Features
Five Webcomic Books For the Holidays
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Michael Rouse-Deane blogs regularly at Webcomics In Print and has organized several charity efforts involving webcomic creators. Last year he covered his top ten webcomics-to-books of 2006.
This year he presents 5 webcomics-to-books from 2007 that you ought to take a look at. Sort of a gift guide to deadtrees, even if you just get it for yourself!
The ComixTalk End of 2007 Roundtable
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Our third annual virtual round table on the year in webcomics features comments from Gary Tyrrell, Dirk Deppey, Tom Spurgeon, Heidi MacDonald, Brigid Alverson, Derik A Badman, Reinder Dijkhuis, and JT Shea and Scott Gallatin.
- Act-I-Vate
- Blank Label Comics
- Transmission X
- Zuda
- Cameron Stewart
- Chris Onstad
- Christopher Hastings
- Dave Kelly
- Derik Badman
- Dorothy Gambrell
- Emily Horne
- Fred Gallagher
- Howard Tayler
- Jennie Breeden
- Jerry Holkins
- Joey Comeau
- John Allison
- Josh Neufeld
- Kaja Foglio
- Karl Kerschl
- Mike Krahulik
- Mike Maihack
- Nate Piekos
- Raina Telgemeier
- Randall Munroe
- Reinder Dijkhuis
- Rich Stevens
- Ryan Estrada
- Ryan North
- Scott McCloud
- Shaenon K. Garrity
- Svetlana Chmakova
- Tatsuya Ishida
- Tyler Page
- A Softer World
- Achewood
- Cat and Girl
- Penny Arcade
- Sinfest
- xkcd
- Features
Teaching Comics to Kids
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For the last five years Neal Von Flue has taught comic illustration to kids. Maybe you can too!
In this feature, he writes about the importance of teaching comics to kids -- how it's in our best interest to get young people aware and interested in comics as a medium while they have a passing interest in it as a genre.
Looking Back Through 2007
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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.
- Act-I-Vate
- Blank Label Comics
- Bomb Shelter
- Chemistry Set
- Dumbrella
- Half Pixel
- Platinum Studios
- Sugary Serials
- Zuda
- Alexander Danner
- Bill Barnes
- Brad Guigar
- Brad Hawkins
- Brian Fies
- Chris Crosby
- Corey Marie Parkhill
- Dave Kellett
- Dave Kelly
- David Malki!
- David Willis
- Gene Yang
- Gordon McAlpin
- James Duncan
- James Kochalka
- Jennifer Babcock
- Jerry Holkins
- Joe Dunn
- Joey Manley
- John Allison
- John The Gneech Robey
- Jon Morris
- Josh Lesnick
- Kris Straub
- Krishna Sadasivam
- Mark Mekkes
- Matt Shepherd
- Mike Krahulik
- Mike Russell
- Mitch Clem
- Nicholas Gurewitch
- Pete Abrams
- Rich Stevens
- Ryan Estrada
- Ryan Sohmer
- Scott Kurtz
- Scott McCloud
- Spike
- T Campbell
- Terrence Marks
- Thomas K. Dye
- Tom Brazelton
- Tyler Martin
- Zach Miller
- Achewood
- American Elf
- Penny Arcade
- PvP
- Sluggy Freelance
- xkcd
- Through The Looking Back Glass
A Road Less Traveled: The Synopsis
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"A Road Less Traveled" is a series of articles by Tim Broderick detailing the path to publication of his graphic novel, "Cash & Carry" (based on his webcomic Odd Jobs, featured at Moderntales and Timbroderick.net). In this month's article, he discusses crafting the synopis for a graphic novel.
In previous installments, Tim reviewed how he signed with a traditional publisher for his graphic novel and how he constructed his ultimately successful query letter.
Whereas writing a query letter is a creative challenge, writing a synopsis of your story is an exercise in patience.
Is This A Comic?: Four Criteria
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In my first column, I took a look at the various previous attempts to define what exactly is a comic. The fact that so many people have struggled to define comics demonstrates that we have yet to do so successfully. Well, if everyone else is trying, why not me?
In order to answer the question “Is this a comic?†we need to apply four criteria: Intent of Creator; Audience Experience; Closure & Synthesis; and Use of Visual Language. Only if a work meets all four of these criteria can it be considered a comic.
Panels & Pictures: Constraint
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In this month's Panels & Pictures, Derik A Badman discusses the idea of constraint in creative work and a number of comics examples in print and around the web.
A Road Less Traveled: Writing the Query Letter
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Last month Tim Broderick, began a series of articles detailing the path to publication of his graphic novel, "Cash & Carry" (based on his webcomic Odd Jobs, featured at Moderntales and Timbroderick.net). In his first article at ComixTalk last month, Tim covered how he signed with a traditional prose publisher as opposed to a comics publisher. This month Tim dives into the specifics of how he constructed his ultimately successful query letter for "Cash & Carry".
One day a few months ago, at a dinner with several of her local Chicago authors, my new publisher talked about a presentation where she discusses the ins and outs of getting published - including the best query letter she'd ever gotten. She revealed then that it was mine.
Is This A Comic?
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Is this a comic?
Admittedly, that is probably the last question a reader consciously asks themselves when reading a comic. Yet, subconsciously, most readers have already asked and answered that very question each and every time they view a piece of work.
In part one of a series, Patric Lewandowski takes a look at some of the most well-known efforts to define "comics" and explains what's wrong with them. Lewandowski then introduces a new approach to defining a comic. In part two of this series, Lewandowski will then explain this new approach in greater depth.
Panel & Pictures: Changing Colors
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In this month's Panels & Pictures, Derik A. Badman shares some examples of color use in a variety of comics, with an emphasis on the use of shifting color palettes within the same work.
