James Kochalka
Googlism: Get the Google on Your Favorite Webtoonist!
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 27, 2003 - 15:46
Find out what Google thinks about your favorite webtoonist. A few examples:
boxjam is free of such restraints
boxjam is married to mrs
boxjam is drawing his own life
boxjam is the most cameo'd character in webcomics
boxjam is kind of like that guy in the painting "the scream
boxjam is taking over the world
boxjam is the fruit of my loins
james kochalka is one of the most prolific and distinctive artists in the comics scene today
james kochalka is a jungle
james kochalka is a subscription
james kochalka is the master of cute comics
james kochalka is a superstar
james kochalka is a cartoonist's cartoonist
james kochalka is like six years old
keenspot is good people
keenspot is your friend
keenspot is really wigging out
keenspot is an awesome host for awesome webcomics
keenspot is blindly relying on the return of the old banner ad economy
keenspot is a professional comic hosting site
keenspot is on a separate server from keenspace
keenspot is doing something right
keenspot is not the elitist group the angry tend to call it
keenspot is running a lot better now
Insane Guest Artist Weeks At Diesel Sweeties
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 17, 2003 - 09:24
Starting today, R Stevens has given the reins of Diesel Sweeties to over 30 different guest artists for the next couple of weeks.
Guest artists include: Michael Lalonde, Dan Engler, Richard McNeal, Steven Cloud, Kean Soo, Tom Rhodes, Jeff Rowland, Dylan Meconis, Les McClaine, Bill Duncan, Hellen, Todd Webb, Jen Wang, Neil G, Matt Bayne, Nato, Daniel Bogan, Stef Pulford, JC Fletcher, Hugo Rodriguez, Bill Mudron, Kevin Hanna, Dan Sandler, Greg Stephens, Jose-Luis Olivares, James Kochalka, Leigh Dragoon, Jon Rosenberg, Drew Weing, Skott Baker, Jason Alderman, and Lark Pien.
Damn.
An Interview with Andrew Arnold, Comics Columnist for Time Online
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Andrew Arnold writes a column for TIME Magazine's online version, Time.com, about comix. Time.comix focuses mainly on reviewing print comix – in the past he's written about Andi Watson and Jason Shiga, as well as defending his use of the term comix rather than comics.
Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 3, 2003 - 15:01
I still remember the Challenger disaster fairly vividly: I was in second period, American History, junior year of highschool. The tragedy of the Columbia space shuttle breaking up this weekend is an all too real reminder of the frontier outer space still is, the grasp and risk of humanity and its dreams, and the heroism of every astronaut that typically goes unnoticed because we have grown to take their bravery for granted.
I've read Kochalka's snapshot of the day and I'll try to post other webcomics on point to this thread. Please add others not listed yet.
Driven To Distraction: James Kochalka on Journal Comics, Modern Tales and the Magic Finger
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James Kochalka plays a lot of video games. He quit his job (see his graphic novel Quit Your Job) and spends his time drawing Fancy Froglin for Modern Tales and American Elf as well as working on his upcoming projects. He is also a big fan of the cute aspects of Nintendo games. He cites message boards as his biggest distraction from work, though now that he has the American Elf message boards he can hang out there and pretend to work.
Kochalka recently won an Ignatz award (which he traded to Tom Hart for a bite of Pad Thai) for his Sketchbook Diaries collection. He's also been lauded as the force behind the journal comic movement online. He’s likewise been called various names by the video game geeks he harasses on message boards, but that’s for another article.
