Month: January 2004

Twelve Cartoonists Join Forces to Create Comics from the Void

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They didn’t invent the concept of comic books on the internet and they’re not the first subscription based site online, but twelve popular cartoonists are betting that readers will be willing to pay $15 a year to enjoy their work. They have combined their efforts to put their money where their mouths are.

Beginning in January 2004, PV Comics is planning to serve up six complete stories every month, totaling on average 48 pages of new comics for their readers. With twelve diverse and experienced talents making up their roster, these won’t be any cookie-cutter comic books. Continue Reading →

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Aftermath of Penny Arcade’s Childs Play Donation Drive

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Penny Arcade did a nice thing this holiday season – organize a toy drive for a local hospital which was a spectacular success due to their readers’ generority. Tycho estimates that they raised the equivalent of $200,000.00 in toys, games and money.

After it was over Tycho posted his reaction to the lack of coverage from the media, in contrast to the media’s continuing scrutiny of video game content and possible Ozzy Osbourne like impact on our nation’s youth. Metafilter picked up on Tycho’s post and it started an interesting discussion. Continue Reading →

All New Misfit-Media.com! Same Great Comics!

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Comixpedia ain’t the only site on the block with a new look. Misfit-Media.com is all new for the new year. Misfit-Media is features a group of comics artists based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our flagship titles are the cyber-punk action comedy Reckless Life by Tim Demeter and humor strip Counter-Productive, by J. Jason Groschopf. We also feature pop culture news and some hoppin’ message boards. Continue Reading →

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New UK Magazine for Independent Comics

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It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee.

Over the last few years, the UK indie comic scene has seen an explosion in quality and quantity. Perhaps compensating for the relatively small numbers of outlets for creators in Britain today, artists and writers have been turning more and more to self publishing with many astounding results, whether through traditional print media or the Internet. Continue Reading →

A Modest Interview: Damonk Talks with Sean Howard About Copyright and Stuff

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While there are many out there who decry sprite-based webcomics as less than art because they use other people’s original material for their own purposes, there are others – like A Modest Destiny‘s Sean Howard – who actually work hard to not only create their own ORIGINAL pixellated works of comic art, but to also lobby to keep others from stealing said work. Continue Reading →