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Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 13, 2009 - 09:16

INTERVIEWS
The Trades has an interview with Lora Innes on the release of her comic The Dreamer in book format.

DEAD TREES
AdHouse Books cancels the book collection of the webcomic FCHS due to low pre-orders.

The fourth Diary of a Wimpy Kid book was released yesterday - the initial press run? 4 million copies.

JUSTIFY MY HYPE
Jon Scrivens announced the return of his webcomic Little Terrors from its extended hiatus.

ZUDA ZUDA ZUDA COMIC SUPERSTAH!
Daily Cartoonist reports that the Amazon Comic Strip Superstar contest is into its third round and posts a list of the 50 remaining finalists.

Two Left, One Book To Go

Submitted by moovok on November 3, 2007 - 08:59

The Kid's Book Project is only two pages away from the end which means that soon enough the pre-order page will change as the book will be finally get ready to get printed with the wonderful cover by Liz Greenfield. The wonderful pages, all 55 artists have contributed to one individual page, all spanning either backwards or forwards.

Tastefully Done 2008 - At It Again

Submitted by moovok on October 21, 2007 - 12:59

Last year Tastefully Done showed the world what it would be like if their favourite webcomic characters bared all in aid of Cancer Research. This year the tables have turned and webcomic artists have bared all in aid of Cancer Research.

With the talents of Kristofer Straub, James Turner, Jodie Azhar, Digital Strips Team, Ben Stirling, Fred Grisolm, Whitney Robinson, Ryan Estrada, Chris Thomas & James Walker, Jon Scrivens, Meghan Murphy, Jared von Hindman and cover by Corey Marie Parkhill baring all for a great cause. Webcomic artists at their finest, with their clothes off, is hopefully gonna be an utterly delightful success like last year.

For the price of $15 and through the lulu.com website, Tastefully Done warns you to bare witness to the outstanding artwork that can only be contained in one calendar, we give you Tastefully Done 2008!

5th Annual British Webcomic Piss-Up.

Celebrate St George's Day with a comic on your own site on this year's theme, SHIELDS. If you are British or reside in Britain and want to get involved submissions are open until April 20th 2007. More details at the event's official website.

Participating webcomics include:

WIP Does It's Thing

Submitted by moovok on March 19, 2007 - 21:03

This week Webcomics in Print is going UK Web and Mini Comix Thing mad:

TUESDAY: We get to grips with Jon Scrivens (Little Terrors) who's just turned one year old and find out about his new merchandise

WEDNESDAY: We review the book from Dubious Tales just for the Thing convention

THURSDAY: We get to grips with Ivan Pope (boot_error) and get an inside knowledge about he must dream of stencils

FRIDAY: Another interview, this time with Eddie Bowley (Edd Egg) and find out about rumours aren't always true

SATURDAY: We have words with Chris Thomas and James Walker (RPG-TV) about their successful year and first convention

SUNDAY: And finally, if you haven't got sick of interviews, Philip Spence (Ninja Bunny) delights you with his wonderful stuff and there's a bonus interview that will only be up for ONE DAY!

BLIND DATE II: Day Two

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 15, 2007 - 00:11

Today our first comic is a match-up between Brian Michael Brown, creator of Bellen!, and Shishio, creator of One Liners. Warning: bad language and sad, pathetic Valentine Day scenario unfolds!

Our second comic for Thursday is from Tony Esteves, creator of Cigarro & Cerveja, and Jon Scrivens, creator of Little Terrors. Can Dwayne and Cigarro find love? And how do you say I love you to a zombie? Read the first part here and then click through to either Cigaroo & Cerveja or Little Terrors to read the conclusion.

Blind Date II Pairings

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 27, 2007 - 14:22

Okay after a random drawing of names from a hat - here's your Blind Date II pairings. (Click read more to find out the pairings)

The rules are simple: the two of you brainstorm out and create a comic in the spirit of Valentines Day. Define "spirit of" however you want (we're not going to be as strict as the WCCA is with the Romantic Comics category).

We will start posting submissions on Valentines Day (February 14th) on a first-in, first-up basis and keep posting them as they come in through the month of February. I'd prefer to post the comics at frightnight.org to prevent future link-rot, but I can link to something posted elsewhere too. Either way email me at xerexes AT comixpedia DOT com with the essential information. The absolute deadline for turning in Blind Date II comics will be February 25th.

Also try and link up with your partner early next week - if you have trouble getting connected or someone quits talk to me next week and we'll try to sort something else out for you.

Blind Date II: Electric Boogaloo

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 11, 2007 - 14:08

It's been too long since 2004's Blind Date so let's do it again this year. We had some discussion over format for it and it was divided so let's do the original format again (I'll use the Border Walker idea for another event later this year). I've posted the archives of Blind Date 2004 at Frightnight.org if you want to check out the first edition.

The format is simple - by signing up you agree to work on a comic with a randomly selected partner (hence the "blind date" part ). The finished comic gets posted at Blind Date II during the week of February 19th.

You can sign-up for Blind Date II starting now through January 26th. Either email me at xerexes At comixpedia Dot coM or post a reply to this post. Include your name, your comic and whether you are an artist, writer or artist/writer (the only exception to the randomness will be that we will make sure not to pair up writer-writer or artist-artist).

We'll pair up partners and send out pairings around January 28th.

We'll being posting finished webcomics for the event the week of February 19th.

Please ask questions here as well so everyone can see the answers.

Rolling Post-Halloween News Round-Up

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on October 31, 2006 - 23:48

Thanks to everyone for making Fright Night 8 a success. Check out the comics if you haven't already. There were a lot of other cool Halloween-related posts in the blogs so check 'em all out!

MILESTONES

  • Concerned has wrapped up. This really is a hilarious parody of the video game Half-Life 2. Much like Tom Stoppard's famous play Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead zeroes in on minor characters from Hamlet, Concerned follows the adventures of a new, seemingly minor character, Gordon Frohman, who weaves through the plot of Half Life 2 without disturbing the official narrative of the game. Creator Christopher Livingston put in a year and a half into this project and within what he set out to do, I'd say he succeeded fantastically.

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