Brock Heasley
Comix Talk for Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on April 14, 2010 - 08:44
The Small Press Idol competition is underway. I got an email from Carolyn Watson-Dubisch about her webcomic (along with collaborator Mike Dubisch) project in the competition -- The People that Melt in the Rain. Check it out - sounds interesting.
iWebcomics: Comics Worth Reading has a post on how much readers will pay for comics on the iPad
THEORY: Paul Gravett has a post pondering the potential of a post-print comics landscape.(h/t Journalista!)
INTERVIEWS: Wired has a profile of Peter Bagge.(h/t Journalista!)
CONTESTS: Digital Strips has a story about a contest to work with Brock Heasley and David Reddick on a Superfogeys origin story.
HYPE: Contropussy is a webcomic by Emma Caulfield, Camilla Rantsen, Christian Meesey, and Thomas Mauer. Caulfield was an actress on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Contropussy has been playing off of that in its PR which made me skeptical of the project but it ain't bad. Kinda funny and some strong artwork. I think they've already maxed out on their fair share of pussy jokes though.
MAILBAG: Tom Pappalardo sent me an email about his graphic novel in progress -- Broken Lines, "a story about a spaceman and a cowboy driving around in a stolen rental van. They are on a secretive mission, and are being pursued by what I like to call "bad guys". En route, they meet a very nice waitress named Maggie." It's a mashup of pure text and comics and Pappalardo has posted the first chapter online. It looks like his focus is on a print version of this project (i.e., it ain't a webcomic... yet) and the first chapter online is a preview.
Comix Talk for Thursday, March 4, 2010
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 4, 2010 - 09:49
INTERVIEWS: Time's Techland Blog is the next step on the Penny Arcade book tour. Sean Collins interviews Nick Gurewitch about some short comics he did for Marvel. Marvel? Yeah Marvel! He has Hulk and Wolverine comics in an upcoming book. CrunchGear interviews Drew and Natalie Dee of Toothpaste for Dinner fame. And David Harper interviews Brock Heasley, co-creator of Monsterplex, the most recent winner of the Zuda contest. Heasley's other webcomic is the superheroes in a retirement home comedy -- Super Fogeys. (h/t to Paperless Comics which does a far most exhaustive job than I of tracking down webcomic-related interviews and reviews around the web)
REVIEW: Christopher Irving at GraphicNYC gives Raina Telgemeier's Smile a great review.
LEGAL BEAGLE: Long article at CBR on the Incarnate/Bleach copying scandal and the line on plagerism and homage/inspiration in general. If you're interested in the subject, worth a read.
JUSTIFY MY HYPE Channeling Randy Jackson for a minute: Dude, Rosenburg you just killed it tonight! That thing is hawt! Seriously - this animated panel of Goats is great fun and doing it as an animated gif is practically like employing medieval age technology by the standards of Internet time.
AROUND DEM BLOGS: Hope Larson reminds you that she is not Bryan Lee O'Malley's secretary. Alexis Farjado announced that his new Kid Beowulf book The Song of Rowland is off to the printers.
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