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Webcomic Wire - 2/15/08
Submitted by NightgigTim on February 15, 2008 - 18:45
Drawn from sources all over the kingdom of webcomics…
Brad Guigar celebrates 8 years of doing a daily comic strip! Quite an accomplishment! Congratulations Brad J
I can’t remember if I’ve posted about this or not; however, Dave Roman has some great advice for aspiring freelancers out there.Â
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Two Books In the Mail: Nickelodeon Magazine All-Comics Special and The Cartoonist's Big Book of Drawing Animals
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 14, 2008 - 15:35
I go two books in the mail this month -- they're both aimed at younger-to-all-ages audience so I'm thinking of letting the little X'ers review them for you:
- Nickelodeon Magazine All-Comics Special - I flipped thru this anthology edited by Dave Roman and Chris Duffy; a few Nickolodean tv characters appear but lots of indy comic talent in there too (including James Kochalka)
- The Cartoonist's Big Book of Drawing Animals - I just got this and it is it's title. I'm curious to see how Little X does with trying it out.
How To Eat Fried Webcomics
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 8, 2008 - 10:40
COMIXTALK
- Big thanks to our current sponsors: Learn To Draw, Scriptorium Fonts and the webcomics Coffee Time and Across the Way.
INTERVIEWS
- CBR interviews Scott Kurtz, Kris Straub, Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett about their new book How To Make Webcomics.
- Broken Frontier has an interview with Tom Siddell, creator of Gunnerkrigg Court.
- Scienteers interview Alex Kolesar and Joseph Kovell of No Need for Bushido and earlier had an interview with Dave Roman, creator of Astronaut Elementary (among many other comics)
- And an interview with Dave Davis, founder of the Scienteers website.
EVENTS
- Like Brigadoon, every four years on February 29th, the University of South Dakota rises from the mists of the Scottish Highlands to hold its mystical 24 hour comics event!
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS
- The National Post has an article on Ryan North's Dinosaur Comic Valentine's Day cards. (My favorite: "Let's Celebrate Using Cards!")
- Count Your Sheep creator Adis Ramos is getting married! Go buy some of his art as a wedding present.
- Colleen Doran writes about self-publishing (in the pre-web years) at Jeff Smith's blog. Parts 1 and Parts 2 is up.
- FLEEN had a nice write-up of the new Jellaby book by Kean Soo. You can read the Jellaby comics online at the Secret Friend Society site.
What a Good Place to Be: It's Webcomic Hour Again!
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on February 5, 2008 - 10:48
AWARDS
- You can't win an Eisner without submitting your comic for consideration. FLEEN makes the case that folks need to beg, boast and send their webcomics in for consideration.
- The NCS Reubens are also taking submissions but no digital or webcomic category yet.
INTERVIEWS
- NPR intereviews Greg Heffley, creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. I heard this on the weekend - interesting interview.
- The Scienteers ask ten questions of creator Dave Roman.
- Brigid asks five questions of creator Shaenon Garrity.
DEAD TREES
- Dumok has a new book out: Monster Lover: Wrath of the Harpy.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS
- David Malki!, creator of Wondermark, notes about a year of not working for the man. (h/t FLEEN).
- Richard Rosenbaum sings the praises of webcomics in an article titled "Paper is boring. Comics are awesome". (h/t Journalista!)
Ten questions with Dave Roman.
Submitted by hpkomic on February 1, 2008 - 17:25
Over at The Scienteers, we just published a bite-sized interview with Dave Roman, part of our Ten Questions series. Please drop by!
Overlooked Manga Festival!
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on January 31, 2008 - 21:07
Last one for a while. But first, I should note that this week's Chronicles of William Bazillion is the most brilliant thing in history ever.
Overlooked Manga Festival!
Submitted by Shaenon Garrity on January 31, 2008 - 21:07
Last one for a while. But first, I should note that this week's Chronicles of William Bazillion is the most brilliant thing in history ever.
Also, if you're in the Bay Area this weekend, you can see me speak at this Friends of Lulu event at the Berkeley Library. I seriously have no idea what I'm going to talk about, so it should be entertaining.
In Search of Vanished Webcomics
As the new year brushes away the crumbs left from devouring the old one, I find myself thinking of vanished webcomics: those that've come to the end of their storylines, those that've just stopped, and those that've disappeared altogether.
As the new year brushes away the crumbs left from devouring the old one, I find myself thinking of vanished webcomics: those that've come to the end of their storylines, those that've just stopped, and those that've disappeared altogether.
Christmas is canceled!
Submitted by dave_roman on December 21, 2007 - 15:48
For the first time in years, it looks like I might not be able to draw a new Holiday Story Card
So I figured I'd post a rerun:

You can check out the archive of holiday comics here:
ComixTalk's People Of Webcomics List For 2007
And now... the fourth annual People Of Webcomics list! I'll be the first to admit that this list gets harder and harder to compile as the lines between "webcomics" and just plain "comics" blurs harder than a greasy windshield in the middle of a West Texas downpour. Plus as publishing comics on the web and other digital formats becomes more commonplace it gets harder and harder to find those "firsts" that take comics in new directions whether artistic, technical or businesss-oriented.
- Blank Label Comics
- Drunk Duck
- Dumbrella
- Zuda
- B. Shur
- Brad Guigar
- Chris Onstad
- Dave Roman
- Fred Gallagher
- Greg Carter
- Jeph Jacques
- Jerry Holkins
- Joey Manley
- Jon Rosenberg
- Josh Neufeld
- Kaja Foglio
- Kazu Kibuishi
- Kris Straub
- Mike Krahulik
- Nicholas Gurewitch
- Randall Munroe
- Rich Stevens
- Rob Balder
- Ryan Estrada
- Ryan North
- Ryan Sohmer
- Scott Kurtz
- Tyler Martin
- Achewood
- Goats
- Penny Arcade
- PvP
- xkcd
- People of Webcomics




