Archive - Jan 27, 2005
FLUKE Mini-Comics Festival
Submitted by joshnickerson on January 27, 2005 - 22:17
If you live in Georgia, and are a fan of indie comics, you might want to take a drive to Athens, Georgia (home of the UGA Bulldogs, woot!) this Saturday and check out the FLUKE Mini-Comics Festival, featuring many regional and not so regional independent cartoonists pimping their creations! You can read all about it on the FLUKE website.
How About A Thursday Morning News Update?
Submitted by goonigoogoo on January 27, 2005 - 13:39
So there's a little bit going on this morning. Read the extended entry for the news. This weekend will be the last installment of our January issue - we have another installment of Damonk's column along with reviews and interviews. Next month - "To The Infinite Canvas and Beyond" or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Long-Form Webcomic".
CBR Takes a Look at the Comics Blogosphere
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 27, 2005 - 13:11
Last year in February I wrote a bit about the comics blogosphere - those writers blogging about comics, online and off. Today, CBR takes a look at the status of the comics blogosphere as we begin 2005.
Student Expelled Because Of Penny Arcade Strip
Submitted by Erik Melander on January 27, 2005 - 12:55
Pulse has a full report on the arrest of two children at a Florida school for drawing a violent stick figure comic.
The report contains comments by the Excecutive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Charles Brownstein.
I get one of these every five or six weeks, like clockwork. [...] Three weeks ago I fielded a call from a girl in New Hampshire who was expelled for bringing a Penny Arcade comic to school parodying the Liefeld-style 'babe' costumes.
