Writing up a good and fair review is always hard, considering how much time it takes to go through archives. Still yet we can’t always find ones that we feel compelled enough to sit down and study, giving the comic it’s fair review. So we’re introducing a new practice, and that’s the guest review. From now on we will be accepting reviews from you about your favorite webcomic, with the only stipulation being that you can’t be one of the artists behind it. Submit your comic to us and it will get reviewed for content and pleasantness and posted to the main site.

This is your chance! Now send those reviews in.

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I am privy to secret information. There is an awesome reason to donate what you can to Ryan Estrada’s movie project based on his Zuda entry, The Kind You Don’t Take Home To Mother. I can’t say what, and I can’t say who it involves, but it does involve getting a couple of awesome names to play characters in the film and it can only be done with your generous donations.

Go to the TKYDTHOM donation page, give what you can (Kickstarter-style, so you even get something for your contribution) and make this dream come true!

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Via a tweet from The Superfogeys creator, Brock Heasley, I’ve stumbled across this introspective write-up from luchador blogger, El Santo, on the business of reviewing webcomics. The post is interesting in terms of what he will be writing about on his own blog in the future, but it’s the comments about giving time to new, unknown webcomics vs. covering the big guns that piqued my interest the most. On the goal of focusing on the unknowns, he writes:

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From our friends at Fleen (hey, this is the time of sharing and caring), who discovered the news from Bleeding Cool (see?), it seems that Scott Kurtz, who has been jazzing up PvP for months now with a more digital, comic book-y feel, will be pairing with comics legend Neal Adams.

I trust there is some crossover between our webcomics lovers and those of the print variety, so Adams’ name should be one that is instantly recognizable. Known for his grittier, more realistic takes on various heroes for both Marvel and DC Comics, Adams’ contribution to the PvP Xmas arc will likely be minimal, though more in terms of content than the impact he will make on both Kurtz and the comic loving fans that frequent the PvP site.

Next thing you know, Adams has connections with the Academy of Art and Sciences and BAM! Kurtz is hosting the Oscars come 2011. Mark my words, people…

Fleen: This No-Internet Thing Is Getting Old (Gary Tyrrell, 2009)
Bleeding Cool: Scott Kurtz and Neal Adams Team Up (Rich Johnston, 2009)

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Between having an entirely separate origins-based spin-off that is drawn by a different artist with each new arc and now having teasers about its upcoming storylines, The Superfogeys is doing everything it can to stand out amongst the webcomics pack, a tall order to be sure, given the immense breadth of content available in the Inter-Ether.

So when series creator Brock Heasley announced on the website that an image providing clues to the 2010 storyboard would go live last night, I was eager to click that link as soon as it was tweeted. When the post dropped, this intriguing poster was revealed:

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Sure, with webcomics we might all think we’re being cartoonists, but did you know there’s actually a secret world going on, behind-the-scenes, that most of us have never even heard of, let alone dreamed about? Now, Scott Kurtz is taking up a bar stool to tell us all about those hidden desires and guarded tales with his latest podcast endeavor, The Secret Life of Cartoonists.

Hear the intrigue! Experience the sordid stories! And listen in as we learn the mystery involved with becoming a successful cartoonist!

Seriously though, if Kurtz can keep rotating through his massive Rolodex of webcomic creators (Gun Show creator KC Green stops by for Episode 3) then this random collection of short stories (fictional or not is your call) could end up being quite the time capsule for the webcomic revolution. And here’s the official description from the PvP site:

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Marooned first appeared on my radar in the latest Webcomic Idol contest last year and instantly perked up my artistic sensibilities. The art harkened back to an era where detail was minimized and fun was the order of the day, and I was all for that. However, after reading only a few strips, Marooned departed my attention as quickly as it arrived and I’ve since lost touch with the strip.

But lo! What’s this? The first Marooned book is available for pre-order? I believe that would make it the perfect time to get reacquainted with this comic, then! The art has progressed from simplistic to being more deceptively so, offering just enough details and precision to offer an experience that contains more depth than the first strips did.

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This has been years in the planning but we have finally agreed upon a theme for a Digital Strips Comic. Don’t get me wrong, there have been some gems before now. We started off original story arc of Zampzon and myself producing the show in our homes that ended up with us moving into our studio. The new crew added their own touches always continuing the theme so close to PvP we found it hard not to keep it too ourselves.

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We’ve talked about in Horizons Watch, I’ve chatted with the creators themselves, and now we’re proud to announce that Kitty Hawk is back and ready to go, with twice-weekly updates and a new Zuda-fied layout that both Vin LaBate and Braden Lamb, creators of the old-time adventure strip, hinted at as far back as Webcomics Weekend ‘09.

It’s very interesting to see yet another comic truly considering the web in terms of layout and spread, as Kitty Hawk was previously a traditional comic book-sized page per update. Smaller strips make for quicker turnaround times as well, allowing for the two-times-a-week updates we’re now promised and I’ll never argue with greater quantity, especially when it comes to such a high-quality strip.

So stop scrolling and check out the new look at KittyHawkComic.com!

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At approximately midnight last night, Ryan Sohmer, writer of the popular mantastic strip, Least I Could Do, announced that the first collection of the new, more kid-friendly version of Rayne’s adventures in adolescence is available for pre-order. The Calvin and Hobbes-esque tales of protagonist Rayne as a struggling youth are a joy to behold, both because of Rayne’s cute and cuddly innocence (still somewhat intact in his early days) and artist Lar DeSouza’s lighter, painterly style (evidenced after the jump).

The collection contains the first 30 strips and is an oversized format to accomodate the larger-than-usual, Sunday-style strips. The quantity is limited to 500 and could very well be nearly gone or completely wiped out by the time this hits the Interwebs, but that shouldn’t keep you from visiting the site and enjoying the strips in their native habitat.

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