MegaTokyo blew up almost immediately when it appeared on the webcomics scene three years ago. Fred Gallagher, the creator behind the strip, goes by Piro, a nickname he took only temporarily. A former architect, he now lives on the spoils of the site's merchandise.
Henry Chiu, creator and webmaster of Ponju.com, was born in Detroit, moved to California and studied at MIT. He works for a software company and spends what spare time he has on his comics – PiggyHunter! and Chiga & Kaput (completed in 2001). Over the past year and a half, he’s seen $22 in returns from his site, and had never heard of fark.com until a side conversation to this interview brought it up.
Comixpedia: So how did you start up pOnju?
Henry Chiu: Well, I used to have this nickname, "pOn ju" which means "fat pig" – more because my head was big than anything else. Continue Reading
After three successful years, Mason "Tailsteak" Williams recently ended his metatextual webcomic 1/0 at the 1,000th strip. He currently produces comics and miscellaneous ruminations at his new site, http://tailsteak.tk.
COMIXPEDIA: Okay, a little on your background. What did you draw and write before 1/0?
TAILSTEAK: Not much. A little amateur fiction, but nothing I'd want anyone to read. 1/0 really taught me everything I now know about writing consistent characters and making decent art.
Hard Artist of Sexy Losers may make his comics in Japan, but he’s a Canadian. That’s right, he’s from the East Coast, and studied in Waterloo, Ontario for a degree in psychology. Unable to find a job in the field, despite a published thesis, he made his way to Japan, where he puts his comic together.
Comixpedia: How did you end up in Japan?
Hard Artist: I came over on the JET program in 1999. I quit last year, and work in a private school near Tokyo. Continue Reading
Mr. Furious, aka David Breen, has been putting out Movie Comics for nearly a year. The strip reviews and parodies movies in a one-shot strip format, as the characters discuss and fantasise about scenes in the movies they just saw. Mr. Furious, an unemployed former IT worker, plans to open a LAN party business.
With the recent announcement of the demise of Modern Tales’ AdventureStrips line, Interviews Editor Leah Fitzgerald tracked down Christopher Mills — the driving force behind the shortlived subsidiary. In the interview that ensued, Mills offers his thoughts on what happened, on the fate of comics that were hosted on AS, and what is slated in his own future.
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Phil Cho's Skinny Panda is often quoted as a favorite by other webcomic creators, and it's easy to see why. The strip is not only beautifully drawn, but boasts some of the most endearing characters on the web. From the lovesick Robokitty to the know-it-all Penelope, to the Skinny Panda himself, Cho has an uncanny ability to skewer pop culture, exploit human foibles, and make you feel for his characters in a way that the greats such as Breathed, Watterson, and Schulz did so well.
We now present part 2 of the online chat between Cayetano "Cat" Garza Jr, Scott McCloud, Demian5, and Patrick Farley. This chat took place Saturday, March 29, 2003. (Read part one of the chat here.)
Mark Mekkes is the writer/artist behind Zortic, the long-running webcomic about Zortic and his pop culture-parodying adventures through space. Mark is also involved with the organizing committee for the Web Cartoonists Choice Awards, which is now in its third year.
Comixpedia: How did you first get a start in comics? Continue Reading
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