Month: March 2003

E-books Unbound: An interview with Aaron Thacker

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The two brothers from Indiana who sell downloadable comic books in PDF through Unbound Comics are feeling positive over future prospects for their site – which they run together from a considerable distance from one another. But this physical distance between Aaron (who lives in San Francisco) and Matt Thacker (in Chicago) hasn’t limited their success with Unbound Comics, a site that offers new and out-of-print comic books in e-book format for nearly half the price of their print counterparts. Continue Reading →

Cat and Girl by Dorothy Gambrell, Reviewed by Chris Daily

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A cat and a girl. It’s really that simple.

But for something that simple, there sure is a lot more to it than that. Dorothy Gambrell’s Cat and Girl is a webcomic that knocks you on the floor with witty repartee and smart humor, random name-dropping and off-beat themes — a voracious webcomic wolf sneaking around the flock under the sly sheep’s skin guise of a simple children’s strip about two friends and the things they do. Full of random name dropping and off-beat themes, Cat and Girl is a strip that takes many chances and makes no apologies.

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Return to Sender by Vera Brosgol, Reviewed by Justin Pierce

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Feeling a little blue? If so, you’re in luck, because Vera Brosgol’s Return to Sender makes a little blue go a long way.

Return to Sender is essentially a realistic webcomic with one small, yet deliberate plot twist that sends it into many fantastical tangents – a bit like the old television show Early Edition, but with the fantasy knob cranked up a few notches.

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Webcomic Communities (Part Three) — Flies in the Forum Ointment? by Kelly J. Cooper

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This is part three of a series — be sure to read part one and part two!

There’s something about comics that make people want to talk. And sometimes, just talking causes more chaos and consternation than you can imagine. Between technical failures, heated discussions on controversial topics, and the occasional troll, creators who wish to maintain a community presence may be called on to do much more than just write and draw their comics.

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Art and Narrative: Bursting the Bubble and the Context of Text in Comics

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Last month I wrote about the developing potential of the webcomic medium, and the some of the way in which the inherited conventions of print have made some creators reluctant to experiment. Conventions (and I’m not talking about the one in San Diego) are immensely important to any language, as they communicate important information and offer an identifiable standard to help facilitate understanding.

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Webcomics’ Own Breath of the Dragon: An Interview with Merlin

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Daniel "Merlin" Goodbrey has been skulking around the webcomics scene for years now, shamelessly exposing small gaggles of readers and creators alike to the wanton nakedness of his raw Imagination. While not a ‘mainstream biggie’ (yet), e-merl.com holds its own in any measuring contest when it comes to quality of writing and entertainment value, and leaves the pack behind when it comes to breaking new ground in our burgeoning digital field.

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Webtoonists Meet Up (In Offline Real Life) Day

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Meet Up Dot Com is a site that helps groups self-organize meetings. A date is picked and it’s up to interested individuals to make it work (or not). Webcomics now has such a date: the first Wednesday of every month is for local artists to meet. The first such day is set for April 2nd at 7:00 PM (local time) and already 45 individuals have signed up from various geographic locations.

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April Fools Rush in Where Others Fear to Tread?

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The Great April Fools’ Webcomic Swap is arguably the oldest “community” event amongst webcomics. First held in 1999, the 2000 edition was also widely participated in. After these first two editions there was considerable debate over continuing the project (and some argued that with the event now lacking the element of surprise it was simply not much of an “April Fool” anymore).

The Nice, however, picked up the project and organized the Comic Swap for both 2001 and 2002. Syke announced recently that cartoonists associated with The Nice were planning on having the April Fools swap again this year (a tuesday if you’re curious). Continue Reading →