Theater Hopper
THE RETURN OF OLD SCHOOL WEBCOMIC DRAMA
Submitted by Brandon Carr on September 10, 2010 - 00:38
The title of this post is slightly off. Webcomic drama as we used to know it never really went away. In fact, it’s been growing behind the walls, not daring to spread out. There may not be large message board battles like the time that one guy took on that other guy back in Ought Five, but the seething hatred in the community still thrives...at least for two well-know creators.
Tom Brazelton, the unassuming Iowan creator of Theater Hopper, and gentle Gordon McAlpin of Multiplex fame, have been battling behind the scenes for years. What? That’s impossible? NO. THAT IS AN INCORRECT ASSERTION.
An Interview with Tom Brazelton
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Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton is a webcomic sort of, but not entirely about Tom, his wife Cami and their friends. The creator, Tom Brazelton (as opposed to his four-color alter ego) is coming up on six years of the webcomic. Neither fatherhood nor the Star Wars prequels have stopped the man from making fun at and with the movies. Over the last couple of months I interviewed Tom about the webcomic, his third print collection and other necessary pop culture topics.
Tuesday. Taquitos. Grwwwahh...
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 4, 2008 - 10:34
REVIEWS
- El Santo just doesn't like the gamer webcomic VG Cats.
- Ross Payton on Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s Freakangels. (h/t Journalista!)
- The Beat has a snapshot of the new line-up of comics on Zuda this month. Eddie Sharam and James Woodhead’s ROAD was the winner of Zuda's monthly contest for February.
INTERVIEWS
- ComicMix interviews the creators of Little Gamers. (h/t to FLEEN)
- Jonathan Callan presents the second installment of his interview with Starslip Crisis cartoonist Kristofer Straub. (h/t Journalista!)
- Brigid Alverson speaks with Luz: Girl of the Knowing creator Claudia Dávila. (h/t Journalista!)
- Scienteers talk to Tom Brazelton of Theater Hopper.
THEORY
BUSINESS
- Neil Gaiman writes about why booksellers should not fear the free.
- Larry Lessig notes that Nine Inch Nails' latest album has been released under a Creative Commons license. I think in the digital world it's probably wise to always keep up with how other forms of expression are adapting to the web. Comics in some ways has been far ahead but it doesn't mean there's not learnin' to be had from music and movies and whatnot.
MILESTONES
- Congrats to Chris Crosby for nine years of his webcomic Superosity.
- Tom Spurgeon recaps his top 25 comic stories in the news from 2007.
NOT WEBCOMICS
- Derik Badman examines The Mighty Golem's Swing, a comic I recently read and thought was very well done.
First and Last: Theater Hopper
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 16, 2006 - 07:56
Tom Brazelton has been creating Theater Hopper since 2002. Here's a quick look at the evolution of his art on the webomic:
First (2002)
Last (2006)
Interview with Theater Hopper's Tom Brazelton
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Theater Hopper has been entertaining us for years with its autobiographical yet satirical look at the lives of movegoers -- and the movies that obsess them. Comixpedia talked with creator Tom Brazelton about movies, webcomics, and the fans of both.
