For those readers missing their weekly fix of drawings from Roy Boney, Jr, the wait is over. His graphic novel Plugin Boy recently went on hiatus. It is still on hiatus, but a filler comic will begin appearing on the Plugin Boy page next week. This filler comic is from the pages of a new graphic novel series from Roy Boney, Jr. It is an interim comic until Plugin Boy returns later this year.
So, September 22, be there! Continue Reading
Graphic Smash is hardly two days old and already Jennifer Contino has interviewed Barb Lien, the writer behind the Gun Street Girl, one of the 31 comics to debut on Graphic Smash. Lien is also one of the founders of Sequential Tart.
Modern Tales, the leading commercial webcomics service, announced today the launch of its seventh subscription-based anthology publication, Graphic Smash — featuring “action-oriented comics”.
Modern Tales publisher Joey Manley said, “People assume that comics will be centered around action. You think of comics, you think of Superman, or the Hulk. That’s because comics — the marriage of words and sequential drawings — does action very, very well. Graphic Smash is here to prove that the best action comics don’t necessarily rely on decades-old franchises, and that it’s time to put away your father’s and grandfather’s comics, and step into the new century. Unlike most printed comic books, the features on Graphic Smash range widely, in terms of genre, art style, character types, and story possibilities. This isn’t just a bunch of seventy-year-old superheroes … though there are superheroes in the mix. This is something completely different.” Continue Reading
Pete Abrams of Sluggy Freelance and Randy Milholland of Something Positive are both returning Guests of Honor at Ubercon II, a convention taking place October 17-19 at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel in Secaucus, NJ. The convention features a mixture of comics, movies and games. Both Pete and Randy will be running various events, seminars and games, as well as judging a comic contest, over the weekend.
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A Tale As Old As Time…
So I wake up this morning, and my webcomic is still asleep. No problem, I think. Let it get a little sleep. It’s been working hard, what’s the harm of a few extra hours of shut-eye for my hard-working little darling? So I crawl out and go for my morning run (which, by the way, I only go on because I have repetitive stress injury from drawing and typing – but, you know, these are the compromises you make in a good relationship).
When I get back, it’s still sacked out, so I throw together some breakfast, figuring it’s probably my turn, anyway. I’m pulling the last piece of toast out of the toaster when, sure enough, my webcomic straggles in. Continue Reading
So how was your last New Year's Day celebration? Got drunk? Maybe went out and danced with people in the streets? Found out you're the reincarnation of the Chinese Zodiac's Rat God, and that thanks to it being the Year of the Rat, suddenly everyone wants your power?
No? Then you don't know what you're missing. Continue Reading
I should go ahead and warn you right now. This month’s "Why Do Online Comics?" focuses heavily on the print side of comics. This may seem a tad odd to you, but since doing online comics has led me to a lot of this line of thought, and since ultimately I think the best world is one where online comics and print comics build off and feed off each other in a strong symbiotic relationship, I feel presenting the information in this column is not only merited, but important. Continue Reading
Tom Hart and Leela Corman are married – and so are their professions. Both are artists behind successful comics, Hart on the web (Hutch Owen) and Corman in print (Subway Series), and the two manage to balance close quarter living and their artistic differences.
Comixpedia: Do you find you are competitive with your significant other? Continue Reading
In part two of his look at the history of webcomics, T Campbell reviews the first comics to appear on the then new world wide web. Doctor Fun by David Farley and NetBoy by Stafford Huyler can both make claims to being the first "webcomic".
Speaking Up
I’m going to change pace a bit and dole out some advice for would-be writers or critics of comics at large. Take note and feel free to disagree with me…
Here’s a little exercise: Take your favorite comic and read the dialogue out loud.
Now laugh. Continue Reading
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