The Geek

Buy a Shirt or There Will Never be Another Codak Moment

Posted by The Geek on Oct 30th, 2007

When the Internet first burst into creation, there was about 25 seconds of awe before someone thought to themselves “Hey, I bet I could use this to make money.” 4.3 seconds before that, someone thought, “Hey I bet we could use this for pornography!” Fortunately, eventually people realized that the Net could be a great [...]

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midnightcartooner

It’s Put Up Or Shut Up Time ~FOR~ Zuda Comics

Posted by midnightcartooner on Oct 24th, 2007

If you’re as curious about this whole DC Comics Zuda line as I am, then you’ve been getting the e-mail blasts from time to time.  Mostly consisting of “Hey, we’re working on it and it’s getting closer to completion” missives, these have largely gone straight to my Trash box.  However, the latest message relays that [...]

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midnightcartooner

Tastefully Done 2008 Calendar ~IS~ …Done

Posted by midnightcartooner on Oct 24th, 2007

When it comes to the Interwebs, being part of a project does not necessarily exempt one from talking about that very same project. Extensively. For weeks. It’s called pimping, and I’m about to do it myself.
Tastefully Done, that deliciously wonderful calendar of nearly nude webcomics characters and creators, is completed and ready [...]

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midnightcartooner

PvP ~INVADES~ Xbox Live

Posted by midnightcartooner on Oct 24th, 2007

We all know that there is a large overlap in the Venn diagram of geekdom between comics and video games. There’s a good chance that you, yes you, who are reading this very article, own a gaming console, be it Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo branded. Heck, I bet there’s even some who are [...]

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Brigid

Online manga: Carrots and sticks edition

Posted by Brigid on Oct 24th, 2007

Manga is sort of the original webcomic, as scanlations were the only way fans could get their fix before manga went mainstream. Now that American companies are publishing manga by the truckload, you would think that scanlation would have fallen by the wayside, but you would be wrong. Only a tiny fraction of manga has [...]

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Brigid

Wired manga: The case of the pixelated PDF

Posted by Brigid on Oct 23rd, 2007

I gave up my subscription to Wired a couple of years ago, when I realized I didn’t even understand the titles of the articles. But this month, they have a treat for manga fans and a special treat for the curious-but-intimidated: How Manga Conquered the U.S., a ten-page manga, which is available for download from [...]

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midnightcartooner

Webcomic Idol Voting ~NOW~ Open!

Posted by midnightcartooner on Oct 21st, 2007

It’s time again for the annual Bomb Shelter Comics Webcomic Idol competition! Voting opens today and there is a great crop of talent for the BSC crew to pull from, with genres ranging from anthropomorphic humor to zombie action (I think this will be a tradition for all Idol contests going forward). The [...]

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The Geek

Gary Trudeau Helps Soldiers Tell their Stories

Posted by The Geek on Oct 18th, 2007

I’m going to begin with an apology, not for the fact that this is the first you’ve heard from me for a couple weeks, but for the story not really being about Web comics. It is however about comics and about the Web so I hope you’ll forgive me.
 
I found this Washington Post article about [...]

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daku

Singing Opera With Too Much Coffee Man

Posted by daku on Oct 17th, 2007

Although Too Much Coffee Man has been in my reading queue for quite some time I have never gotten around to reading it. This is likely going to change as Shannon Wheeler has gone beyond animation and puppets to bring you a full blown Opera. That’s down right artistic of him. The press release title [...]

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daku

eXtreme Kaleidoscope Color Division

Posted by daku on Oct 10th, 2007

There is no real meaning to the name behind the greatest new kid on the block. When the big guns are asked what it takes to succeed at webcomics they usually chuckle and say start before the year 2000. That’s only funny because you can probably name on one hand every comic which has succeed [...]

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