Heidi on Bad Comics From All Corners
Not long after I finally posted "Getting Out More," Heidi MacDonald followed up with some interesting thoughts about what might be missing in today's artsier comics. Touches on webcomics only briefly,...
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10/15: Monkeys Make Everything Better
I've never met Chris Onstad before he accepted his all-but-inevitable Ignatz for "Best Online Comic." He didn't look anything like what I expected.(Pic via Comixtalk and Joe Zabel.)Joey Manley has...
View ArticleOdds and Ends
Penny and Aggie is on Tokyopop's site now.Brian Clevinger gives a brief interview about his new direct-market series, Atomic Robo.Favorite comic of the day: seriously, just start reading Octopus Pie...
View Article10/16: You Can't Go Home Again
This is not even remotely webcomics.For ten years, there has been no one comic I have wanted to see published more than Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, Volume 2, Number 1. I've pitched it...
View Article10/17: Researching T-Shirt Options Today
I'm too busy looking into the T-shirt market to make a detailed post today. I'll share what I've learned tomorrow.Update on Webcomics.com: our designer's family emergency has turned into a family...
View Article10/18: (Quickie)
I'm still gathering what data I can for the T-shirt stuff, and I don't have a lot of free time today, thanks to an old friend dropping by unexpectedly. Good for me, bad for you-- I'll try to make it up...
View Article10/19-10/20: Twenty-Twenty-Twenty-Four Hours To Go-o-o-o
Sorry this entry took longer than expected-- yesterday was quite the busy day.Today's all about the 24-hour comic, and I'm totally on board this year. Unfortunately, the nearest official 24-hour event...
View Article10/21: Shaking My Fist At Ryan Estrada
My 24-hour comic was not finished in 24 hours. It was done in 28 hours. You may still get to see it, though. I need to talk to some people, make sure I'm not too close to this to judge it.Meantime,...
View ArticleRichard Stallman Attacked By "Ninjas" In Public Because Of xkcd
Let us hope Randall Munroe does not begin using his powers for evil.(Via Slashdot.)
View Article10/22: Heroes On Holiday?
OH NOES! Heroes the online comic might be threatened by an imminent Screenwriters' Guild strike. But wouldn't that require actual writers to be involved in the comics to begin with? BA-DOOMP KSHHHH!...
View Article10/23: TV Comics Worth Watching
I was still grumbling about Heroes webcomics when this caught my eye: a report on the unqualified success of Joss Whedon's Buffy Season 8, and how Team Comics plans to follow up on it. Well, okay,...
View ArticleWhoops...
Forgot yesterday's favorite of the day:"And that's when I truly understood how being a cartoonist is the most rewarding job in the world."
View ArticleBest Wishes...
A happy belated birthday to Ryan North and Maggie Weidner.Best wishes to all those affected by the California fires. Be safe.
View Article10/24: Feed Me, Seymour
Been too distracted to finish up that T-shirt stuff, and I'm making no promises about when it'll be done. Today let's talk about RSS feeds. Webcomics need 'em. There, that was easy.It amazes me that a...
View Article10/25: No, We Will Not Start Liking You Now
Memo to Platinum Studios: Turning your unpopularity into a jokey game may indeed deflect the worst of the criticism away from you for a little while. "Which Platinumite most deserves death?"...
View Article10/26-10/27: Wikiboos
Favorite of the day: TEMPTATION... Neatly encapsulates the concept of Breakfast of the Gods, essentially League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for breakfast cereals. It's attempting a verrry delicate mix...
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Birthday Today!
I'm closer to death than ever! So let's write this real real quick before I get taken out to a meal "unexpectedly." Sorry, I'd make it shorter if I had more time.Today's big news comes from my longtime...
View ArticleZzzzz... uh... DAHHHHH?
I'm allowed a day off yesterday, I had to chase birthday cake with Halloween candy. I'm still vibrating now but I HAD TO. IT WAS HALLOWEEN.The big news of the last two days has, of course, been the...
View ArticleWhat I Did Today
Not much time for blogging about webcomics when I'm finishing a whole site about webcomics instead.Webcomics.com. Check it out. Let me know what you think. "Finished" is a relative term, nothing carved...
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