The 2010 Harvey Award winners were announced over the weekend. Here are the winners:Best Writer – Robert Kirkman, “THE WALKING DEAD”, Image Comics Best Artist – Robert Crumb, “BOOK OF GENESIS”, W.W. Norton Best Cartoonist – Darwyn Cooke, “RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE HUNTER”, IDW Best Letterer- David Mazzucchelli, “ASTERIOS POLYP”, Pantheon Best Inker – Klaus […]
Last week’s Penny Arcade has upset several readers. The comic used the phrase, “every night we are raped to sleep by dickwolves” in the build-up of a joke (not about rape) but the its reference was enough for some in the blogosphere to point out their outrage. Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik […]
Our good friend Howard Tayler received a nice write-up in the local paper regarding his 10 year milestone of producing his Shlock Mercenary webcomic. When you ask Howard Tayler what launched him on a journey that now spans 10 years and uncounted strange new worlds, the answer sounds so simple. “I think the first thing […]
A small shout-out to Jonathan Mahood who’s webcomic Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog hit its four year mark yesterday. In dog years it would be 28 years old, but since Bleeker is a robot – I believe it’s still 4 years.Congrats Jonathan.
Comic Book Resources reports that Girl Genius creators Phil and Kaja Foglio have announced that their creation would be coming out in several more different formats. The publishing and merchandising deals include:Night Shade Books will publish a series of Girl Genius prose novels Brilliance Audio will adapt these novels into audiobooks Tor will launch their […]
I must be getting lazy this summer. Its been a while since I plugged the latest guests on the Tall Tale Radio podcast. In case you missed it, Tom Racine interviewed Lalo Alcaraz, creator of La Cucaracha, and Adam Huber, creator of the webcomic Bug. I started following Bug a mont or so ago and […]
PvP creator Scott Kurtz is returning to self-publishing for his latest print collection of his webcomic. Scott had a eight year relationship with Image Comics, but he cites a changing market for his decision.“Over the last three years our business has shifted. Sales through brick-and-mortar stores are declining and online sales are increasing. Readers who […]
Back in June I reported that several webcomic creators were planning on auctioning off original art to raise money for Gulf of Mexico clean up and restoration efforts. The auction for those originals is now underway. As of this posting, the most sought after original is from Kate Beaton’s Hark! a Vagrant. Auction ends July […]
DC Comics has announced they have shut down Zuda Comics, first launched in 2007 citing a larger vision. The submissions question is simple: It is the new DC Co-Publishers? plan to expand submissions beyond just Zuda Comics and the Online group into a larger, more comprehensive system that covers all of DC Comics? wide variety […]
Goats creator Jonathan Rosenberg has launched a new daily webcomic entitled Scenes From A Multiverse. Jonathan describes the strip as “what it’s like to live in a multiverse. Each day, Monday through Friday, we’ll visit another location somewhere in an ordinary, everyday multiverse and see how folks there live and play.”He’s also set up an […]
Apple has reversed its decision to ban a non-censored version of Ulysses Seen from its App store because it contained nudity. According to New York Times blogger Julie Bosman, Apple invited Throwaway Horse (the publisher) to resubmit the iPad graphic novel after app reviewers gave it a second look. “They basically apologized,” Mr. Rutkowski said. […]
Apple banned a webcomic adaptation of the classic novel Ulysses due to depictions of nudity from its iPad store. The Daily Finance notes the irony that the novel was banned in the United States back in 1920. The irony is rich: Ulysses was banned in the U.S. upon publication in 1920 when The Little Review […]
Fleen Guy’s Gary Tyrrell has news that several cartoonists are banding together to hold an auction of original art to raise money for Gulf of Mexico clean up and restoration efforts. Gary interviews Carly Monardo who is one of the main organizers. Fleen: Let’s start from the beginning – give us the 30 second version […]
WOWIO, Inc., a website that allows users to share and use digital media content, such as eComics and eBooks announced they have acquired the webcomics community DrunkDuck from Platinum Studios. Following last week’s acquisition of social networking site WEvolt, the acquisition of DrunkDuck will expand WOWIO’s existing library of content available for viewing, as well […]
Earlier this month, Jonathan Rosenberg made news by announcing that he was considering bringing his webcomic Goats to and end and focus on other projects. The Daily Cross Hatch interviews Jonathan about his plans for Goats and future plans in general. You’ve seen a lot of strips come and go, since then. You’ve seen what […]