Dead Trees

Originally published independently in 2001, Zoinks! Magazine makes its return to promoting webcomics, and the talented people who create them, beginning October 2005. Continue Reading →

Amy Kim Ganter has announced that she will halt production on her webcomic Reman Mythology, but adds that she has no intention of abandoning the story. She hopes to eventually make a completely redrawn print version. Continue Reading →

Ped X-ing, my 168 175 Hour Comic, is now available in print. The book is 208 pages,including the 168 hour comic the 7 hour introduction comic, and all of the guest art (including a new comic, “Ped X-ing a’la France” by my sister) Continue Reading →

The first two chapters of Graphic Smash’s occasionally acclaimed weird fantasy saga, Digger, is finally available in paperback format, suitable for all the times you’re in the bathroom, on a plane, or taking a long car ride and find yourself thinking “Man, I could really use something epic, with wombats, about now. And an oracular slug would just be icing on the cake.”

Digger, Volume One is available from Sofawolf Press and includes an exclusive six page mini-comic. Continue Reading →

Haunted Pixel Studios is pleased to announce the release of the second Asylumantics collection which is entitled Ignorance Is Bliss. The new title is schedule to start shipping on August 1st, but readers can place orders now at the Asylumantics website. Continue Reading →

Here’s a link I missed during last month’s focus on webcomics-to-print: Creative Comix is a small syndication company focused on the alternative press market. They have quite a few webcomics on their roster of clients including: BoxJam’s Doodle, Soap on a Rope, Gluemeat, Lost in Appleton, Innies and Outties, Tex & Jenny, You Damn Kid, and HOUSD.

Here’s a few more details for creators on submitting your work to them and a FAQ on the company.

UPDATE: In the comments Rob Balder notes that the Creative Comix contract may not have the most creator-friendly terms. Continue Reading →

Butternutsquash reports that it has signed with Speakeasy Comics to publish a line of Butternutsquash comic books. Issue #1 is due this November and a preview of the cover is available here. (A longer press release is here)

Also, Ramon Perez and Rob Coughler (the guys who make Butternutsquash) will be at the Speakeasy booth at San Diego Comicon this year. Continue Reading →

Over at Newsarama, Daniel Epstein interviews Phil & Kaja Foglio about moving their successful comic book Girl Genius to online publication.

Phil & Kaja Foglio recently published the last print comic book for Girl Genius and now publish the story in progress online between publishing graphic novel collections. Foglio discussed the reasons for the move:

Where we really made our money was from sales via our internet store. Whenever a new issue of Girl Genius appeared, sales on all of our other books surged. This applied to everything we have in print, What’s New, Buck Godot, XXXenophile, and all our gaming product and secondary merchandise, such as goggles and Cafe Press items. It reminded people that we were still alive and still in business. The problem was that we could only bring the comic out four times a year.

Transforming it into an online comic solved everything. Now, instead of four times a year, I have an ad that appears three times a week. Sales from the website store have tripled.

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The Comics Reporter reports that Motel Art Improvement Service, Jason Little’s sequel to Shutterbug Follies will be published by Little, Brown & Company. (Little expects completion of the sequel webcomic and subsequent publication in the fall of 2007.)

Also, Tom Spurgeon is having a week long fundraiser for The Comics Reporter. If you enjoy his indepth, daily coverage of comics be sure to drop a few coins over there. Continue Reading →