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Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum

They're Trying to Make Me Webcomic, I Said No, No, No

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 22, 2008 - 10:07

COMIXTALK

News and Blues

It's December Already? UPDATED

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on December 3, 2007 - 15:19

COMIXTALK

BUSINESS

MILESTONES

AWARDS

INTERVIEWS

  • Scott Kurtz interviews Tyler Martin - not a bad start to what Kurtz says will be a regular podcast called Webcomic Confidential.

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Looking Back Through 2007

December 2, 2007 - 18:53 | Xaviar Xerexes

In years past (2004, 2005) we undertook the monumental chore of picking out the biggest headlines of the year. This year, I took another swing at it. So without further adu, here's the biggest webcomic headlines of 2007.

If I missed a story you think was key to this year, please post it in the comments to this article.

Rare Bill Watterson art

Submitted by Scarybug on October 25, 2007 - 15:32

Unshelved's Blog has a link to some rare glimpses at Bill Watterson's early college paper comics, as well as some of his political cartoons, and various other stuff you probably haven't seen before. As he says, look now, because chances are it's not going to be up for long.

 

 

Monday Update

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 21, 2007 - 21:51

COMIXTALK

LEGAL BEAGLES

INTERVIEWS

REVIEWS

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

  • I thought David McGuire's Webcomics Are Awesome is pretty funny as a parody of webcomics community (not sure if he's going to update it further) on the level of "lots of this absurd stuff happens and it's always healthy to make fun of yourself" since McGuire is a comic creator himself and as part of the now defunct Bag of Chips collective has certainly been "in" the webcomics community as much as anyone. On the otherhand I don't really know David (met him once at SPX) so I'm not sure how he views this comic.
  • Everyone's making comics about the latest videogame Portal. This one's from Hijinks Ensue (whose creator Joel Watson also makes comics that appear on the website Apple Insider)
  • Tough Guys is a pretty good concept for a comic (or probably more likely an Adult Swim animated series) but the execution of this webcomic by Zac Marshall and Nuno Teixeira is all wrong. The art is strange and largely looks cut and pasted. Maybe a chibi style would have worked better here. It's also largely not funny nor interesting yet. You're aiming at a huge chunk of American pop culture over the last 30 to 40 years (the "action movie") -- that's a big fat softball across the plate, if you're doing jokes you ought to be hitting multiple base hits everytime out.
  • The Tower by Saki Miyamoto and Brendon Bennets is a textless comic about a princess who escapes her intended role in search of adventure.
  • David Wright (creator of Todd and Penguin) has a new webcomic out called The Best Kids Show Ever - sort of if Fox News decided to get into the children's television business.
  • Butternut Squash versus Mahna mahna. (Original muppet song here!)

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Webcomic Wire - 10/19/07

Submitted by NightgigTim on October 19, 2007 - 13:26

Drawn from perfectly reasonable sources…

Friends of Lulu Board voting is open; however, only to members.
The Comic Wire, no relation to us, has an interview with the creator of Unshelved.
Interesting re-visit of the webcomic/ non webcomic debate over at FLEEN.
BoingBoing has an article about the Don Martin two volume set.

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Webcomic Wire - 10/19/07

Submitted by NightgigTim on October 19, 2007 - 13:26

Drawn from perfectly reasonable sources…

Friends of Lulu Board voting is open; however, only to members.
The Comic Wire, no relation to us, has an interview with the creator of Unshelved.
Interesting re-visit of the webcomic/ non webcomic debate over at FLEEN.
BoingBoing has an article about the Don Martin two volume set.

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Tuesday! Tuesday! Tuesday!

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 8, 2007 - 10:00

INTERVIEWS

COMICS CONVERGENCE

  • I'm not sure what this story has to do with comics but it is interesting: book publishers are rethinking the value of audiobooks -- in particular this article is about an author who rushed out the audiobook well in advance of the hardback in order to capitalize on an Oprah Winfrey Show appearance.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

Thursday News Links

Submitted by Erik Melander on April 5, 2007 - 07:57

CORRECTION

  • It has been brought to my attention that the Comics Reporter's list of the Top 50 Comics of 2006 contained more webcomics than I'd noted. French superstar Lewis Trondheim's Les Petits Riens and Mazen Kerbaj's Kerblog, as well as potentially two entries published by The Guardian by Joe Sacco and Posy Simmonds.

LETTERING

  • For Comixpedia readers who have been following Jon Morris' Plea For Hand-Lettering there is an interesting thread on The Engine by Comicraft founder Rich Starkling which delves into a discussion on both classic lettering and the pitfalls of creative teams. Eddie Campbell also takes on the subject on his blog.

CON

  • Kristoffer Straub, and a host of other notable creators, have attended the Emerald City Comicon. Straub was part of a webcomic business panel together with Brad Guigar (Evil Inc.), Robert Khoo (Penny Arcade), Scott Kurtz (PvP) and Bill Barnes (Unshelved. Unfortunately Straub found the panel somewhat disappointing.
    Emerald City was a great con, but the panel was a great… lame thing. The trouble was that we didn’t talk about much business, and the con-installed moderator was kinda like “so what’s a webcomic? What’s your favorite color?”