Networking. That’s the name of the game at any con, and though many did not see NEWW as a convention of any sort, the budding creators and hopeful artists in attendance took every opportunity to hand out samples and talk up their works-in-progress. Through the power of the NEWW forums, I found myself one such [...]
26
Mar
NEWW Interview ~WITH~ Alan Evans of Rival Angels
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2009
Published in Interviews
25
Mar
I’m not sure what the creators of webcomics are used to in terms of interviewing style, but the one I employed at NEWW sure ain’t it. I won’t say it was Michael Moore-esque, but guerilla tactics were utilized to get what I needed. Case in point, my hallway rendezvous with Paul Southworth, formerly of Ugly [...]
24
Mar
NEWW Interview ~WITH~ Braden Lamb and Vin LaBate of Kitty Hawk
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2009
Published in Interviews
While it was scary in some ways to finally talk face-to-face with some of the best comics creators out there today, the even SCARIER possibility was that they would remember some silly, off-the-cuff, cred-damaging remark I or one of the other podcasters made during the course of any given show. Such was the case when [...]
24
Mar
NEWW Interview ~WITH~ Steven Cloud of Boy on a Stick and Slither
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2009
Published in Interviews
Hidden on the second floor of the Eastworks building, far away from the hustle and bustle of the first floor creator’s boothes, were the Dumbrella cast of creators. Nestled comfortably in the Dumbrella office space, there sat the group, hard at work selling their latest wares, and greeting every fan who happened by with a [...]
22
Feb
Q&A With Tom Dell’Aringa ~ON~ Marooned, Print Viability, and How To Make Webcomics
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2009
Published in Interviews
Like many webcomics creators and comics creators who will soon be webcartoonists whether they like it or not, Tom Dell’Aringa is struggling to grasp the idea of finding success with his space-comedy comic, Marooned. The Webcomic Idol finalist is looking for answers to his most burning questions, so take a look at what he’s dealing [...]
17
Feb
Recently, the folks at Ka-Blam, one of the leaders in digital printing, decided that the shenanigans going down at Diamond Comic Distributors had gone far enough and formed their own print-on-demand company to combat the monopolizing powerhouse. Labeled ComicsMonkey, it’s a service that could offer a solution to many publishers who can no longer do [...]
On his website, Scott Bieser describes himself as “Liberty’s Cartoonist.” Certainly the graphic novels published by Big Head Press, of which Bieser is a principal, embody a strong libertarian philosophy, mixed with liberal doses of science fiction. Consider Roswell, Texas, an alternate-history tale in which Texas never joined the U.S., Charles Lindbergh is president of [...]
9
Feb
Just last week, Paul Southworth posted that he was ending Ugly Hill, with the final strip to hit sometime in the near future. As an avid reader of the misadventures of Hastings Kilgore and all the other misfit monsters of Ugly Hill, I felt it my duty to get to the bottom of this sudden, [...]
27
Jan
Recently, Jon Rosenberg opened up about the most privatest details of his life, including the upcoming publication of his long-running, critically-acclaimed webcomic, Goats, to Brian Warmouth over at CBR. Publishing firm Random House is set to start releasing the volumes in June of this year, and I for one can’t wait to finally get into [...]
9
Nov
Sunday Sitdown ~WITH~ James Randell, Creator of Newspaper Comic Strip
Posted by midnightcartooner in 2008
Published in Interviews
As one of the first round contestants of the 3rd Annual Bomb Shelter Comics Webcomic Idol contest, James Randell, the creator of Newspaper Comic Strip (NCS), found himself ousted along with four others in the first, massive swath cut through the ten finalists. However, NCS had an uphill battle from the opening bell, with a highly [...]
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