Tue, 23 October 2007
Episode 12
Again, ignore everything else... this IS episode 12. NEWS Guy claiming to be John White wants Jeff Rowland to take down some merchandise because it's got a picture of the O RLY owl. http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/10/19/on-the-subject-of-owls-really/ Web comic artists bear it all in the new 2008 Tastefully Done Calander. PC Weenies turns 9 Guerrilla Marketing (doodles on napkins) webcomics idol finalists chosen My 24 hour comic attempt flopped, but many others did a wonderful job. INTERVIEW -Scott Christian Sava of the Dreamland Chronicles LINKS Some webpages from the people who help Scott with the Dreamland Chronicles: Stephano Tsai Karen K. Can Tuncer |
Tue, 16 October 2007
News
-Bill Watterson reviews the Charles Chultz biography. -hpkomic has a contest where if you draw his character Dash you could win a 30gb Zune! (portable music/video player) -24 hour comic day is this saturday, and I will be participating -I will be on skype most of saturday, so if you're online, come on and chat (I'm Sam_Charette) -We're trying to use skypecasts, to allow people to pop in and chat -Gigcast joins FarPoint Media Podcast Network. Interview Nat Gertler from 24 hour comic day Comic Review -Staccato |
Mon, 8 October 2007
Australian colloquialism brought to you by Dutch, of School Spirit
News -Jenny Everywhere contest Jenny Everywhere is a character that is free for anyone to use and, really, is a kick-ass concept. Go here for more information -Sohmer from LFG and Least I Could Do is looking for a voice over actor to play the part of Rayne in a Least I Could Do series. You can get more information here . I'm pretty sure that the characters are supposed to be British, though, so I'm not sure how well accepted American or Canadian voice actors would be. The contest may be closed by now, but since it doesn't explicitly say so, it's worth a check out anyway. -Sean, the guy doing CMXpress, has given me a tour of the system so far (in early beta). Very slick! Interview Today we have a very lengthy, and just as good interview with Brad Guigar of Evil, Inc., Courting Disaster and Phables |
Tue, 2 October 2007
News:
Comic Dish -Raymunde just started up another round of Holiday Bash -The Wiki is up -CD for Beginners http://cdhelp.comicdish.com/ -School Spirit has 500 strips coming up around Remembrance Day in November Drunk Duck -Some financial information on Platinum Studios, made public because of their IPO. Nightgig Studios -Hpkomic and several other artists have embarked on a Halloween monster project. Visit http://hpkomics.com each day for artwork of new monsters from numerous different artists. Comic Genesis -I'm a moron for totally forgetting about the news from CG last week -St. Louis Comic Cookout 2008 - Cookout V - is scheduled tentatively for the first weekend of June 2008. Previous cookout had 51 attendants, a new record. Rumor has it McDuffies might attend this year. He promised to try for this year, although he may pretend he forgot. *glare* Anyone who does a webcomic or is enthusiastic about webcomics is welcome to attend. Details will become increasingly available around October in the Get Together's forum of Comic Genesis. -8:1 is updating again -Ataraxia Theatre is moving from ComicGenesis to Transplant Comics. -Legostar Galactica just celebrated 5 years of comics and I put up a stop motion video fight scene to celebrate -Fletcher Apts is about to celebrate 100 comics... truly a grand achievement considering how freaking long it takes to do these things, and how many times I've just wanted to stop due to burnout, laziness, or lack of time. -Corgan Dane starts Bonehead Comics for all of his comics -Lightbringer back from hiatus Other -Sohmer from LFG is looking for an illustrator for a paying gig: "The other thing I wanted to mention today, is that I'm currently searching for an artist/Illustrator who specializes in character design, and can do this style. It's a paying project, and if you're interested, please send me off a note to sohmer@lfgcomic.com right away." -CMXpress is nearing the beta stage, and it's looking good! http://phantom-inker.livejournal.com/5801.html -24 Hour Comic Day is coming up, on the 20th! -Friends of Lulu is reopening their boards, and now have a section dedicated to promotion and review of webcomics. A special one for women webcomikers, and one for general webcomics. -News on the video game/jack thompson front.(cause this stuff is always a hoot!) Jack Thompson Fun Comics: Dreamland Chronicles - His Deviant Art site can be found here. Fanboys Online Discussion Self-Publishing with Online PODs. Brought to you by Comic Dish |

