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Jeffrey Rowland

My Interview with Jeffrey Rowland

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on July 21, 2008 - 01:00

Comic

But it probably only happened in my imagination...
That dude has made three of my favorite comics on the internet things plus he’s the t-shirt king.  He probably needs a jingle though.  Here’s a suggestion:
Call Mr. T-Shirt, that’s my name, that name again is Mr. T-Shirt!
Or how about:
Call Mr. T-Shirt, that’s my name and with my [...]

Webcomics And The City

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on June 6, 2008 - 09:38

MoCCa MoCCa MoCCA!!
The Beat lists a lot webcomickers in attendence at this weekend's MoCCA fest in New York:  Jeffrey Rowland, Raina Telgemeier, Josh Neufeld, Lark Pien, David Malki, Cat Garza, Jen Wang, Ben Rosen, Dave Roman, Lunchbox Funnies, The Flight crew, Kean Soo...

HAMMER TIME!
ComicMix redesigns its webcomic reader for comics published on its site. ComicMix contributor Rick Marshall praises the new reader and hints at new developments to come at ComicMix.

GUEST ART
Today's the last day to submit a guest strip for Alma Mater's Summer O' Fun run.

DEAD TREES
The Pulse has an interview with some members of the Chemistry Set collective on their print anthology, No Formula.

Wet Ink has an interview with Lee Salem the head of the Universal Press Syndicate.

NOT WEBCOMICS
Warren Ellis points out that Svetlana Chmakova of Tokyopop’s Dramacon is one of the creators of the new animated series, My Life Me, which is in production for a fall 2009 release.

The A.V. Club has an interview with animator Robert Smigel.

Webcomic Wire - 5/27/08

Submitted by NightgigTim on May 27, 2008 - 13:01

Drawn from sources all over the known universe…

XKCD in the New York Times.
Geeks Next Door is on a brief pause due to marriage. Congratulations Jesse and Matt!
2008 Friends of Lulu nominees.
Draw yourself as a teen.
Websnark posts about the state of (Web)Cartoonist Scott Kurtz.
Cartoonist J. Rowland brings Wigu back to the web MWF.
D.J. Coffman is working [...]

Wigu returns to the web

Submitted by Tim Tylor on May 26, 2008 - 11:21

J Rowland has restarted his webcomic Wigu, with a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule and an initial three strips in the archive. The strip is at a new site (still in progress), but the old Wigu pages and archives can be found through the "Extras" link.

When Jeffey Met Joey

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 6, 2008 - 09:44

The recent ROFLcon brought together a wacky ensemble of Internet-famous folks including a number of webcomickers.  Jeffrey Rowland's OVERCOMPENSATING today details the meeting between himself and Joey Comeau of A Softer World.

Other bittids from the event include an interview with the dudes from Cyanide and Happiness, and a panel on Internet fame-i-ness with Ryan North (Din-O-saur!) and Randal Monroe (kxyz).

Webcomic Wire - 3/24/08

Submitted by NightgigTim on March 24, 2008 - 13:26

Drawn from sources that are tired of that Monday feeling…

Interview with Jeffrey Rowland, creator of Wingu and OverCompensating.
KC Green has joined Keenspot and brings Horribleville and Bee Power with him. 
Bellingham artist shares his secrets of starting a webcomic.
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup gives they’re picks for favorites of the week and ask for your vote. 
The Guest Strip [...]
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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!)

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

Entitlement and Derivative Works

Submitted by posiduck on August 20, 2007 - 20:21

I have seen some discussions recently about Eric Von Websnark's suggestion that For Better or For Worse fans appropriate and repurpose the comic. There are some very interesting (and heated) comments going on over at that post, so people should check those out, but I want to talk about entitlement and derivative works.

Updates On Entries in the Ill-Fated Webcomic Directory Project?

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on July 24, 2007 - 14:31

I built a "library" of webcomics and creators back in the fall of 2005 which I put into beta before realizing it was too much editorial work to deal with and the same information could be better provided through the community edited webcomic wiki - COMIXPEDIA.

Nevertheless looking back on the assortment of names collected (some from me, some sent in from you) I wonder if anyone has any significant updates on these creators 18 months later. Maybe we should interview some of them?

Phillip and Jeff Rowland