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Bi-Polarbear
Submitted by Delos on August 2, 2009 - 09:00
What Did I Learn?
One of the first things I saw about this comic was the disclaimer:â€This web-comic focuses on Bi-Polarbear and Cole Turkey, two lovable characters who are best buddies, but quite different from one another. Bi-Polarbear, or “Bi†to his friends, is the embodiment of all personality disorders.
Strip News 7-31-9
Submitted by Delos on July 31, 2009 - 09:00
Here are quite a lot of things that may be a little deeper than first appear…
- Guest blogger Rob Berry at MPD57 looks back at Azure and I Am Legend covered The Faction. This Week In Webcomics draws us out on Starslip, Matriculated, Creep House, Cat and Girl and Requested Comics. Webcomics Critique reviewed The Zombie and Pigs of the Industry covered Children’ Games and Interrogation Control Element. Peiz reviewed Last of the Wilds and MPD57 also covers Vigilante Granny. Webcomic Overlook also tried to sneak in Buttersafe while we weren’t looking.
- Fictions reviewed Vikings and Optical Sloth gives us the run-down on Try Adventure and four more, just to catch us up.
- Sketch Magazine gives us some good stuff on sound effects, digital coloring and line weights.
- And Occasional Superheroine gives us a little insight into What Women Want From Comics.
- I’m putting this here in the middle because it’s the kind of thing (if you’re reading this instead of link-scanning) that may give you pause. I like pieces like that one because they gives you a better, more balanced view of where things have been and where they are heading. It’s not just comic sites that will need to find a way to monetize content once most people switch to getting content they choose piped in, like some already do with RSS feeds.
- From Last Panel “…a panel can contain as much information as a whole page of prose, and use composition, body-language, colour-theory, mood, environment and action that would be extremely difficult to convey with prose alone…” and then why other comic traditions have broader appeal than superheroes
- And when internet users go online, are they finding what they want at your site? The basic things seem to be: Learning, Fun, Socializing, Personal Expression, Advocate and Shop. Depending on your comic, you might be able to provide for all those desires on your site. Pastis, if you haven’t read this yet, is watching and learning from you – so be sharp. And while we’re at it, here’s a guide on using Twitter for business. In a related way, do we encourage our visitors to approach our comics? (I think there’s more application to be made here but I’m having difficulty winding it into a neat, tidy package.)
- And should all those internet users rely on the word comic or webcomic to describe their graphic narrative? I favor just comics, personally.
- In any case, TWCL has some interesting threads on Finding Readers Outside Webcomic Circles, Measuring Your Readership and that the Webcartoonist Choice Awards is dead and maybe the TWCL forumites should create their own awards for webcomics.
- And Kez talks to us about using Twitter to do comic networking.
- Meanwhile, Cosmic Dash is looking to try out a new look. I think it’ll work smashingly, what about you? Maybe you’d also like seeing ten minicomics and their bear box. And you can get a taste of Brian Mitchell’s mini comics and Chrome Fetus 7 (via Journalista.)
- You may also want to check out Movie family portraits, NIMH Returns, Vintage TV Commercials, a novel illustrator’s guide.
- Moose Mountain is now one year old, Terence N. Tijuana has a comic creation tutorial and don’t forget to stop in to Webcomic Overlook and say congrats for being online for two years. (There are some other interesting bits to see on there, too.)
High Moon
Submitted by Delos on July 29, 2009 - 10:00
What Did I Learn?
weekly webcomic reviews by Delos
(this is a repost)
Strip News 7-24-9
Submitted by Delos on July 24, 2009 - 09:00
I’m sure you’re all awash in ComicCon and Moon Landing anniversary news which all the cool sites are covering nicely. Here, we’ll stick to a week and a half’s worth of comic meat and potatoes…
Metadawn
Submitted by Delos on July 22, 2009 - 10:00
What Did I Learn?
weekly webcomic reviews by Delos
(this is a repost)
No review to post today
Submitted by Delos on July 19, 2009 - 09:00
Sorry, I’m taking a quick vacation before the rain comes back. Instead I’ll give you a chance to experience a Space Avalanche.
There will be a new comic Monday, so check it out.
ArtPatient.com Strip News 7-17-9
Submitted by Delos on July 17, 2009 - 09:00
Okay, you’ve been badgered by the Green Lantern and Thor announcements which I won’t duplicate here…
- Pigs of the Industry reviewed the creators of Zuda’s instant winner Bottle of Awesome and Peiz covered Ruby while Tangents went in depth on Red String. MPD57 looked at 9th Year and Original Wonders interviews Tyler James. MPD57 also looked at Bloody Pulp and posted July’s Star Chamber results. I dig the blurb additions, too. And Webcomics Critique reviewed Juvies.
- Newsarama reviewed Low Moon and Scott McCloud points us toward Neo Mento. Eh, I’m just not sold on all the clicking it took to get to the comic (I have flash disabled by default, so I had to enable two screens to get to the comic.) Darrell shows us how to get Zuda comics to load faster, though.
- ComixTalk brings us up to speed with Odori Park’s 30 day webcomic challenge.
- Boom! gets another goldmine. Boom! Boom! Boom!, I guess.
- Thanks to Webcomic Overlook, I am now aware of the Bad Webcomics Wiki. So far, this is the only page I checked out but it looks like it contains good rules of thumb. Of course, there are ways to do some of these ’sins’ right.
- Is it really that important to send a hard copy of the comic you want reviewed? Seems to me that you send hard copies to those that you’d especially like to target and pdfs to everyone else. I’m open to other thoughts…
- Hero Spy interviewed Justin Bleep
- MangaBlog points us to an anecdotal report about Borders moving the manga section in with the kids books. Last time I was in a Borders, the manga section was next to the sci-fi and fantasy books and another store had them within a graphic novel section. Anyone else noticed this during their trips to the bookstore?
- Vented Spleen has some advice for comic self publishers and Kez reviews Ka-Blam’s printing service. Also included, free of charge, are some tips on what to watch out for and what not to do. The video is very cool too. Kez has some good ideas – especially the commission book. (I couldn’t find a way to link to it on Kez’s user page but I can link it on the general You-Tube page.) The other vids have some good stuff too. Highway 62 gives novelists turned comic writers some good advice. And Webcomic Beacon discusses making comics in multiple languages plus a number of milestones. I also see that Calamities of Nature has hit two years as well.
- Drawn! brings us some good drawing lessons from a master. Maybe I should have named the site ArtPatient! or Art!Patient…
- And finally, MPD57 had some good variety of comic news to enjoy, too.
PC Weenies
Submitted by Delos on July 15, 2009 - 10:00
What Did I Learn?
weekly webcomic reviews by Delos
(this is a repost)
