Archive - Jun 2005 - Story
June 30th
Stumptown Comics Fest Early Registration Deadline Extended!
Submitted by Indigo Kelleigh on June 30, 2005 - 09:34
The deadline for early exhibitor registration at this year's Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, Ore. has been extended by a full month, allowing a greater number of small press, independent, and professional comics creators a chance to snag a table at the extremely low price of only $10 for a half table, or $20 for a full table.
June 29th
Make Your Own Bitmap Fonts
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on June 29, 2005 - 11:57
It's a bit of work to do a whole alphabet, but if you'd like to make your own font, BitFontMaker will let you design your own and download the file to use on your PC or Mac.
KeenSpace Artists Gathering in Washington, DC this Summer
Submitted by STrRedWolf on June 29, 2005 - 11:04
From the SPACE-NOT-SPOT department: Artists, authors, and an admin will be invading Washington, DC this July 9th in a general meeting open for all 'Space members and webcomic authors. The genesis for the idea came from this forum thread and final details are here.
Washington Webcartoonist Monthly Meetup
Submitted by PhilKahn on June 29, 2005 - 10:43
The DC Webtoonists have schemed up another gathering of mass proportions. OK, maybe not mass proportion, but still a proportion of grand excitement. With a new meet up spot, this time in Maryland!
June 28th
Another Slam-Bang Action Webcomic: Marilith!
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on June 28, 2005 - 16:36
I hope the ads at Comixpedia, particularly the ones for webcomics, often lead you, the readers, to discover new webcomics that you enjoy. That even happens for me (and I already read A LOT of webcomics) and Marilith by Krazy Krow is one I had never checked out before, but really enjoyed reading this week.
It's the story of Marilith Millions, an assassin, and her sidekick (who in a Stockholm syndrone twist was originally kidnapped by Marilith) and their efforts to escape the law and a crazed adversary named Valentino. They're a bit like the evil anti-Dynamic Duo. It's actually even more complicated then that, but Krow keeps the plot clear enough and does a fantastic job balancing plot with well-choreographed action. My only complaint is that Marilith and Valentino look a little too similar, but maybe there'll be a reason for that down the road. Actually my other complaint is after reading the archives, I now have to wait for new updates just like every other reader of Marilith.
ClickWheel: Comics Application for the Photo Ipod
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on June 28, 2005 - 15:24
ClickWheel is the world's first desktop application for downloading digital comics — or 'podstrips' — to the iPod photo. Central to Clickwheel's design is an RSS feed that allows you to search, grab and display comics or toons that have been created for the iPod photo.
Available for download are webcomics from demian.5, Ted Dewan, Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, Colin White and more recentlycoming soon, T Campbell and Gisele Lagace.
Tokyopop Upcoming Series
Submitted by Erik Melander on June 28, 2005 - 12:39
Newsarama has an interview with Amy Kim Ganter about her upcoming graphic novel Sorcerers and Secretaries published by Tokyopop.
Svetlana Chmakova has also announced a new series for Tokyopop, Dramacon. A 25-page preview is available.
All Your Queen Belongs to Suck
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on June 28, 2005 - 11:16
In the NOT A WEBCOMIC dept. this morning be sure to check out two links in your free time: FIRST, a two years too late version of the ALL YOUR BASE BELONG TO US nonsense, only this version is newly animated and scored to Bohemian Rhapsody which is... different.
SECOND, a long but fascinating article on the first great 'zine of the web: Suck. The Suck feature, "Filler" featured some of the first webcomics published ever (art by Terry Colon and words by Heather Havrilesky).
June 27th
Yirmumah and UKE CLUB team up to teach you Ukulele!
Submitted by DJ_Coffman on June 27, 2005 - 17:57
Whether you like it or not, YIRMUMAH the daily webcomic, and UKE CLUB the ukulele blog, are teaming up to bring you a crash course in ukulele. Tune in all this week, and learn a cool summer hobby.
Digital Strips Audio Interview with Little Gamers
Submitted by Daku on June 27, 2005 - 17:55
This week at Digital Strips we interview Christian and Madsen, the creators of Little Gamers. This is a daily gag strip featuring iconicly designed characters cracking on video games, movies, webcomics, and pop culture in general all with an attitude that betrays the otherwise "cute" look to their strip. During the interview they discuss how they got started, art for art's sake vs. art for commerce, and their opinions of other webcomics.
