Books Imitating Webcomics?

A news post on icv2 states that Del Ray will be releasing 30 pages of manga on mini-sites for each of their new series before the official publication date.

While this is not unusual, look at this quote, “pages will be released by a Innovative page-a-day approach. Del Rey plans to add a new page of manga content each day for thirty days hoping to encourage readers to come back every day and build buzz for the new properties.”

Now last time I checked, there is nothing innovative about releasing a page of manga a day. But all the best to them, I think we put up pretty stiff competition 😀 Continue Reading

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WEBCOMIC MEETUP!

We of the Western side of Australia have decided to hold a get together for webcomics in our sunny capital of Perth.

Grug and Me’self will be there, but if you create or read webcomics, feel free to rock up / bring friends. No discrimination against media so comic artists are welcome.

When: Monday the 8th of August @ 7:30pm
Where: Fast Eddy’s Cafe. Cnr of Milligan and Murray St Perth

Hope to see you there! Continue Reading

Continuous Comics

For anyone looking for something different to do, Continuous Comics has just launched. Everyone knows the form, do a page of the comic and pass it on, as seen in comixpedia’s own weekly webcomic jam. However this one is a tad more open form and is designed for anyone to get in and have fun without too much trouble.

Also of note, this one is being run by Rex of Make With the Funny and Sketch Battle, so this is not just a flash in the pan. Check it out! Continue Reading