Whew boy, what to say about this one? The fun thing about book clubs is that they force you to read something you normally wouldn’t. They’re like English Class for grownups. The same thing is true of our own book club. There is no way I would have read Templar Arizona if it weren’t for [...]
30
Aug
Digital Strips 211 – Book Club: Templar Arizona Ep 1
Posted by The Geek in 2010
Published in Podcasts
29
Aug
Tweet Thread of the Day For Saturday, August 28, 2010
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2010
Published in News
No better way to bring back some TTotD than with a short but sweet entry from one Mr. Scott Kurtz. In this case, a picture is absolutely worth a thousand words:
pvponline http://yfrog.com/nbziahj 12 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
Can’t explain why I’m getting chills just seeing that shiny award in some deserving hands, but it’s certainly been a long, hard road for the creator of PvP and that prize could not be more deserved. Congrats to Scott on the win; with that in his hands and ringing in another year as host of the Harvey Awards ceremony, this may just be the best weekend of his life.
23
Aug
NEWW 2 (New England Webcomics Weekend, Numero Dos) Is Coming!
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2010
Published in News
Having enthusiastically attended last year’s NEWW, I can wholeheartedly recommend you join everyone else in webcomics in buying your ticket to this year’s event, being held in Easthampton, MA the weekend of November 6th. Wanna know the official details? Then read on!
In order to attend NEWW 2, you will need to have a ticket. Buying tickets online will guarantee that you’re a part of this event, even if we fill to capacity. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday, August 26th, at 12:00 PM EST. You’ll be able to grab a weekend pass, an individual day pass, or a special VIP Pass which will include some exclusive goodies. See you then!
23
Aug
There are a few advantages to being as dumb as I am. No one asks you to create an equation that will quantify the universe. The ending to mystery shows is always a surprise. And you’re wrong so often that you have so much practice admitting you’re wrong that it becomes really easy. And that’s [...]
21
Aug
Small Press Brings Us The Ignatz Award Nominees And They Are… Weird
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2010
Published in News
But not necessarily weird in a, “Ew! Mommy, why doesn’t that man have any ears?” but more of an indie, weird-just-to-be-different way. Just like the bizarre-sounding name would have you presupposing, the Ignatz nominees are an all over the place bunch, ranging from cute and quaint to, “Hey, the Far Side was funny, let’s see what it looks like when drawn horribly and with less humor!” (that would be Callahan Online, by the way).
All the others look to have promise in one way or another, even if most of their archives are much too shallow to offer enough material to even review, let alone reward. Still, I’ll see if I can’t convince Steve to take a closer look at them all in an upcoming podcast. The full list, with links, can be found after the break.
20
Aug
Buffy’s Xander Latest Celeb To Try Hand At Webcomic Biz
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2010
Published in News
As reported by Lauren Davis over at Storming the Tower, Nicholas Brendan, more famously known to the rest of the geek world as Xander from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, is looking to launch a new webcomic, Very Bad Koalas, later this year. Davis also notes in her post that another Buffy alum, Emma Caulfield (Anya), has also gotten into the webcomics pool, which just leaves me to wonder who will be the first to soil the waters and force everyone to scramble for the shallow end (Davis refers to Caulfield’s Contropussy as “thinly amusing” while I have yet to read it).
Having lost control of that analogy, I leave you with the teaser image and placeholder website.
Xander Harris Makes a Webcomic (Storming the Tower, Lauren Davis)
19
Aug
The Bomb Has Dropped On The Superfogeys… And Nothing Will Be The Same!
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2010
Published in News
Doomsday is upon us and the end is at hand! Enough with the hype, the big bombshell that Brock Heasley threatened to drop on all of us has finally hit with today’s Superfogeys update and in the context of the comic, it is certainly a big one. As I wrote in my post on Monday, it felt like the title has been spinning its wheels for a while now, and the revelation that smacked everyone across the face after that last panel serves to kick things into high gear, as well as offering a great incentive to go back through and read the archives again. Sly dog, that Mr. Heasley…
Kudos on a great reveal (repetitive panel layout really works to great effect here), and I’m sure I’m not the only one who can’t wait to see what comes next!
Subtitle: The Strewth about StarCraft II. So it is show time again, and that means we’re looking at comics with a fine toothed comb. Or something like that. I’m not really sure what show time means exactly. I just know that it means I get to read a comic and my wife can’t yell at [...]
16
Aug
Tease Turns To Truth In This Thursday’s Superfogeys
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2010
Published in News
As Brock Heasley teased in December of last year, there’s big doin’s in The Superfogeys and this Thursday’s update is gearing up to make good on the promises that have been made. Nothing more I can say other than I’m excited to see what’s in store; the comic, save the regular Superfogeys Origins arcs, has been in neutral for a while now and I’m hopeful that this revelation kicks things back up into high gear! Or as high a gear as retired folks can manage. Read the words straight from Brock himself and get hype! GET HYPE!
That’s really all this post was for. To tell you all that The Meek, one of the bestest webcomics out there, is back with a brand-new chapter. And it’s still gorgeous. Enjoy.
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