Archive - 2003 - Story
October 24th
The End of Evolution Online: An Interview with Dan Carroll
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 24, 2003 - 13:52
Joe Zabel interviews Dan Carroll about the end of Evolution, which published long form webcomics. This month's Modern Tales Longplay is edited by Dan Carroll and features creators who contributed to the Evolution website.
Morris and Krull Team Up For a Halloween Comic
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 24, 2003 - 12:20
The Pulse has an interview with Jon Morris about his latest comic project, a follow-up to last year's online collaboration with Manning Krull. This year the duo is releasing a comic book timed for release right before Halloween. You can see some preview pages of the book, entitled "Boo!" on Morris' website here.
Fright Night 2003 Lumbers on Like a Zombie!
Submitted by Shepherd on October 24, 2003 - 11:37
Despite its coordinator's ham-fisted HTML skills, Comixpedia's Fright Night Project moves forward like the beast that would not die!
Two (or more) new comic links are being posted daily, in a blood-soaked orgy of creativity starting from the crazed inspiration of our special guest starting panelists!
Whether you're a participant or just looooove comics, be sure to come by and soak up that oogy ambience, then talk about it on our forum!
GRAPHIC SMASH Twists Back Oct. 29th
Submitted by marvelouspatric on October 24, 2003 - 11:36
Love THE TWISTING, but a bit cheap? That means you may have missed an episode! Or, wanna see what kind of comics this Graphic Smash thing has to offer, but don't like just one installment free? Then, folks, have we got a deal for you.
Starting next week (Oct 29th), GraphicSmash will TWIST BACK and rerun THE TWISTING in its ENTIRETY. Starting with week 1 this coming Wednesday and another episodes to follow each day for one week. Each day for a week, 7 days, a classic episode of the Twisting for free for 24 hours! All of this ends up at A BRAND NEW COMIC which in and of its self is a major plot point in the story and a GREAT JUMPING ON POINT.
New readers have a chance to see what all the fuss is about for free! Old readers get to read the series again for the first time! Cheap asses can hop on the bandwagon! It's all good.
October 23rd
Webtoonists: You Could Learn a Few Things From Thinking About Blogs
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 23, 2003 - 15:03
From time to time an article about blogging strikes me as if it could have been written about webcomics. This isn't that surprising as "webcomics is to comics" in many ways the same as "blogs to print journalism and writing".
Read these two articles (why blogging is conservative, and why blogging is radical) about how blogging relates to its offline analogues, substitute the word "webcomic" for "weblog" and see if most of the points don't still make a lot of sense.
New (Hopefully Improved) Top Comic Strip List at Planet Cartoonist
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 23, 2003 - 12:55
If you're a fan of "top vote lists" than you may want to check out the revamped top comics list at Plan(e)t Cartoonist.
It's new top 10 looks like an interesting mix (although I'm not familiar with about half of them):
1 YIRMUMAH
2 girly
3 Bob and George
4 Phil Likes Tacos
5 Greystone Inn
6 ZacharyParker.com
7 MoonDog
8 Planet Earth (and other tourist traps)
9 Goeber the little green alien
10 The Wandering Ones
What Leah Fitzgerald is Reading
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 23, 2003 - 07:05
Leah Fitzgerald is Executive Editor for Interviews at Comixpedia. Currently she's reading:
1. Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor. The current storyline is coming together and it looks like it's going to be a treat.
2. Bruno by Christopher Baldwin. Don't we all have a Bruno moment now and then?
3. Dieselsweeties by R Stevens. Torpor is in trouble - Rich needs to hurry up and get to it.
4. Scary Go Round by John Allison. It's so cute to see Ryan in trouble - and in love. Da da dum.
5. Homestar Runner by Mike and Matt Chapman. Sure, it's not really a web comic but it cracks me up more consistently than anything else on the web.
October 22nd
It's Slightly Animated and It Features Photo-Art: It's "The Jewel of the Nile"
Submitted by shawnknight on October 22, 2003 - 16:09
"The Jewel of the Nile" is a weekly comic about a deer named Jewels and is now in it's fourth season. "Season," you repeat to yourself in an unsure tone? Okay, here's how it works:
Every 20 "episodes" (aka; a "season") are approached in completely different styles. The first 20 were cut and paste search engine photos, the second group were simple vector illustrations, and the third season were D&D inspired scroll drawings. Now into its fourth batch, Jewels the deer and Co. are sporting live actors in costume. To add to this radical shift, each comic is a series of animated frames rather then the standard static frame grouping.
Peter "Gambling Fool" Bagge Posts a New Webcomic at Reason
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 22, 2003 - 15:33
Another online comic from Peter Bagge, this one about gambling. Vegas, baby!
Next Comics Returns with an Update
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 22, 2003 - 13:57
Next Comics posts its latest update this week:
SLICES continues as Andrew Dabb, Neal Von Flue and Adam Sacks bring POLITICS AS USUAL and FIRE.
Death Takes a Holiday returns with a new update schedule. The strip will be updated TWICE a week, every Tuesday and Thursday.
