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News For Wednesday, January 3, 2006

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 3, 2007 - 08:14

HEADLINES

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

The Comixpedia End of 2006 Roundtable

December 16, 2006 - 23:33 | Xaviar Xerexes

Our second annual virtual round table on the year in webcomics features comments from Eric Millikin, Daku, Gilead Pellaeon, Mike Russell, Lewis Powell, Alexander Danner, Eric Burns, Michael Rouse-Deane, Johanna Draper Carlson and Gary Tyrrell.

O Web Comic, O Web Comic, Your Panels Infinite Delight Us (UPDATED)

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on December 12, 2006 - 10:27

YEAR IN REVIEW

There are a few end of the year lists I thought would be interesting that I'm not going to be able to get done on my own. But we might be able to do it together:

INTERVIEWS

CONVENTIONS

EVENTS

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

NOT WEBCOMICS

What good are collectives?

Submitted by Shishio on December 7, 2006 - 16:42

I know they're great for cross-promotion, but is there any other benefit to being a member of one?

News and Dues for December 1, 2006

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on December 1, 2006 - 10:46

Let's thank all of the great current Comixpedia sponsors. Financially, Comixpedia is on much better footing than it was for most of the year. Our current sponsors include Delerium's New Album, Nuages du Monde; PhotoContest2006.com, an art and photo competition; and the webcomics Alma Mater, I See You, Witchthorn, and Things Change.

Our December cover art from Tom Siddell, creator of GunnerKrigg Court, is up. GunnerKrigg Court won the WCCA Outstanding Newcomer award for 2006 and is a great new comic so please go check it out.

NEWS

There are 8 comics left in Bomb Shelter's Webcomic Idol contest. Remember, that if you vote, you are voting for which one to kick out of the contest.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

MEETUPS

Washington Webtoonists will be meeting this coming Tuesday (Dec. 5th) at the Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, Virginia. If you're in the area stop by and say hello.

Week 2 of Bomb Shelter Idol

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 21, 2006 - 23:46

What Birds KnowIt's the second week of Bomb Shelter Idol. Last week I sang the praises of the fast-paced, buddy-comedy/vampire flick webcomic, Zed Reckoning.

This week I want to highlight a completely different webcomic called What Birds Know. What Birds Know is also incredibly well-rendered with a lot of obvious thought given to the characters, the backgrounds, the "camera angles". It's also well laid-out on the page (each installment is about 660 by 930 pixels which provides enough space to make panel arrangement important). The story of three girls out on an adventure certainly has a much more measured pace then Zed but it doesn't drag even as you read through the fairly solid archives. In fact, Birds seems confident in its pace and its careful layering of foreshadowing and tension is enough to build to what could be a big pay-off. Could be. I have no idea what is going to happen next, but I'm definitely hooked.

So far it looks like both Zed and Birds are safe with the voters in the Bomb Shelter Idol contest. I hope we keep it that way as both of these are great comics in their own ways.

Monday News Carousel

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 20, 2006 - 10:56

NEWS & VIEWS

  • This is very interesting to me: Yahoo has inked a partnership with 176 newspapers across the country. Yet another sign that the business of putting daily content on dead tree pulp is in dire need of reinvention.
  • Over the weekend, Joey Manley put up a long post about open standards for webcomics software. (Manley posted the same thing at The Engine and the comments there are also interesting) Don't be intimidated by the length of it - a key takeaway from it is that webcomics creators would be well served by a real effort for coders working on webcomics software to agree to some standardized data elements for webcomics. The immediate benefit Manley focuses on is that this would ensure "portability" for creators to easily move between services and/or software (for example moving a comic from Webcomics Nation to Keenspot) - something that is not easy when a comic's archive approach four digits.
  • Neil Cohn responds to recent posts on transitions by Derik Badman (Derik's posts are here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).

BOMB SHELTER IDOL

REVIEWS

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

One-liners is a Webcomic Idol Finalist.

Submitted by Shishio on November 16, 2006 - 10:36

In case you haven't been paying attention, <a href="http://www.bombsheltercomics.com">Bomb Shelter Comics</a> is holding a <a href="http://www.bombsheltercomics.com/bomb-shelter-comics-wants-you/">contest to determine the Webcomic Idol</a>, and <a href="http://www.one-liners.net/">One-liners</a> is one of the finalists.

So go <a href="http://www.bombsheltercomics.com/vote.php">vote</a> for the comic you think should be eliminated from the running.

Voting Starts Today!

Submitted by Jerry_Stephens on November 13, 2006 - 16:02

Round one of voting for Bomb Shelter Comics 'Webcomic Idol' starts today and ends on Sunday, November 19th.

The Top 10 have been selected and we're counting on critiques from our judges and votes from the public to decide who will be the newest member to our twisted family.

So, head over to the ballot box and cast your vote for the person you'd like to see removed from the list. That's right, you get the choose who gets off the island.

Bomb Shelter Idol First Round Submissions In

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on November 11, 2006 - 18:16

Bomb Shelter Comics is having a "webcomics idol" competition. Here's a list of links for those who entered. I think there'll be some voting to decide who gets to go on to the next round. The Bomb Shelter creators and guest judges are going to pick ten contestants from those who entered.