Hey D.C Simpson (or as now billed – Dana Claire Simpson) has a new comic up — Raine Dog. Since it’s literally started today all I can tell is that it’s about a dog. Art looks nice. Simpson is the creator of the long running comic Ozy & Millie.
I haven’t really felt like checking out journal comics in awhile – I think I have some I read and there’s only so much time in the day for reading webcomics. But I got a link somewhere today to Inkdick — a journal comic by Prana T. Naujokaitis.
It’s run daily for about a year and Naujokaitis is a very accomplished cartoonist. And in terms of the comic, he had an extremely eventful 2008 with some major life choices (as he was in the last year of attending Savanah’s College of Art aka SCAD). So frankly it’s pretty dramatic for a journal comic including scraping together enough money to buy an iMac only to have it stolen from the car, attending a lecture by bigshot webcartoonists Scott Kurtz and Dave Kellett, and getting robbed right in front of his house, let alone all of the things you deal with wrapping up your last year of college and trying to figure out how to "become" an adult with a job and all of those other responsibilities post-college life provides. (Frankly I can’t imagine how scary it must be to graduate in this economy…) He also does a great job of sketching in (through moments and actions as opposed to just telling us about them) his girlfriend Amy, his dad and his younger brother (who is deploying to Iraq).
It is a journal comic and doesn’t break out of the Kochalka-Weing mode much but it is really good – definitely worth checking out.
Look don’t get me wrong – I think Wordpress + Tyler Martin’s Comicpress is great and for many many creators and/or publishers, it’s the way to go. But I’ve been using Drupal for ComixTalk since 2006 and have always wanted to use Drupal to publish a webcomic(s) as well. And I’ve known it’s possible since Christopher Wright has had his webcomic Ubersoft running on Drupal for about a year now.
Some webcomic stories floating on the ‘tubes today:
TOOLS
Chris Flick explains how webcartoonists can use Twitter. Twitter seems to be a decent tool for promotion but I think it has also is a background communication tool for many cartoonists who want the feel of a "virtual" bullpen despite working at home or alone.
INTERVIEWS
Shaenon Garrity interviews Alexander Danner and Edward Grug about their new comic, Gingerbread Houses.
A two part interview with Tony Piro (part one, part two), creator of the webcomic, Calamities of Nature.
CONVENTIONS
Tom Spurgeon has some details on the definitely-happening MOCCA Festival this coming summer. Key though is that exhbition registration is going on now and will wrap up this month.
Big news leaking across the Internets – The Legends of Zork will be a new browser/web incarnation of the legendary Infocom text adventure. And it’s being designed by webcomic artist extraordinaire Jim Zubkavich! Jim writes about the buzz from on his blog here: Eaten by a Grue and the initial announcement of the project here: ZORK! Continue Reading
The second review from the Hat Lobster!
A good interview with David Rees, creator of Get Your War On, on the last book coming out of the wrapping-up now webcomic. Rees will end the strip with the end of the Bush presidency. Rees will always be notable to me for using webcomics to make an impact on the wider culture in the aftermath of 9/11 and the Afghanistan war. Plus, GYWO is often hilariously funny and on point. (h/t Daily Cartoonist)
And Robot 6 has an interview with Ben Driscoll, the creator of Daisy Owl. (h/t Journalista!)
I don’t know about you but whenever I’m at a comics event I wind up with all kinds of cards and other swag with URLs on them. I also have a mess of an office at home which I’m struggling to clean up right now. So one of my every-so-often kitchen-sink-and-everything posts – if you’ve read any of these let me know what you think! Thanks.
Nina Paley’s animated Sita Sings the Blues looks amazing (all I’ve had a chance to see is the trailer though) but who knows when any of us will get to see due to copyright issues with the song compositions (not the performances – they are in the public domain). Check out more details on Nina’s blog here and watch the interview below to get the whole story.  Actually click here for Ninia’s post on her current effort to get the film out to the public — she still needs to raise about $50,000 dollars to pay off rights holders.
I got an email today from Corey Marie Parkhill about changes to the Young American Comics imprint she runs with her husband Tod. The bottom line is before going out of business they’re having "going out of business sale":
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