Month: September 2004

Another trio of PREviews

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Continuing last week’s trend of introducing you to fun new comics, but tying into this month’s theme of relationships, here is another trio of newcomers that are fresh out of the webcomic starting gates, and raring to wow you with their interesting premises, plots, or just plain priceless humor.

With a healthy mix of angsty young adults, strawbatos (strawbatos are all about relationships, honest), fruit bats, and young petting zoo emancipators, how could you be steered wrong? Continue Reading →

Form Is Function by John Barber

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This column was meant to be an examination of the form and aesthetic qualities of comics from a theoretical yet practical point of view. This had been, really, the idea of pretty much anything I’ve ever written about comics.

I’ve always been more interested in the practical side of "comics theory". My philosophy has been that in understanding how something works, I can better use that something to make comics. Continue Reading →

Relationships in Webcomics: Infinite Canvas or Crowded Space?

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One of the things I learned, pretty early on, is that I don’t want people in my space. Maybe a single person, and then only on the grounds that there are certain relationships one can’t easily conduct when one doesn’t let anyone into the house. You can come over for coffee, or for anime, or for whatever it is we’ve decided to do. Then, you will have to get out, because it is my bloody space.
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First Ever Nigerian Comic Convention!

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First Ever Nigerian Comic Convention!

Africa’s most populous nation is set to host the continent’s first Comicbook Convention. A gathering of Nigerian comicbook fans, rumored to be enormous in number, will throng the National Museum on the 10th-12th of September 2004 for a ‘Comicbook Carnival’ which will feature some international publishers, including famed webcomic publisher Komikwerks, represented by their Special Features Editor, Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, who is also a popular Nigerian journalist and comicbook artist/writer. Among the Nigerian publishers, will be the creator of wildly popular ‘Ikebe Super’, legendary Nigerian artist Obe Ess of ‘The Guardian’ fame, and others. Continue Reading →

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butternutsquash: I can no longer resist

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Am I the last one to discover the charms of butternutsquash? I had resisted the pretty picture art for awhile although vaguely aware of its existence. I shouldn’t have. It’s pretty funny. Sometimes really damn funny. There’s a halloween-themed strip involving Chewbacca that may be one of my all-time favorites.

The archives aren’t that long – do yourself a favor and get some funny.
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Call for Questions for Bill Holbrook

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For this month’s community interview, syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook has agreed to sit in the Comixpedia interview chair. For years now, Holbrook has used funny animals to explore the dynamics of a mixed marriage and an extended family, in his delightful Kevin and Kell, about the marriage between a carnivorous wife and a herbiverous rabbit-husband.

Please post your questions to Bill in replies to this thread (one question per post please). We’ll take questions through September 17th and send the top ten questions to Bill. Continue Reading →

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