Posted By:
Brigid on June 30, 2007
Wendy Pini’s new comic, The Masque of the Red Death, has finally gone live at the Go!Comi site. You’ll have to register to read it, but registration is free and they promise not to hand your name over to the spammers. As I registered, I kept getting a message that Safari is not fully supported, but it worked fine nonetheless.
I interviewed Pini for Digital Strips and Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week about the comic, which is a tale of love and betrayal set in a utopian future. It was inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe story of the same name but mixes up the elements of the story in a whole different way.
What I want to talk about here is the presentation. Read on…
Posted By:
midnightcartooner on June 29, 2007
As promised, here is the second half of my interview with Dresden Codak creator, Aaron Diaz!
1) Which of the archived strips are your favorites and why?
I don’t know if I have a single favorite. There are a handful that I enjoy for different reasons. Girl vs. Bear, I think is my most balanced strip as far as using humor, adventure and science references. It has a good rhythm, and I really enjoyed drawing those Civilization Ghosts. Another favorite is Zhuangzi, which I think is understandably one of the least beloved among fans. In hindsight it was way too esoteric for its own good, and without an extensive knowledge of ancient Chinese literature I don’t think it makes a bit of sense. However, I will say that one guy once wrote a magnificent essay on the Zhuangzi comic and how he interpreted it. I think that’s the only essay on my comics that I’ve ever seen. It was pretty neat.
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Posted By:
daku on June 27, 2007
Remember the days, oh say six months ago, when contests were a dime a dozen? Where did that expression come from anyways. When our past contest flopped like a hooked fish it raised concerns that no cares about contests anymore, or perhaps there are too many. Since then the only one I’ve heard about is Platinum Studio’s Comic Book Challenge. Does this mean you have to be a big guy and give away something more then just a couple hundred dollars to get the attention of the web comic community?
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Posted By:
midnightcartooner on June 26, 2007
On the last episode of Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast, Brandon, The Geek, and myself reviewed Dresden Codak by Aaron Diaz. By the time we wrapped things up, it was universally agreed that we loved and wholeheartedly endorsed the adventurous strip.
However, it was also agreed that we still had several questions we wanted answered. So, I took it upon myself to drop Aaron a line and ask for the answers. Luckily, he was more than happy to give an interview, and an awesomely verbose one at that! As such, this is part 1 of the follow-up interview to Episode 120 with Aaron Diaz! Enjoy!
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Posted By:
midnightcartooner on June 22, 2007
As a contributor and public shill, it is my duty, and privilege, to remind you that The Kid’s Book Project, spearheaded by Michael Rouse-Deane of Webcomics In Print fame, is underway and nearing the halfway mark of completion!
Pre-orders are already being taken on this 60-page tale of adventure, whimsy, and more adventure! Really, I can’t tell you what it’s going to be about as I’ve only seen two pages of the book thus far, the one that came after mine and the page I created.
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Posted By:
daku on June 19, 2007
This is old news but I have to stay with the tradition of reporting on something long after it’s useful. When project wonderful first came out almost a year ago I held off personally on posting about it until I knew what was going on. The most annoying part about it is everyone seems to love the service and yet for the life of me I can’t get space for the site. There were so few negative experiences that felt a backlash. The backlash sort of felt like going to a used car salesman and everyone there says the car you’re interested is the best on the lot. This means I sat around and continued to run the advertising on the site despite being annoyed by having to keep track of something that can be completely automated.
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