Earlier this year, BOOM Studios caused quite a bit of controversy but also sold a lot of comics by distributing the first issue of North Wind for free online. Retailers howled at first, but quited down a bit when the issue posted record sales. Now they’re extending that strategy by adding webcomics to their site. [...]
Ace reporter Heidi MacDonald tracks down an SEC filing that indicates that Platinum has indeed bought Wowio. Scott Christian Sava talked to William Lidwell, the president of Wowio, and came out reassured. It sounds like the model will change a bit: Books will be offered for free viewing or for pay, and readers outside the [...]
This month Zuda invited back some of it’s previous competitors for another shot. They had to produce another eight pages to go along with their previous attempts and the longer format really helps the read know which comics are real contenders and which ones were just pretenders. Because we had so much at our disposal, [...]
Kawaii is the Japanese flavor of cute, made famous by Hello Kitty and her softly rounded, mostly nonthreatening colleagues (my favorites are the San-X characters, all of which are slightly twisted in interesting ways). In Japan, these cartoon characters can decorate everything from cell phone charms to checkbooks and cars. In Meghan Murphy’s world, they [...]
15
Jul
Rick Marshall ~REVEALS~ More About The Webcomic Whoopsie At Wizard
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2008
Published in News
Serving as a follow-up to my previous post about Wizard and their valiant attempt to cover webcomics, Rick Marshall has posted his own thoughts on the subject over on his personal blog. Marshall, you will recall, teamed with Brian Warmoth to bring the Cursory Conversations to the Wizard website every couple of weeks. When the [...]
14
Jul
Humor comes in all different flavors and colors on the Web, and webcomics is certainly no differrent in this regard. You’ve got your Penny Arcade-ish, in-your-face action shots that inspire laugh-out-loud moments (known to some as LOLs) and there’s also the XKCD, dry comedy route that brings about more of a hearty chortle or two [...]
13
Jul
Wizard Acknowledging Webcomics ~IS~ The Second Verse, Same As The First
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2008
Published in News
Many remember the bi-weekly column over on the Wizard Universe site titled Cursory Conversations. It was a great little pick-me-up for various webcomics creators and a good intro to the medium for newbies written by Brian Warmoth and Rick Marshall. If you recall that, then you probably also remember that this welcome addition to the [...]
This started out as a post about The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo, which Jason, Steve, and I were just talking about on our podcast about the Harvey nominations last week. But then it got derailed in an unfortunate way. For those not in the know, Poo is the story of Edgar Allen Poe’s [...]
Most of the manga you see on bookstore shelves falls into a few easily recognizable categories—battles, boobs, and boyfriends, although we prefer to call them shonen, seinen, and shoujo manga. And then there’s Project X: Cup Noodle, which is sort of a combination business case study and inspirational text; it’s the story of the heroic [...]
11
Jul
Gaming Eviscerator Yahtzee Slices ~AND~ Dices The Gaming Webcomic Formula
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2008
Published in News, Reviews
It’s no secret that many webcomics are dedicated to the craft of making and even playing video games. It’s an easy genre to jump into, right? Just play some games, embellish your thoughts on a particular aspect of the game, and draw it. That would take maybe an afternoon, a morning if you’re a pro. [...]
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