Archive - 2010
April 2nd
Boing Boing Review of iPad Marvel Comics App
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on April 2, 2010 - 10:52
Xeni's full review is here; below is a video walk through of the app she filmed.
April 1st
Not Webcomics: Le Cinema de Dresden Codak
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on April 1, 2010 - 14:41
April Fool's Day 2010
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on April 1, 2010 - 08:24
Terrence and Isabel Marks have some special comics for April Fool's Day up at Namir Deiter and You Say it First, along with some thoughts on the first webcomic swap. Any other worthy April Fool's pranks to pass along? (Digital Strips has a list of a few here)
In hopefully not-fooling news, I'm very interested in the new Bento Comics site which offers "mix-n-match" anthologies through Lulu with a pretty impressive roster of creators on-board. Brigid Alverson has a short write-up of the project at Robot6.
KICKSTART MY ART: Another very worthwhile Kickstarter project, this one from Steve Bryant, the creator of Athena Voltaire. Robot6 reports that Bryant is seeking to raise money to focus again on the comic. And I'm not going to mention Kickstarter without plugging Patrick Farley's drive to revive Electric Sheep.
MILESTONES: Christopher Wright's Help Desk turned 14 years old this week. Jon Rosenberg's Goats turned 13 years old. Congrats to both!
DEAD TREE DELIVERY: The creators of Monster Commute write about the advantages and disadvantages of self-distribution.
AROUND THE BLOGS: From ComixTalk reader blogs, Mariana Paletta writes about her recently completed first webcomic, Alphie and Sophie Venustar and Super Comix King writes that the second issue of Action Teenz is up.
March 31st
Comix Talk for Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 31, 2010 - 17:39
The day has officially gotten away from me. Two things to mention though:
- Wow - go viral hype: Yamino of Sister Claire is the person behind an infamous piece of Lady Gaga fan art (h/t El Santo!).
- Scott McCloud linked to this project from Ira Marcks and asks "is it a comic"? Probably not, but an interesting music video.
March 30th
Comix Talk for Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 30, 2010 - 10:00
Scott McCloud endorses the E-Sheep Kickstarter drive. Help Patrick Farley make more comics, folks!
INTERVIEWS
- Graphic NYC has an interview with Jason Little on the upcoming book collection of his webcomic Motel Art Improvement Service (a sequel to Shutterbug Follies). Great interviewer, great subject - this is a good read.
- Newsarama has an interview with Dan Goldman on his current webcomic, Red Light Properties.
- Tim O'Shea has an interview with the crew from the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness.
LEGAL: CBR has an interview with Nina Paley with some good discussion about copyright in the digital age. Paley had epic copyright battles in getting her fantastic animated film Sita Sings the Blues released.
REVIEWS: Charley Parker talks about Asaf Ahanuka's effort to serialize an english language webcomic version of his Hebrew language comic, The Realist.
Conventions: Gary had the first part of his PAX East round-up yesterday, more to come this afternoon.
AROUND THE BLOGS: An amazing series of ABC driven artwork from Neill Cameron.
NOT WEBCOMICS: James Kochalka has a supporting role in a new movie Mars, that looks pretty interesting. Shot entirely on greenscreen, it has a rotoscoped animated look not entirely unlike the videogame Borderlands.
March 29th
Comix Talk for Monday, March 29, 2010
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 29, 2010 - 09:36
So here's a good question worth a think. Salon just let Reuben Bolling know it's canceling it's contract for Tom The Dancing Bug (which apparently means This Modern World is the last comic at Salon?) Tom the Dancing Bug is a smart, funny comic and the question now is -- what's the business plan for Bolling going forward? Seriously, if there's one cartoonist who I would volunteer time to help brainstorm and execute a new business model for, he'd be on the short list.
Penny Arcade Expo: Hope PAX East was awesome. I'll jealously read the reports trickling in today as attendees tell their tales of brushing against the PA crew and breaking into spontaneous nerdcore beatboxing in the hallways. In honor of the recent PAX East here's a link to Geekosystem's Top 10 Most Obscure PA characters.
Also, the Penny Arcade crew announced they would not be making a third installment in their videogames series but you can still read Macgasm's refresher review of the first two episodes of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness here.
OTHER CONVENTIONS: In other con news, I'm still trying to make sure my schedule allows me to attend, but it looks like Rob Balder of Erfworld will definitely be there. Where? At Intervention of course. And don't forget the Comics Events calendar for dates for comic conventions and other events.
Milestones: Gordon McAlpin finished Book Four of his Multiplex webcomic. This comic has gotten better and better -- McAlpin does the character-driven material as well as the movie-driven stuff.
REVIEWS: El Santo reviews Evan Dahm's Rice Boy - it's another example of why El Santo is one of the best reviewers in comics right now. (My review of Rice Boy is here.)
INTERVIEWS: Sequential Tart has an interview with Rene Engstrom, creator of the completed webcomic Anders Loves Maria.
Opinion: I'd rather have Tatsuya Ishida on the editorial pages than most working editorial cartoonists. Ishida is at least as opinionated as 3/4 of them and his art runs laps (MULTIPLE FREAKIN' LAPS) over all of them.
iWEBCOMICS: Johana Draper Carlson talks about Alex de Campi’s Valentine comic, particularly the effort de Campi's making to bring it to multiple platforms simultaneously.
AROUND THE BLOGS: Last week, Howard Tayler had a great post on ideas and their value in the world - worth reading still. And Tom Spurgeon lists the webcomics suggested by readers of his site, The Comics Reporter. Not a bad list...
THE MAILBAG: Jason Whitley wrote to alert us to the return of Sea Urchins, which apparently used to be a newspaper-only comic (there's a book collection of these available here). The comic is by Whitley and Scott Eckelaert, but so far there's not much in the way of comics up on the website.
NOT WEBCOMICS: I've still only read one Scott Pilgrim book, but the trailer for the movie looks like great fun.
Happy Birthday Bryant Paul Johnson
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 29, 2010 - 07:06
Happy Birthday today to Bryant Paul Johnson, creator of the super-smart historical fiction webcomic Teaching Baby Paranoia. Johnson, nice guy that he is, has some birthday presents for his fans starting with a revamped personal site, a short videogame series submitted for the recent webcomic contest at The Escapist, and a preview of his in-progress graphic novel, The Lower Kingdom.
March 28th
Electric Sheep Resurrection
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 28, 2010 - 11:08
Patrick Farley is one of the most important artists of the early webcomic era. You want to argue the point, bring it on. Farley's amazingly diverse and inventive output losts its presence on the web when Farley's original URL expired. He's slowly been restoring work to a new URL but now has a beta version of a Kickstarter pitch up to help defray the costs of giving his webcomics the home on the web they really deserve. Maybe it'll also help buy him more time to complete some of the major projects he created and start some new ones. I strongly encourage everyone to check out the comics that are already back up, watch the video below to see the startlingly broad range of styles Farley employed and than check out the Kickstarter page.
March 25th
Intervention Pre-Reg and Hotel registration system up now
Submitted by harknell on March 25, 2010 - 07:21
Intervention 2010, the con for Webcomics by Webcomics, is now taking pre-reg and hotel space registrations. Information is available on the main site.
Join the growing webcomics party today!
March 23rd
Comix Talk From Madrid Spain
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 24, 2010 - 03:02
Sorry for the lack of updates recently - last week I was working on this; this week I'm working in Madrid, Spain. I thought I might be able to have loaded some "best of" posts for y'all but I ran out of time. So here's what is in my mailbag right now:
- Deda Daniels would like folks to check out their comic: http://thepiratebalthasar.smackjeeves.com/
- Rob Peters is looking for feedback on his comic Crazy Cal Presents.
- Lukasz and his friend started their comic FR33 a year ago.
- And coincidentally Dr. Franken wrote to tell me he's an artist in Madrid with a website here.
And a few good links to check out today:
- Kotaku has an interview with the Penny Arcade dynamic duo.
- Tim OShea interviews Kat Roberts who has the comic Fever Dream on ACTIVATE.
- Sequential Tart has an interview with Von Allan, of the comic The Road to God Knows Where.
- CBR has a review of the second print collection of comics from Gunnerkrigg Court.
Also if you have signed up for a ComixTalk account this week or last, my apologies but I won't have time to review and approve until the upcoming weekend.
