[This sounds like an idea for Lunchbox Funnies…]
Howard Tayler has a coloring book based on his webcomic, Schlock Mercenary and he's giving it to anyone who makes a Paypal donation of any size. The book is 22 pages long and includes a maze, a matching game, and a word-search suitable for grown-ups with twisted minds.
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Schlock Mercenary turns 7 years old today. Congratulations to Howard Tayler; world domination is just around the corner. (Howard's post at his blog here)
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Warren Ellis is running a vote on three webcomics (must have RSS feed to be eligibile) to add to the Engine site.
Mr Myth on D.J. Coffman's Hero By Night:
With the Hero by Night Journals, DJ managed to capture that same sense of background and history, all neatly defined and delineated. Neither the journals nor the comic were able to grab me independantly – one was the shadow of an already finished tale, the story of a hero whose time had already ended, while the other was no different than countless other comics, with a kid finding a magic widget and blundering into superpowers. But together they formed something more than the sum of their parts – a story with a firm sense of past and present, which manages to keep the read all the more interested in the comic’s future.
JUSTIFY MY HYPE
At this year's Shuster Awards, Dan Kim won both Outstanding Webcomics Creator and Fan-Favorite Creator for his comics April May & June, Kanami, and Penny Tribute.
The Shuster Awards honors Canadian comics creators. The Comics Reporter has the full list of winners here.
As our potent and fearsome leader Xerexes pointed out in his most recent post here, too many people are all "Dude, webcomics suck!", "Comics fans are weirdos disconnected from the real world!", "The webcomics community sucks!" and so on and so forth. So I thought I would use my Blogging PowersTM to discuss why I think webcomics are the coolest thing since something else really cool happened.
I just saw a draft article from someone (not intended for Comixpedia I think – just something someone was looking for feedback on) which was basically the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back" for me.
I'm sure you've seen the gist of this proposed article in countless posts for almost as long as there's been comics posted on the web:
Well, that probably covers the broad themes of such rants. Let's just think about these points for a second (click "read more" to read on!):
Alas, it appears it won't happen as "anti-video game activist" Jack Thompson did not agree to Penny Arcade's reported offer to a debate at Penny Arcade's PAX convention this August.
T Campbell, who's filing stories for Broken Frontier these days, has done a plethora of podcasts this year, calling up and interviewing a ton of interesting people and posting the audio (most recently T talked with Tim "Destructo" Demeter, the editor of Clickwheel and Graphic Smash as well as the creator of the comic Reckless Life).
I wrote a short post pondering why I don't listen to more podcasts but it started to sound a bit too negative. Instead let me ask – how many of you listen to the various comic-related podcasts out there and what do you like and dislike about the format (and the quality of current efforts)?
Skoolmunkee recently interviewed Tyrapendragon, creator of Slugs of Mystery and the organizer of the DrunkDuck community project, Fusion. Continue Reading
Looking to get involved in webcomic reporting? There are two places looking for a hand! (Or few.)
[XEREXES: We are always interested in new contributors to Comixpedia, particularly for reviews. If you're interested you can contact me at xerexes AT comixpedia DOT com]
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