Comics gurus Scott McCloud and Will Eisner will be speaking tonight, Oct. 7 at 7:00 in the Wolfson Campus of Miami-Dade College. Admission is free, and the lecture will be held in Building One.
NOTE: McCloud’s website incorrectly states tomorrow as the engagement date. Please contact the Florida Center for the Literary Arts (http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/fcla_staff.htm) for more information. Continue Reading
In an interesting twist, USA Today writer Whitney Matheson gave her review of the Small Press Expo (SPX) by way of a webcomic! It’s a concise view of the different types of people and comics you can expect to see at SPX. Matheson ends the comic with an observation, “I have a feeling some of this year’s fans will become next year’s comic book authors. Maybe even me.” Continue Reading
Steve Troop’s beloved Melonpool is scheduled for a return in early November. This is a much earlier return than Troop’s earlier assessment, where he made no guarantees of his return to webcomics at all. Continue Reading
Lulu.com, the on-demand publishing tool for books, e-books, and other digital content, has expanded its offerings to include a “comic book” size print option. Continue Reading
The first webcomic to host its own large-scale convention, Penny Arcade’s Penny Arcade Exposition (PAX) opens its doors tomorrow morning. 1,337 gaming aficionados have pre-registered for this massive event taking place in Bellvue, WA. Attendees can expect two days packed to the gills with games! Role-playing, board, card, and of course, video games will be well represented. Continue Reading
James Kochalka will be playing his guitar tonight for people attending the American Elf book release party. The hefty volume comes in at over 500 pages and is in stores now. To celebrate this milestone, everyone is invited to the Crow Bookshop in Burlington, VT. Continue Reading
In a span of about eighteen hours, a Child’s Play raffle was set up and closed down with all the tickets purchased. The tickets were an extension of Penny Arcade‘s successful Child’s Play fundraiser, with the donations going to benefit the children of the Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center. Continue Reading
In a recent article, the journal Editor and Publisher highlights Comic Sherpa as a tool to getting noticed by more people and possibly publishers. The Sherpa is a listing service whereby creators can submit their works for $9.95 a month (or $99.00 a year) for the privilege on being posted alongside an established professional syndication site, uComics.com, beside such classics as Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. Continue Reading
Erik McCurdy and Tauhid Bondia‘s self-labelled “attempt at syndication”, Suzie View, is apparently well underway to appearing on the United Feature Syndicate site Comics.com. Continue Reading
In a server switch gone awry, buzzComix has been down for several days now. Luckily, a backup of the entire site, including the famous toplist and their forums, has been found and has been restored to the way it was on July 31st. The buzzComix website currently points to a placeholder file because DNS is still propogating, and should be complete in another 24 hours, according to mneonix08’s news post at Drunk Duck. Continue Reading
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