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Archive for May, 2009

Webcomic Wire – 5/26/09

Posted by DarthMike on May 26th, 2009

Drawn from sources who know where their towel is…

  • Onezumi had a car accident and, so if you can, please stop by her site and wish her well. There is also a donation sale. (*Thanks for the correction)
  • Tom Spurgeion has a Comic-Con survival guide.
  • The Boston Comics Roundtable has released the third issue of their anthology Outbound.
  • Daryl Cagle talks about the future of syndication.
  • Comics Worth Reading has a post about the business of comics.
  • And the author of Beaver and Steve offers this on the creative process.
  • Keith Knight is interviewed by The Story on American Public Media.
  • Viz Media has launched a webcomic site according to ICV2.com.
  • Starship Castle is starting a review column called Webcomics Warp where they review fantasy or sci-fi webcomics.
  • The Washington Post interviews Comic Riffs Blogger Michael Cavna.
  • The Floating Lightbulb points out where more help for WordPress users can be had and reviews Asset Bar.
  • Robot 6 reports that the ACT-I-VATE primer is due out this fall.
Reported by Michael Moss.

Webcomic Wire – 5/18/09

Posted by DarthMike on May 18th, 2009

Drawn from sources that have tried Pepsi Throwback…

  • Sean Kleefeld talks about the future of comic distribution.
  • News-a-rama interviews Brock Heasley, author of SuperFogeys.
  • The National Post talks to Jason Thompson about the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
  • The Floating Lightbulb has some behind-the-scenes plug-in advice about WordPress.
  • Krishna tells us why he doesn’t participate in link exchanges.
  • Robot 6 has a post about Slash Print following the digital revolution.
  • TwiTip, Twitter for Cartoonists.
  • For Better for Worse author Lynn talks about reference material and give some great tips including using toys.
  • Dinosaur Comics collection: improbably fantastic re-use of dinosaur clip art.
  • Ever wonder what’s up with Jughead’s hat?
  • A mini-documentary of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
Reported by Michael Moss.

Webcomic Wire – 5/6/09

Posted by DarthMike on May 6th, 2009

Drawn from sources that are close to ‘the man’…

  • Digger moves from Graphics Smash to its own site where the men are pretty and the archives are free.
  • Erfworld also has moved off of Giants in the Playground and  launched its own site.
  • There are unconfirmed reports of ComicGenesis being hacked into and shut down over the weekend. Critical Kitty has more.
  • The Floating Lightbulb posts about why he thinks Comic Hosts are fading. Are they?
  • Webcomics.com has an article on how to create a media kit.

Reported by Michael Moss.

Webcomic Wire – 5/3/09

Posted by DarthMike on May 4th, 2009

Drawn from sources that had a rainy and restful weekend…

  • The Seattle PI has an interview with Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade.
  • The National Post talks to Ryan North.
  • Brad Guigar is taking pre-orders for Evil Inc. Volume 4. Now in color!
  • Not to be overlooked, Evil Diva is review no. 75 on The Webcomic Overlook.
  • Readers pick for best webcomic: Nerd Rage.
  • Forces of Geek review thirteen webcomics.
  • Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique posts about some new finds.
  • The Floating Lightbulb posts about webcomic growth and measurement.
  • Nick Eff reads a lot of webcomics. Let him show u some.
  • Sunny Kris, The Webcomic on Indian Workplaces.
Written by Michael Moss.