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Archive for March, 2010

Webcomic Wire – 3/31/2010

Posted by DarthMike on March 31st, 2010

Drawn from sources all over the micro-verse…

  • The tragedy of Calvin taking Ritalin.
  • Charles Lavoie makes the case that practically every New Yorker cartoon can be re-captioned with ‘Christ, what an asshole!’ without loosing the funny.
  • NH State Rep. Nick Levasseur, massive tool, thinks that anime is a reason that ‘two nukes just wasn’t enough.’ The incredible tool apologizes for his stupidity at least.
  • Comic books absolved of role in vampire hunting spree in 1954.
  • NYC Graphic has an interview with Jason Little.
  • Fleen has a post about PAX East 2010 if you’re curious about how it’s going.
  • Intervention webcomic convention pre-registration is open.
  • Platinum and ezprints launch an online store.
  • Sequential Tart has an interview with Anders Loves Maria creator Rene Engstrom.
  • WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Bottlebrush and Slick
Reported by Michael Moss.

Gigcast 193, Megacon Recap Part 1

Posted by jtpokie on March 26th, 2010

JT and Brian Talk Webcomics.  TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

Guest:

Links:

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Webcomic Wire – 3/19/2010

Posted by DarthMike on March 19th, 2010

Drawn from sources that are just back from frolicking in the sun…

  • Vox Magazine this week has a story about local creators using the web to share their work. It also has interviews with Scott Ziolko, Jeremy Burt, Gary Lister, JB Winter, and Keith Chan.
  • Revo-emag has their picks for the best webcomics ever.
  • CBR spotlights Gabrielle Bell.
  • Webcomic Planet War! 2010
  • The Webcomic Overlook #113 reviews Xylia Tales.
  • The Beat has an interview with Rantz Hoseley on the LongBox launch at Emerald City.
  • White Ninja reaches 1000 strips! Congratulations!
  • Odori Park turns one year old. Congratulations Chris!
  • Joey Manley posts about American Elf creator James Kochalka’s video game fund raiser.
  • WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Out Of The Blue
Reported by Michael Moss.

The Gigcast 192

Posted by jtpokie on March 17th, 2010

JT and Kev Talk All tings Nightgig, TB-BA Spotlight from Brian Anderson.

Guest:

Links:

TB-BA Spotlight:


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Webcomic Wire – 3/9/2010

Posted by DarthMike on March 9th, 2010

Drawn from sources that are full of frosted mini-wheats…

  • Free ebooks correlated with inreased print-book sales on BoingBoing.net.
  • Jackson Ferrell at This Week in Webcomics has announced that he’s cartooning again. You can check out his new work over at Borderline-Boy.com. Best of luck!
  • The Webcomic Overlook #111: Las Lindas.
  • Check out The Bad Webcomics Wiki. There are some good comics on the list in my opinion so read it with a critical eye for the overly critical.
  • Quitting Time and Gods Playing Poker are the newest webcomics to take Harknell of Onezumi.com up on his offer to create iPhone apps for comic creators. If you are a webcomic creator you should check out his offer!
  • ROBOT 6 has an interesting piece on cartoonists and their self portraits.
  • CBR has an interview with Bill Barnes and Paul Southworth about their newest effort Not Invented Here.
  • Viper Comics and Daniel Barcroft launch Sanford Park. Best of luck!
  • The British International Comics Show is coming up in October 2010.
  • The Casual Webcartoonist writes about how to price your artwork (h/t ComixTalk).
  • Otis Frampton talks about his new webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere on ComixTalk.
  • The Beat posts about cartoonist Asaf Hanuka and his webcomic The Realist.
  • WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Steal This Webcomic

Reported by Michael Moss.

Back again with Kevin Hayman and the Music of Marc Gunn

Links not in the Blog so Far…

Wishtales Publishing Studio
http://www.wishtales.com

Red’s Planet by Eddie Pittman
http://www.redsplanet.com

http://www.BubbaWorldComix.com

Schlegel’s Coffee Shop

Octobriana Kickstart site


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