Subscribe with PodcastReadySubscribe with Yahoo!Subscribe with AOL


  • Got News?
    • Submit news items to gigcast(at)nightgig.com, or call the Gigline at well, e-mail us and tell us we should bring back the gigline, or send us an mp3, and we may put it on The Gigcast. Deadline: 8PM EST Tuesdays

Archive for April, 2009

Webcomic Wire – 4/27/09

Posted by DarthMike on April 27th, 2009

Drawn from sources that had a good weekend…

  • Yirmumah now has it’s own Anti-Social network ning.
  • Palace in the Sky Webcomic News has an interview with Christopher J. Paulsen, creator of Precocious.
  • The Beat reports that Saltwater Taffy is starting a webcomic version of it’s print comic.
  • Neil Cohn needs some people to take part in an experiment. Bwahahaha science!
  • Platinum Studios is facing a 20 million dollar defecit. Yikes!
  • Free Webcomics Workshop for grades 6-11 on May 2nd at the Centerville Library if you happen to live in Ohio.
  • The Floating Lightbulb highlights some French webcomics.
  • Strawerry Syrup has an interesting post about being on hiatus.
  • Johnny Saturn suggests some webcomics we should be reading.
  • The blog Young Australian Skeptics gives a scathing and pretty spot on review of After Eden, a Christian anti-evolution webcomic. I suppose there had to be one out there.
  • George Carroll has a post on Webcomics.com called ‘Learning from…webcomics?’ which is pretty good.
Reported by Michael Moss.

The Gigcast 187 Talkshoe Live

Posted by jtpokie on April 23rd, 2009

JT Talks Webcomics.


The Gigcast
A Nightgig Studios Production – http:/
/www.nightgig.com
Have News or a Comment?  Want to tell JT and Scott they are full of it?
E-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com

NightGig/Gigcast Title Theme By Beatnik Turtle




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

Webcomic Wire – 4/20/09

Posted by DarthMike on April 20th, 2009

Drawn from sources that are sore from hiking and walking over the weekend…

  • Joey Manley talks about drama in webcomics.
  • Scratchin Post and Li’l Nyet get reviewed by Talkin Bout Comics.
  • Heidi MacDonald talks about the webcomics approach to printing.
  • Xerexes posts about Musicslu as a possibility for pre-selling webcomics.
  • An interview on ComixTalk with Brian Brown, creator of Bellen!.

Reported by Michael Moss.

Webcomic Wire – 4/17/09

Posted by DarthMike on April 17th, 2009

Drawn from sources that are hanging on by their fingernails…

  • More print vs. webb debate.
  • Camaron has a great post called ‘You Have Time’ over at Webcomics.com.
  • Rackafracka launches a brand new newsletter.
  • The Examiner has a review of The Elves of LleuGarnok.
  • Some bad news.
  • The webcomic Overlook has the 2009 Eisner Nominees for Best Digital Comic.
  • The Beat tells us about the man who invented Comic Sans.
  • Xerexes talks about Girlamatic over at ComixTalk.
  • Clickwheel.net has relaunched and upgraded so check it out.

Reported by Michael Moss.

Webcomic Wire – 4/7/09

Posted by DarthMike on April 7th, 2009

Drawn from sources that are still dodging pink slips so far…

  • Cat Garza’s is having some issues with a chiropractor, fleen has the story.
  • The Webcomic Beacon #70: the 2008 Beaky Awards.
  • The Washington Post asks ‘Where Else Do You GO to Fill Your Comics Needs?’ A good question!
  • News-a-Rama has an interview with Box Brown.
  • Spy6teen debuts on Zuda.
  • Yen Press Launches Toxic Planet Comic Online.
  • Talkin Bout Comics talks about webcomics that aren’t Zuda.
  • Karmic Debt Comics gets hot under the collar about Scott Kurtz.
  • Barkeater Lake celebrated 10 years in January. Better late than never for a hearty congratulations!
  • Here’s some good advice on designing memorable tshirts for your webcomic from Webcomics.com.
  • Sandra and Woo get a review on WebcomicZ.
  • The Floating Lightbulb talks about webcomic site design.
  • The Art Geek Zoo has a post about its evolving status after one year. Congrats on turning 1!
  • The new webcomic Urfs by Mike Jacobsen and Phil Selby was in the spotlight on Neatorama.com.
Reported by Michael Moss.