October 2008 Issue

An Interview with Jenny Romanchuk of The Zombie Hunters


The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuk

Jenny Romanchuk is the creator of The Zombie Hunters, a webcomic about a world filled with zombies and a team of outcasts who hunt them.  Romanchuk has actually gone beyond a simple premise to creating a full-fledged world here, spinning out rules for the zombies and the society of humans who remain.  It's a little gory at times but a great story. 

I got a chance to interview her this month and really, what other day woud be better to post this on then Halloween?

It Takes A Genius To Draw One: An Interview with Phil Foglio


Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio

Phil Foglio,  along with Kaja Foglio, creates the wonderful steampunk-flavored science fantastical webcomic, Girl Genius.  Given all of the characters dressed up in alternate-Victorian clothes and wonderful steam-age gadgetry in the comic, it seemed extra appropriate to post this interview with Phil to the site today.

Everyday, Everyday, Everyday I Write The Book of Biff


The Book of Biff by Chris Hallbeck

Earlier this month, I interviewed Chris Hallbeck who does the weirdly funny webcomic The Book Of Biff.  More recently, I found out that he was a finalist in this year's Bomb Shelter Webcomic Idol contest.  A bit of a fortuitous coincidence and reason enough to hustle this one onto the website.

File Under W for Webcomic: An Interview with Chris Hazelton of Misfile


Misfile by Chris Hazelton

Chris Hazelton is the creator of Misfile, a webcomic about, well, a celestial misfiling of epic proportions and the angelic clerk who tries to clean it all up.  It's a great premise and Hazelton has been spinning it out on the web for more than four years now. 

I got a chance to interview Chris via email this month.

Zap! Pow! Keen! An Interview with Chris Layfield and Pascalle Lepas


Zap! by Layfield and Lepas

Zap! is a science fiction webcomic hosted on Keenspot.  Written by Chris Layfield and drawn by Pascalle Lepas since 2003, the webcomic has continued to improve, particularly on the visual side.  (Don't despair the lengthy archives, there is a great overview of the storylines for new readers who want to quickly get up to speed).

I got a chance to interview Chris and Pascalle by email this month.

It's Only Chronillogical: Talking to Greg Poulos and John Chouinard


Chronillogical by Poulos and Chouinard

Greg Poulos and John Chouinard are the creators of the new webcomic Chronillogical, a webcomic about time-traveling graduate students.  Greg handles the writing and John creates the art for the strip.  It's a relatively new webcomic, but already one I check in on a regular basis.  I got a chance to interview Greg and John via email this month.

Manga Runner

By: Dr. Haus
Department: Reviews
Issue: October 2008 Issue

Mistakes of Youth

In this month's installment of "The Travels of Dr. Haus" our intrepid hero travels abroad to review the webcomic Mistakes of Youth.

Panels & Pictures: The Pleasures of the Comics


Finder by Carla Speed McNeil

In this month's column Derik A Badman discusses the seven pleasures that keep him reading a comic.

An Interview with J Thomas of Between Failures


Between Failures by J Thomas

J Thomas is the creator of Between Failures, a funny webcomic about life working in retail.  It's been running since 2007 and I think it's shown tremendous growth over that time, with big improvements in the artwork and just general "staging" of the composition of the comics.

I talked to Thomas via email this month about his webcomic.

An Interview with Sarah Ellerton of The Phoenix Requiem


The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton

The Phoenix Requiem is Sarah Ellerton's second webcomic.  Her first webcomic Inverloch was completed in 2007 and later published in print by Seven Seas.  She describes The Phoenix Requiem as "a Victorian-inspired supernatural fantasy story about faith, love, death, and the things we believe in."

I got a chance to catch up with her via email this month.