The art of webcomics
Rocketbox as it once was is now dead. But the content and spirit of the site arrise anew at Comic Coach on the InkTank.com website. The Comic Coach section of the site will combine content from the now defunct Rocketbox site as well as information already hosted on the InkTank site.
New content, resources, and message boards await any aspiring (or established) web cartoonists who feel like a little knowledge exchange. Continue Reading
Over at Balloon Tales, there is an interesting roundtable discussion on lettering with Lee Nordling, Al Davison, Richard Starkings, Todd Klein, Kurt Busiek, Marv Wolfman, Michael T. Gilbert, Batton Lash, Bob Ingersoll, Bill Knapp, Malcolm Bourne, Steve Leialoha, Leonard Kirk, Howard Cruse, Steven Grant & Bryan Talbot.
Link courtesy of Neil Gaiman’s blog. Continue Reading
Soul-D by Mary is a well-rendered story of a young, ambitious woman putting her soul in peril for her dreams. Maybe. Mostly you’ll be struck by the coloring, perhaps the most distinctive look I’ve seen since Makeshift debuted. Continue Reading
Award winning creator of Fred The Clown, Roger Langridge, takes satiric aim at the maddening monotony of the clerical profession in The Thirteenth Floor. Dark secrets await a
trio of misanthropic desk jockeys as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of the office manager.
Langridge’s Fred The Clown has been one of the most popular series at Modern Tales since the website’s premiere. It won the 2003 UK National Comic Award for Best Online Strip, and has been nominated for two Eisner Awards and one Ignatz Award. Continue Reading
So you draw and/or write a webcomic?
No matter how good you are, there’s always something more to learn. One way to learn is to read a lot of webcomics. You can also learn a lot from countless free tutorials created by some truly talented artists.
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An entertaining, if not entirely helpful, rant on how one guy makes webcomics.
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From the Talkaboutcomics forums:
Good afternoon. I’m Shaenon Garrity, webcartoonist and Modern Tales goodwill ambassador. I write and draw “Narbonic” on Moderntales.com, I write “Li’l Mell” on Girlamatic.com, I sporadically write “Trunktown” on Serializer.net, and I am always right.
I come to you today because I wish to submit a comic to Graphic Smash, an upcoming Modern Tales sister site devoted to action/adventure comics, and I need an artist. Continue Reading
Breasts. They are everywhere. Floating, bobbing, jiggling, drooping, pointing, teasing, taunting, terrifying…
Yes.
Terrifying.Breasts.
They are everywhere. Floating, bobbing, jiggling, drooping, pointing, teasing, taunting, terrifying…
Yes.
Terrifying.
Breasts have been known to induce confusion in some, inspire discomfort in others, and cause the rest to flee in fear or disgust. Who gets panicked by these, you may ask? Women, mostly. Some men, to boot. But why would a set of human glands be something frightening? How could they, designed for feeding children, and a leading cause for horny (mostly-)male eyestrain, be seen as something scary?
Easy – when they are drawn badly.
A good Sequential Tart article by Pam Bliss on lettering for comics. Continue Reading
An informative thread at Rocketbox about pens, paper and inking.
I was interested to see Paul Taylor mention that his favorite way to draw is on newsprint with soft lead pencils. I wouldn’t think that scanned well but from the looks of Wapsi Square, apparently it works just fine. Continue Reading
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