Archive - May 15, 2006
Daily Grind Update
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 15, 2006 - 10:08
It's been over a year now, and there are still a lot of contenders in the Daily Grind contest. The remaining 24 contestants in this endurance contest are:
- Lonnie Allen (website)
- Joseph Bergin III (website)
- Jennie Breeden (website)
- Stephen Burrell (website)
- D.J. Coffman (website)
- Paul Gadzikowski (website)
- Jamie Dee Galey (website)
- Ali Graham (website)
- Edward J Grug III (website)
- Brad Guigar (website)
- Tim Hulsizer (website)
- Matt Johnson (website)
- Brandon Lewis (website)
- Tyler Longmire (website),
- Tom McHenry (website)
- Michael Payne website)
- Eric Poole (website)
- Phil Redmon (website)
- Andrew Rothery (website)
- R. Smith (website)
- Ive Sorocuk (website)
- Mike Stevens (website)
- Bryan Stone (website)
- Jam Torkberg (website)
From a quick glance at the list I've bolded those I'm immediately familar with. That's 17 creators that I am not sure I've read before. I don't know if that's because they're not that popular, or that good or rather just as likely - more evidence that there are more interesting webcomics out there than anyone can ever possibly write about.
Xaviar Xerexes' Other Websites: Altbrand and The X-Blog!
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 15, 2006 - 09:18
I've put back up most of the Altbrand site. The heyday of the Altbrand group was late 1999 to 2002 and we created a lot of material for the site. Since then we've all done our various projects with comics but there hasn't been much activity at the altbrand.com site. But if you missed all of that and want to see some side projects from the likes of Lee Adam Herold, Burke, Case Yorke, and Boxjam (plus current Blank Label Comics member Brad Guigar) go check it out.
Monday News In Progress
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 15, 2006 - 07:25
Over the weekend, I compiled a list of interesting videos related to comics - you might be interested in checking some of them out.
Gary Chaloner announces that his webcomic, John Law is going to daily updates.
Dorothy Gambrell has a Cat and Girl book coming out. You can order it here. Dorothy also posts "four cartoons rejected by the New Yorker." I don't get the New Yorker anymore (read it online but...) but Gambrell's sensibility is perfect for that magazine.
A new site with an interesting twist on wikidom: Wiki How-To. Here's a link to a how-to on painting.
From Ninth Art, Andrew Wheeler complains about Marvel's "conservatism" and Bulent Yusuf names the nine comics that shaped his love for comics. As long as we've brought up Marvel here's a funny blog post on "Marvel's 50 Best Characters." The list is arguably accurate but the accompanying snark-filled descriptions are priceless.
The Comics Interpreter is an infrequently published, but intelligent magazine about comics. It now has a podcast - might be worth checking out.
