Industry news for the professional cartoonist
A new electronic comic reader was introduced at Heroes Con, called the Longbox. It’s a digital comics platform similar to iTunes, and it is expected to launch later this year as a free download for Mac, PC, and Linux.
D.J. Coffman says the comic book industry is on life support.
There is no shortage of general news about the Amazon Kindle DX, and the potential for comic distribution has already become a hot topic onto itself.
Michael Sisk, the creator of the WordPress plugin “WebComic” (and its companion theme “Inkblot”) is looking for beta testers for…
Yves Bigerel (known as Balak01 on DeviantArt) has created a set of comic demonstrations using Flash.
Karen Ellis has been burned out of her home.
Several of the better-known weekly cartoonists have been sounding the alarms over alternate weekly newspapers dropping their features in order to adjust for the recession.
Summary of article “Please Consider Helping Dave Simons” from the blog The Comics Reporter
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/please_consider_helping_dave_simons/