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And the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic goes to…
Submitted by El Santo on July 27, 2009 - 13:16
… Carla Speed MacNeil for Finder.
This is the first year I haven’t correctly called the Eisner winner. (I predicted Vs. would win back in May.) In my defense, I wasn’t overly familiar with any of the webcomics or creators beforehand, so I plead ignorance!
Girl Genius hits the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Submitted by El Santo on July 24, 2009 - 15:56
Passing on some news for you Northwest readers. Nicole Nathan of the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center e-mailed me that the Foglios will be having a Girl Genius exhibit in Portland from August 14 – September 20, 2009. (Thanks for the shout-out in the press release, by the way!) From the site:
Captain Nihilist asks, “What’s so bad about calling them ‘webcomics’?â€
Submitted by El Santo on July 22, 2009 - 09:00
I’m probably going to end up making an issue out of a non-issue here, but the topic is fairly interesting and, as more independent artists migrate to the web, is probably going to get more press in the coming years. Comic creators are, after all, totally anal when it comes to proper terminology.
Should we still keep calling comics on the web “webcomics”?
The Joy of Webcomics: Funnies All The Time edition
Submitted by El Santo on July 21, 2009 - 14:50
The Webcomic Overlook #90: Locus
Submitted by El Santo on July 20, 2009 - 19:25
The Joy of Webcomics is free … or is it?
Submitted by El Santo on July 17, 2009 - 13:49
It’s Friday, it’s time for some webcomics talk, and I’m here to be your personal concierge! Before you get your weekend started, here are a few items that’ll make ya go “hmmmmâ€:
The Webcomic Overlook #89: Girl Genius
Submitted by El Santo on July 15, 2009 - 21:16
Some of my ideas for this site never pan out. A few weeks back, I had played around with doing a theme week. Specifically it was going to be Girl Power Week. (Motto: “Girls rule, boys drool!” Eh heh heh … so true.) A marathon session, reviewing webcomics with sassy, brassy ladies in the lead role! I even had a logo designed and an intro paragraph written (which can be found in The Black Cherry Bombshells review. OK, so it took me all of 3 minutes from googling “gurren lagann yoko” to slapping the logo together in photoshop. But still!
But, you know, actually finding the time to read webcomics and write about them takes forever. I finished about two-thirds of Girl Power Week: along with The Black Cherry Bombshells, I also finished the Earthsong review. But the third comic was too long to do properly. And now here we are, almost a month later.
More than one Webcomic Overlook reader has enthusiastically requested that I take a look at this comic. It’s one of the few comics set in the steampunk framework and does it right. It’s been nominated for Hugo Awards and Eisner Awards, and has won WCCAs and Squiddy Awards (whatever the hell that is). It’s the comic about “Adventure! Romance! Mad Science!”
Yup, you guessed it. The Webcomic Overlook finally reviews the infamous Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio. The webcomic takes a lot of surprise twists and turns, so I’ll try to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible. However, there will be some revelations (minor ones, I hope), so proceed reading this review at your own risk.
Warren Ellis: comics can help you perform sabotage, cure Alzheimer’s
Submitted by El Santo on July 15, 2009 - 15:53
Warren Ellis (who created the webcomic FreakAngels, among other things), gave a speech at Dundee University. He claims its was written in chickenscratch … but, as Abraham Lincoln could attest, sometimes the most timeless and memorable speeches come from concise yet powerful ideas that just mentally congeal into perfect nuggets of wisdom. For Ellis, comics are a superior medium. Here’s an excerpt:
The Joy of Webcomics… in space!
Submitted by El Santo on July 13, 2009 - 01:39
Well, time for The Joy of Webcomics to get back to its roots. This entry was originally set up to look at a smattering of interesting comics, and somehow I lost my way. Well, no more! This Joy of Webcomics will be all about sampling digital comics that make our day just a little bit more joyous.
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