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Archive - Jun 7, 2006

The Antecedent #6: James Monroe vs. The Axis of Regal

How political and economic pressures created the most famous piece of American foreign policy: The Monroe Doctrine (and how a strategic partnership kept if from being hollow rhetoric).

Working for the Wednesday News Update

Zoinks reports that Will Turner and Daver Reynold will soon be launching a new webcomic called Reynard City using a pay-per-download business model.

The Webcomics Examiner reviews Hold My Life by Dale Ingram.

The Webcomicker reviews a bunch of webcomic books from Goats, Dinosaur Comics, Silent Kimbly, and Schlock Mercenary.

Blank Label Comics is having a contest -- the winner will receive a signed book from every BLC member that currently has a book out. The drawing will be open until 11:59 PM on Thursday, June 8 and the winner will be announced this Friday. To enter, just send an e-mail with your name and mailing address to drawing@blanklabelcomics.com.

A nice post from Debbie Ridpath Oni on writing journals - she includes a lot of links to good resources on writing.

Tom Spurgeron points to an interesting thread at Warren Ellis' Engine forums on starting up a comic book shop.

Hooray for Hackers...

Been out of pocket all day and apparently the site took a header into a ditch this morning. A quick check suggests an attack to me, but I'll sort it out later tonight.Â

Consider this an open thread. Â Â