Warren Ellis Requests Information From Comic Creators

Warren Ellis, creator of Transmetropolitan, has in a post on his email list Bad Signal requested information from comic creators. Webcomics included.

This one is for people who make comics. I have half a scheme in my head, which may come to nothing, but I want a measurement:

If you make comics — professional, indie, self-pub, webcomics, mini-comics — if you make comics, drop me an email at warrene@aol.com and tell me your name and what you do.

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Markus muller looking for a hand in Flash

Infinite Canvas is an application to create infinite canvas webcomics developed by Markus Müller. Recently on his blog Müller issued a question that someone might be able to help him with:

I’m currently working on a Flash Viewer, but unfortunately I ran into several performance issues. The animations are very choppy and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. So if you are an ActionScript expert and are willing to help me improve my code, PLEASE contact me. Thank you!

The next version of the Infinite Canvas application is supposed to support export in Flash – hopefully someone can hook Müller up with the right expertise. Continue Reading

Zombie Jesus Worships John Allison

Randy Milholland has been pointing out Keenspace comics that catch his eye. One that he mentioned recently is The Living Tales of Zombie Jesus which, as Milholland mentions, does owe a lot to John Allison’s Scary Go Round in terms of its visuals.

As far as the writing goes for Zombie Jesus, sure Allison may have made the character of Shelly into a zombie for awhile, but not Jesus himself. Although, Zombie Jesus may be distantly related to Super Demolition Christ.

In any event, Zombie Jesus hasn’t updated in awhile but it does have an entertaining, albeit short, archive. Continue Reading