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DrunkDuck To Appear in More Conventions

Submitted by Black_Kitty on April 5, 2007 - 18:28

Encouraged by the success at Wizard World in LA, Platinum Studios will be organizing more DrunkDuck Artist Alleys this year in three other Wizard World conventions. These three Wizard World Events will be at Philadelphia, Chicago, and Texas.

Updating the Feed Lists

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 22, 2007 - 10:03

When we switched to Drupal one of the nice things I was able to set up was pulling in the RSS feeds of other sites to Comixpedia. That way we do less "link" blogging here but you can still get a sense of what's going on in webcomicland from the syndicated headlines.

The March of the Collectives

March 12, 2007 - 00:44 | Xaviar Xerexes

A collective, loosely defined, is any sustained grouping of webcomic creators. What they do together varies greatly from group to group. Some are largely a peer group offering each other critical feedback and encouraging support. Others throw in cross-promotion for each others' work. Some build a collective brand with logos, advertising and a central website. Some share business experience and expertise in areas as varied as merchandise, books, conventions, hosting and website creation.

And what did I find from my research? There's a tremendous number of collectives out there (and that I never want to attempt another "survey" article again). And, oh yeah, checking out collectives can be a great way to find excellent new comics.

EMERGENCY TALKCAST - Theater Hopper/Joe Loves Crappy Movies

Submitted by Tom Brazelton on December 18, 2006 - 16:18

It's a meeting of the minds tonight at 10:30 CST when Boxcar Comics cohorts and all-around movie mavens Tom Brazelton from Theater Hopper and Joe Dunn from Joe Loves Crappy Movies get together for their first joint talkcast!

Comixpedia's People Of Webcomics List For 2006

December 18, 2006 - 12:07

It's the third annual Comixpedia People Of Webcomics List. This was the hardest one yet to compile. There's a lot of webcomics and a lot of people doing interesting things in and around webcomics. This list, as in past years, is an odd effort to compare apples and oranges: artistic achievement, audience popularity, technical achievement, business savvy, news-making impact all go into the mix.

Wizard World Texas

WHERE: Arlington Convention Center - Arlington, TX
WHEN: Fri: 12pm - 6pm, Sat: 10am - 6pm, Sun: 11am - 5pm
WHO:

And more! Artist Alley list HERE.

More Platinum Duck, Interviews, Etc.

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on September 26, 2006 - 10:13

I'm going to try breaking these longer posts up into categories - tell me if it's helpful or not...

News

Drunk DuckI started a thread to discuss the Platinum-Drunk Duck deal here - I added links to other discussions in the comments if you're interested in reading more about it.

Aaron MacGruder AWOL from Boondocks return. Or so the Washington Post reports. The Comics Reporter notes that the Dallas Morning News also has a good story on this subject.

The Comic Reporter also points to a deal between McClatchy-Tribune and PopMatters.com to carry PopMatters.com stories on McClatchy's MCT Campus wire service for college and highschool newspapers. PopMatters.com was founded in 1999 by Sarah Zupko and also carries several webcomics on its site.

Interviews

Jon RosenbergWizard interviewed Jon Rosenberg (creator of Goats) yesterday. I just want to highlight this part because I think Jon's answer makes a lot of sense:

What professional title do you prefer: webcomicker, webcomics artist, creator or what's the standard these days? Or is there one?

ROSENBERG: When people ask me what I do, I tell them I draw comics. Titles are a pretty silly thing, I don't know if there is a standard but I'm sure it is a topic of heated debate on some message board somewhere.

The people who concern themselves with those sorts of things, I find, would do better to focus on their comics.

Random Interviews has one with Fred Grisolm, creator of Hate Song.

Plugs and Reviews

I missed it but Mitch Clem is updating NN2S again. Huh-zah!

Over at CBR, Meaghan Quinn plugs the new webcomic from Petie Shumate, Girl/Robot. G/R is kind of a one-note affair (girl says/does something, robot takes it literally, hijinks/disaster ensues) but so far Shumate is consistently cracking me up with it. I'd give it a try if you haven't already.

Everything ElseI'm Just Drinking

Gilead's got a post on Phil Kahn's I'm Just Drinking vidcast - webcomics and alcohol... who'd thunk it? I watched part of it last night - not bad and Phil does a decent job of actually demonstrating how to make the drinks which is good since that's probably the key part of the show. :)

Fleen links to Scott Marshall's post about the Halifax edition of the Word on the Street festival where he met Hope Larson, Joey Comeau, and Ryan North.

Mitch Clem Auctioning Off Custom Art

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on August 31, 2006 - 09:28

Mitch Clem has an e-bay auction going - winner gets a custom drawing from Sir Clem. Details:

So, you know me, yeah? I'm Mitch Clem, and I'm the man responsible for a bunch of online comics (including Nothing Nice to Say, San Antonio Rock City, the Coffee Achievers, etc), plus lots of work for bands, zines, and other punk rock affiliates.

What you're bidding on here is a piece of custom art by me. If you win this auction, I will create a fully-inked drawing of anything you want.

The drawing will measure 8.5"x10", and will be done on 9"x12" vellum bristol board using various pens and brushes (all of which contain lightfast, fade proof, archival quality india ink). I'm not gonna crap out on it, either. This will be suitable for framing. If you like my art and posters and such, this will live up to that standard.

Like I say, I will draw ANYTHING you want me to draw, with a few exceptions:

1) I will not draw anything that I consider to be racist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive (yeah, I'm one of those PC punks you used to read about).

2) I will not draw any sexually explicit acts or imagery (NOTE: I do not consider nudity to be sexually explicit per se, but I'm still not gonna draw you a naked picture of, like, my mom or my girlfriend or something).

While you will recieve the original, signed drawing, I will still retain all rights to my own work, and I'm free to reuse it in any medium for any purpose.

You're just a shoegazer

Submitted by neilb on August 22, 2006 - 03:48


Behold the cover (by the awesome Jeffrey Brown, not me!) for You Ain't No Dancer, Volume 2 from New Reliable Press. It will be in stores on October 18, but this is the last week for comic book retailers to place their orders. So get your local store on the phone now! Just yell "Diamond Order Code: AUG063478 (Previews page 323)"; this helps somehow.

Multiplex joins Boxcar Comics

Submitted by Gordon McAlpin on August 21, 2006 - 09:28

There are a couple of new things at the Boxcar Comics collective: Because Joe Dunn and Mitch Clem have shifted their focus onto new projects, Coffee Achievers and Nothing Nice to Say have been replaced with their currently updating counterparts, Joe Loves Crappy Movies and San Antonio Rock City. Next, my own Multiplex has joined their illustrious ranks, a move that brings the three most widely read movie-themed webcomics -- JLCM, Multiplex and Theater Hopper -- all under the same banner. Yay, Boxcar!