Dead Trees

Todd and Penguin is now being published in the Stanford Daily. Todd and Penguin has been on the web since 2000, and this is it’s first regular newspaper publication. The comic also appeared once as part of Brad Guigar’s Greystone Inn in the Philadelphia Daily News last year. Stop by the site, say hi, and check out the archives. Continue Reading →

Anyone care to share their experiences with various publishers for printing offline versions of a webcomic? Beyond webcomicdom’s home grown giant, Plan 9 Publishing and the King of On-Demand, Cafe Press, who else comes recommended and why? Dreamweaver? Who else?

Are webtoonists the next wave of small press creators? Continue Reading →

From the Slush Factory News. Free Comic Book Day gets a big boost from one of cable TV’s biggest. The Cartoon Network will place advertising of FCBD2003 on the Adult Swim website for the month of April.

“Comics and cartoons have long been linked in the public mind. Many of our viewers are lovers of comics, so we’re happy to support this worthwhile promotion,” said Dennis Adamovich, vice president of marketing for Cartoon Network. “So many of our shows originated as comics or have inspired comics themselves that it makes great sense for us to participate in Free Comic Book Day 2003.”

Free Comic Book Day is May 3rd and will include dead tree editions of comics from Keenspot and Modern Tales artists.
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Good news for fans of Matt Gasser’s The Gimblians” and the “Misfits of Fandom” comics. Both are now being syndicated in the Stanford Daily and soon in a number of other publications. Continue Reading →

ICV2 reports that Book Expo America will feature Graphic Novel Day Saturday, May 31, 2003.

The increase in graphic novel sales has been one of the few bright spots in the firmament of American publishing, so it’s not surprising to see that Book Expo America is devoting a day of educational programming to help retailers and libraries to gain a better understanding of how to stock and sell all types of graphic novels. The brainchild of Kuo-Yu Liang of Diamond Book Distributors, Graphic Novel Day was created as a way to raise the profile of all graphic novel publishers and artists, not just those distributed by Diamond. In addition to the seminars and workshops described below, individual publishers are sponsoring events at their booths on Saturday, May 31 to coincide with the overall graphic novel promotion — Viz, for example, is hosting an appearance of characters from the DBZ manga. Book Expo America will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 28 through June 1. Continue Reading →

Pulse caught up with James Kochalka to talk about his upcoming print collection of American Elf comics. Continue Reading →

This is creating some buzz amongst comics creators. Cafe Press plans to print books on demand. There is some discussion as to what size of book will be available, including whether or not the traditional comic book format will be included. Continue Reading →

DC Comics has announced that its hugely popular book, Aquaman #1, will be presented online at DCComics.com.

Following its release in December, the first issue of the new AQUAMAN series quickly sold out at DC. Now, readers can catch up on the beginning of the Sea King’s new adventures at DCComics.com, where the entire story from the first issue has been posted as an Adobe Acrobat file.

Thanks to the Slush Factory for the link.
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The trade mag Publishers Weekly write up of the uber popular webcomic Megatokyo and it’s entry into the print world. Continue Reading →

Over at PVP Land, Scott Kurtz posted that the new PvP #1 in the Image line is ranked #166 in sales for comics in March. Kurtz notes that in comparison the last issue PvP in the Dork Press run sold only 2,600 copies. He goes on to say:

That’s an INCREDIBLE success story, due in no small part to your support, orders, calls and demand for PvP comics. We had a lot going for us, because Image really has gotten behind the book. With a jump to a new publisher, cover by Frank Cho, placement on the cover of PREVIEWS, recent mentions in Wizard and Wizard’s Edge magazine and a tidal wave of demand from online readers…how could we not do well.

Kurtz will be at Zeus Comics on March 5th (the day PvP #1 ships) from 4-8PM for a release party for the new PvP comic book. Continue Reading →