The online web comic Fatsquad has a great write up in their local New Hampshire paper, Foster’s Daily Democrat. The comic is apparently an auto biographical ongoing account of a group of guys living together and trying to make it in the world. It’s a humorous look into the creator’s own lives. The detailed article [...]
23
Mar
HB Comic-Blog Gives Digital Strips a Digital Bitch Slap
Posted by Zampzon in 2005
Published in Editorial
Ok, the review wasn’t that negative, but that headline caught your attention didn’t it? Rob Stevenson runs the web site Journey Into History. The site is home to his web comic the HB Comic-Blog (my weekly pick from show 7) where his two comic characters review other web comics and various other sites. He solicits [...]
The National Public Radio show Market Place ran a story this morning about Scott Kurtz and his efforts to bring his web comic PVP into newspapers for free. This has been a topic of some contention. Some syndicated cartoonists point towards Kurtz’s effort as a potential problem should syndicates ever see value in including web [...]
I have a special dislike for pixelated comics that makes it hard for me to truly appreciate what this site has to offer. Linked from Boing Boing I found Gnomz.com. This site offers a fast and easy way to create a comic with pixelated characters, although the resolution is high enough you can’t actually see [...]
J. Jacques has put an original piece of artwork from his very popular web comic Questionable Content up on eBay. The piece is an original sketch drawn in pencil and inked over in smooth finished lines. The pencil work is still visible and the drawing is signed. This is a three day auction that began [...]
The 2005 UK Web and Mini Comix Thing has come and gone. This was a gathering of independently published and web comic creators full of displays, panel discussions, and sales all meant to promote the underground comics spirit. Ping Teo has a great post show wrap up over on her blog, Webcomic Finds. Unfortunately, neither [...]
21
Mar
DS 9: Review of Greystone Inn, Paradox Lost, Chopping Block, and Worm Wars
Posted by DS in 2005
Published in Podcasts
Digital Strips : Show 9 [12 MB]Our 9th show is online and available. Let the downloading begin! In this show we return to our roots. The change in format focuses on the reviews of web comics, as it should be. If you want the news you can read the blog.
This is an evil, evil strip by Christian Fundin and Pontus Madsen. Evil because I wanted so bad to go through the archives in a couple of days but the art style of the strip made that simply impossible. Little Gamers is made completely on a computer with any simple line and circle program. It [...]
17
Mar
Interview with D.J. Coffman, Send in Your Questions Now
Posted by Zampzon in 2005
Published in Announcement
If you’ve been listening to the show you know we’ve started to include interviews with web comic creators and I think it’s going pretty well. It’s a fun thing to do and ends up being very informative to have a glimpse behind the scenes of web comic creation. Our March 28th show will feature an [...]
The Comics Reporter has received surprising news from Jackie Estrada of the Eisner Awards. The esteemed awards ceremony is accepting submissions for a possible “Best Digital Comic” category. As unlikely as this sounds here is the criteria Tom received: Any professionally produced long-form comics work posted online or distributed via other digital media is eligible. [...]
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