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Archive - Jan 5, 2007

News for the First Weekend of January 2007 (UPDATED)

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 5, 2007 - 22:33

I won't be online much this weekend so stay safe out there on the digital badlands...

BUSINESS

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DEAD TREES

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

ALTBRAND At Pittsburgh Con 2002

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 5, 2007 - 15:53

Still the only Con I've "exhibited" at: ALTBRAND had a booth at Pittsburgh's Comicon in 2002. Here's a mention of it in an old article at Border Walker.

Format For Blind Date II

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 5, 2007 - 15:46

A few years ago we did a great "event" called Blind Date which paired up webcomics creators to make a comic together. (I will put up the archive of Blind Date I very soon). With the idea of having a regular schedule of events this year I'd like to organize a Blind Date II for February.

Cleaning Up The Office: 2007 Edition

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 5, 2007 - 15:36

I hate throwing anything out but I'm all out of space! Here's a few random items from conventions that I'll mention online as I discard the offline version - maybe the karma will even out for me!

Working on Planet Z!

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 5, 2007 - 13:35

So after a long break from regularly posting any comics (really almost 3+ years) I'm focused on making some again. Putting them up on the web is nice if it gets me any feedback plus like a lot of others it's nice to see your work up on the screen in sequence.

Step one of setting up a website I took care of last year in resurrecting altbrand.com into a functional site again. I'm using a slightly modified version of Greg Stephen's ZWOL script (which is really nice btw) which supports multiple comics on one site.

News For Friday, January 5, 2007

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 5, 2007 - 12:28

COMIXPEDIA

  • Lots of PW ad slots available for FREE at frightnight.org. These may be worth a bit more in February (more details on that next week).

INTERVIEWS

ADVERTISING

  • In addition to the product-placement Gieni-Crosby-penned Wicked Powered, Microsoft has a webcomic called The Enchanted Office up about its new Office product.
  • Project Wonderful was down for a blip this morning but appears to be back up. There are a few new sizes of ads available to use thru PW now - 728x90 and 125x125.

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

  • I just read Thunder & Lightning at ComicGenesis by Cassandra Matteis and Lara Whitaker. It's got a lot of pretty generic manga-flavored art set in a pretty generic fantasy-flavored world, but the twist in the first chapter involving the werewolf character changed my mind towards it: it's uneven, but I'm hopeful the creators stick with it. Check it out - it won't take long for you to read the whole archives.
  • The Beat likes the new webcomic Inanna’s Tears written by Rob Vollmar and illustrated by mpMann.

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