Andrew Farago
Comix Talk for January 3, 2011
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on January 3, 2011 - 07:30
2011? Yep it's another year, another decade. Another Monday...
ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART: I don't think I realized Zach "SMBC" Weiner had a personal blog before (THE WEINERWORKS) - his posts on becoming a webcartoonist are pretty interesting. Zach has a level of self-awareness and criticial self-assessment that is enviable. The most recent post in the series covers his decision to go back to school to study SCIENCE! (part one, part two, part three). It kind of stings me a bit as while I've learned a LOT from reading comics and writing about comics, I haven't actually consistently made comics in awhile now. Here's something from Zach that I will print out and tape to the wall, "Hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but lack of hard work almost certainly guarantees failure."
INTERVIEW: Tom Spurgeon interviews Andrew Farago, webcomics creator, manager of the the Cartoon Art Museum, and husband of Shaenon Garrity.
iWEBCOMICS: Comics for the Kindle? - Tom Mason has some suggestions.
Random Plug for 2010: The crossover storyline of last year I'm going to call for this one between GWS and SP.
KICK START MY ART: Michael Gianfrancesco just launched a Kickstarter project to fund a new comic anthology called Show and Tell, a Comic Anthology about Learning and Teaching. This anthology is part of a larger project -- the New England Comic Arts in the Classroom Conference, which will be held March 26th in Providence, RI. Guests at the con will include Raina Telgemeier and Tracy White. The editorial board for the anthology includes Michael Gianfrancesco, Dr. Jennifer Cook, Heather Bryant, Dan Mazur, Caitlin Plovnick, and Alexander Danner.
MAILBAG: Ben Haugen writes, "If you get a second, check out saggynutbag.com It's only a couple years old, but it's starting to get some momentum all on its own... I don't do any advertising for it other than word of mouth and with possibly the worst domain name on the internet, most people wouldn't come across it (unless they found it while searching for something else)." Okay -- a quick review of the most recent comics. It's stick figure art so it's all on the writing of the jokes and they are (a) all offensive and (b) some are kind of brutally funny, but also I thought some really missed. It's no Crying Macho Man but it's sense of humor is in the same general place. Worth checking out if you like that kind of humor.
A Very Couscous Yule
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on November 29, 2009 - 22:51
With the holiday season happening and all, why not consider gift shopping at the Couscous Collective Store? Not only can you purchase Narbonic and Skin Horse collections (and if you order all six volumes of Narbonic together, I'll sign and sketch in each one), but the store includes a wide selection of comics and minicomics by the other members in good standing of the Couscous Collective. Some of my personal recommendations:
King of RPGs Gaiden
by Jason Thompson
Monsters of Webcomics: Webcomic-Con 2009
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on November 24, 2009 - 20:00
The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to host Webcomic-Con 2009, a single-day mini-convention dedicated to online comics and their creators. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet local webcartoonists and talk with them about their work. The featured artists will sell and sign copies of their comics, draw sketches for patrons, and conduct writing and drawing workshops throughout the day.
APE! APE! APE!
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on September 29, 2009 - 12:11
I'll be with the Couscous Collective at this year's Alternative Press Expo, October 17-18 in San Francisco. Check us out at table 347 on the ground floor.
The Couscousians are all over the programming this year. Panels behind the cut...
On Saturday, the lovely Andrew Farago will be on this panel:
Weekend Webcomics Wrapup
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on August 29, 2009 - 10:05
I hope everyone had a good week - I was mostly offline, enjoying the beach. I got back to discover a new Jellaby comic from Kean Soo. One of the best kid-friendly comics out there and always a pleasure to see a new one online.
It was also fun to see ComixTalk included in Ataraxi Theater's "webcomic merit badges" it posted this week -- one of them is the "Eye of Xerexes" -- awarded for drawing a cover to ComixTalk. And there were a lot of other good links you might want to catch up on:
INTERVIEWS
CBR had a good interview with Jon Rosenberg of Goats.
An interview with Brian McFadden of the topical webcomic Big Fat Whale.
The Daily Cross Hatch has the first part of its interview with Jordan Crane.
MILESTONES
Andrew Farago finishes the first huge arc of his webcomic William Bazillion.
BUSINESS
Former syndicated newspaper comic creator Michael Jantze announced he was starting up a new webcomic titled Rave On. Why is this interesting in an era of many former print comic folks launching webcomics? One, Jantze was an early defector from print, taking his comic The Norm to a pay-to-read model online. I have not kept up with how that has gone for Jantze after some initial reporting, but perhaps it has gone well enough because he is using another pay-to-read model for this new webcomic Rave On. Should be worth following up on.
DEAD TREES
A preview of the upcoming Act-I-Vate print collection.
JUSTIFY MY HYPE
Webcomic -- Sixteen Miles to Merricks by Barnaby Ward.
Art -- Robbi Rodriguez.
DESIGN
Brigid Alverson offers her thoughts on webcomic website design.
TOOLS
Comicrank looks like it might be an interesting twist on the comic ranking site model.
Cartoon Art Museum Call for Webcomics
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on July 11, 2009 - 23:29
The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco (www.cartoonart.org) is organizing "Monsters of Webcomics," a showcase of cutting-edge webcomics work. The show's ten spotlight artists have already been selected. However, the museum also wants to include a virtual gallery of as many other webcomics as possible. If you're interested in having your art included in the virtual gallery, email curator Andrew Farago at gallery@cartoonart.org.
Feel free to spread this information around the webcomics community. The museum wants a wide range of comics included in the show.
Webcomic Wire - 3/10/09
Submitted by NightgigTim on March 10, 2009 - 18:10
Drawn from sources that are stunned…
My Wondercon Schedule
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on February 26, 2009 - 14:03
I'll be at Wondercon this weekend, mostly at the Cartoon Art Museum table, selling Narbonic books (including the brand-new Volume 6). I'll also be on a couple of panels:
Saturday, 11:00-12:00
Otaku USA LIVE: Manga, Anime and More
Narbonic Volume 6 Is Here!
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on February 26, 2009 - 13:48
And now available on my website. This volume features the final year of Narbonic, plus an introduction by superstar comic-book writer Gail Simone and a bonus story written by me and drawn by Andrew Farago. Finally! Hooray!
Watchmen at the Cartoon Art Museum
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on February 18, 2009 - 05:37
Guess who helped set up the Watchmen show at the Cartoon Art Museum?
Of course 90% of the work was done by the museum's hot curator, Andrew Farago. But he let me hold the sign.
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