Archive - Nov 16, 2006
Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan #1 Now Online From DC
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 16, 2006 - 16:02
Boing Boing catches that Transmetropolitan #1 is now available as a free download from DC Comics. (It's a PDF download).
Rolling Thursday News
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 16, 2006 - 11:25
NEWS & VIEWS
- It looks like a cut of the documentary Adventures Into Digital Comics was shown at the Tel Aviv Film Festival and nominated for Best Documentary there. Has anyone seen this thing yet? They started shooting it before Comixpedia launched (pre-2003) and as far as I can tell from their site and teh internets it's not available to the public yet. The producers state that they began providing private screenings this year (2006) but as they're in California it's not an option for me for geographic reasons. (I'm trying to track down emails for them to ask for a DVD or VHS version but without luck so far. There's always snail mail I guess.)
- Heidi McDonald posts an overview of people looking at comics and the long tail. It seems to be in the air - Joey Manley also recently posted about the prospects for future growth in comics online, starting with setting webcomics' sites higher than print comics itself.
REVIEWS
- Jon Morris (creator of Jeremy) reviews the collected Peanuts from Fantagraphics and Robert Altman's 1980 movie version of Popeye.
- Digital Strips reviews Inverloch.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS
- Journalista! links to Derik Badman's look at the mechanics of panel transitions: part one and part two.
- Shishio passes on from D.J. Coffman's site that Life's A Bluff, the webcomic about poker (that D.J. Coffman was the initial artist on) is now appearing on the World Poker Tour website. Great exposure!
- Shaenon K. Garrity notes that Jason Thompson, creator of the webcomic The Stiff is busy writing a book.
- John K (Ren & Stimpy) goes sorta-Howard Beale on his blog readers and the corporate powers that be.
New Edition of Drupal Webcomics Module Out
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 16, 2006 - 10:46
Another edition of the webcomics module for the Drupal CMS is out. If anyone gives it a spin let us know how well it works. Discussion about the Drupal webcomics module is welcome at the discussion group here (you should be able to log in at any drupal.org site with your comixpedia user id like this "youruserid@comixpedia.com" and your comixpedia password).
PVP Livecast This Thursday Night
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 16, 2006 - 00:20
Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub are teaming up for a live (Internet radio?) show this Thursday night at 9pm Central time. You can chat with the hosts and other members of the audience and call in via your home phone or skype.
Click here to visit and the PvP livecast page at Talkshoe.com. If you can’t be there for the live broadcast, you will be able to download a recorded version shortly after we finish up.
Que es Mas Offensive? (So Very NSFW)
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 16, 2006 - 00:13
We've expanded the choices for the highly unscientific poll of offensive webcomics. We're really getting into NSFW territory now so tread carefully. Click here to for the titles and URLs and a chance to vote.
