Biff! Socko! Wank!
The Unh! Project is collecting those “guttural moans” in comics. Continue Reading
Month: November 2003
Free Comic Reader Zeenster Puts Small Press on Palm OS
Peter Conrad, alternative comic artist and creator of the popular “Stymied” comic strip, released an application called Zeenster for the Palm OS that allows users to read comics on handhelds. Unlike other handheld comics readers, all Zeenster content is free and bumable. A non-proprietary file format encourages individuals to create their own Zeenster content using tools available over the Internet. Continue Reading
Penny Arcade Organizes Toy Drive for Seattle Children’s Hospital
Penny Arcade has partnered with the Seattle Children’s Hospital and Amazon.com for “Child’s Play.” With the help of the Children’s Hospital, Penny Arcade created an Amazon Wish List for the sick kids at the hospital. Every single contribution will help out the Children’s Hospital and the 190,000 kids they treat each year.
More details on the Penny Arcade website. Continue Reading
David Wright’s Eight Questions
David Wright, besides drawing Todd and Penguin and contributing to Comixpedia, also posts his patented 8 Questions interviews with various webcomic stars. Most recently, he talked to Chris Furniss of Intelligent Life. Continue Reading
Review of IComic Reader for Macs
Dirk Deppey directs us to a story on the I-Comic application to read webcomics.
Just as interesting are some of the comments to the story. Is I-Comics a nifty tool for reading webcomics or simply enabling republication without the creator’s consent? Continue Reading
Todd and Penguin’s 3rd Anniversary!
Todd and Penguin turned 3 this month, and since I don’t want to sing praise of my own comic, I will use the words of Lee Adam Herold of Chopping Block to describe it:
David Wright has taken a truly funny, well-drawn, engaging comic and done what I’ve seen precious few others do well. He’s imbued it with actual love. The pitfall in trying to do this is that invariably it comes off as corny or trite, and elicits more groans than laughter from readers. Witness the bane of all contemporary comic creators, The Family Circus. But with Todd & Penguin, the love is a natural part of its fabric. Like Calvin and Hobbes or Peanuts, it walks the line between sentimentality and sharp wit, and you never notice how difficult it should be to pull off. Continue Reading
Comic-Fire! Round Two: Millikin Versus Pierce
Another installment of this month’s Comic-Fire! between Eric Millikin and Justin Pierce.
This week it’s a debate question for the artists among you. A deeply complex question, one for all of the ages. Well, perhaps the information age anyway. Enjoy. Continue Reading
Monkey Law by Brad Hawkins, reviewed by Bill Duncan
Brad Hawkins’ Monkey Law is an excellent example of the kind of genre-hopping that webcomics makes possible. One part social-political commentary, one part funny-monkey stories, Monkey Law is an occasionally awkward marriage of seemingly disparate parts, that delivers a powerful punch. Continue Reading
Juxtapose This!: Death of A Webcartoonist
I don’t know whatever possessed me to try and write a column about burnout. It’s like being assigned a term paper on nihilism: you’re really, really tempted not to turn in anything at all. Nobody can say that you failed to grasp the concept at hand.
Luckily (?) for you, my work ethic has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes. But I have been to the Edge: and I can tell you what lies beyond.
Instamatic Poli-Cartoon?
The Internet is a wonderful thing. As a culture, not only do we have access to more Photoshopped pictures of naked celebrities now than at any other point in history, but we are also inundated with pornography’s ugly sister: Internet news.
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