Interviews

This year, Dave Johnson of Dog Complex was offered a deal with Ucomics Mycomics page, a step further in the quest to a syndication deal. Certainly it would have meant more exposure and some revenue, which means he was making a move several webcomics have done over the past year, for greater exposure and reaching into the non-Internet world. And for many webcomic creators such an opportunity would be considered the highlight of a successful year.

Only Johnson was next presented with an interesting choice. He was offered a full-time job, with a major company, in a job he loved doing—a video games programmer. It meant security, stock options, and a chance to truly start a family. But he felt he couldn’t do both. Like many who pursue comic without much in the way of monetary reward, Johnson was torn between his responsibilities and his webcomic, and he had to make a choice.

So Dog Complex, for now, is ending. You can read about the whole rather bittersweet experience here in this interview. Continue Reading →

Webcomics is, of course, a global phenomena. 2004 saw webcomics proliferate, not just in America and Europe, but all over the world. Webcomics can be American, Brazilian, Japanese, British, or…Malaysian, like Lynn Lau, the creator of Jupiter, a webcomic set in a literal circus, not just a metaphorical one.

Recently Marilyn Scott-Waters got a chance to talk to Lau about her current webcomic, her past work and her future plans. Continue Reading →

Thor Jensen wandered the country on a Greyhound bus after 9/11, and recorded his journey in Red Eye, Black Eye, running on Serializer.net. He was kind enough to give us a great interview and a peek at his next work, for the first time anywhere.

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