The winner of this year's Lulu Blooker Award in the Comics category is Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies. Mom's Cancer originally appeared online as a webcomic and won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2005. (CBR also recently included Mom's Cancer amongst its 365 Reasons to Love Comics series)
OTHER AWARD NEWS: Penny Arcade won the U.K. Eagle award for "Favourite Web-Based Comic". Pip, pip, cheerio!
Linda Howard reviews The Paranormals by M. Raven Brown and Ronnie Werner. The story of five misfit kids with special powers that meet up at a high school and deal with supernatural situations may sound like nothing special, but Brown’s writing makes the characters come alive as actual teens and Werner’s art is stylized and cartoonish with a focus on the interplay between the characters.
Jon Morris offers reviews of three all ages-friendly webcomics: Astronaut Elementary by Dave Roman, Lunchbox by Ovi Nedelcu, and Zip and Li'l Bit by Trade Loeffer.
How can we order comics besides the traditional plot (where cause and effect lead to a conclusion)? Derik Badman looks a few examples from comic strips (web and print).
What’s cuter than a talking plush puppy? Two talking plush puppies, of course! In this month's edition of Brigid's Bento Box, Brigid Alverson takes a look at Audra Furuichi's and Scott Yoshinaga's nemu nemu. Continue Reading
Due to Mother's Day and a late evening soccer game, the semi-usual Sunday evening update of magazine articles was/is delayed until tonight (Monday). Carry on…
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Alexa features xkcd as one of its "Movers & Shakers" today. (Usual Alexa caveats, etc, etc) xkcd's Alexa ranking is 3,541 which is really good for any website, let alone a webcomic. Continue Reading
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It is a print comic but Strangers in Paradise, Terry Moore's magnum action comedy soap opera epic about two women with very confusing personal lives, has come to an end. Moore has self published SiP since 1993, and it is one of the most successful independant comics in print. Honestly, I'm a little broken up about it.
Webcomics in Print has launched a new competition this week! The Little Terrors spot-the-difference runs until the end of the month, but not only that but we've reviewed Man on the Moon and our usual Monday Book News. Go check it out! Continue Reading
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