Filed under: Web Comics

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.

The guys behind Dumbrella, Topatoco, and Octopus Pie are starting a Webcomics Weekend event in Easthampton, (MA) scheduled for March 20-22. The event is also described as an open studio where artists can come talk shop, tour the studios where they make webcomics and ship their merchandise. A who’s who list webcomickers are listed as […]

I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary last fall at a local anime convention in Salt Lake. He’s got a depth of knowledge of cartooning in general and webcomics specifically. He’s proof that one can make a living solely off the web if you’re willing […]

New York Comic Con was last weekend and Publisher’s Weekly has a couple of articles on what the Con might mean for the market and economy. Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald report that this year’s attendance was up from last with 77,000 attendees this weekend. Brigid Alverson reported that children’s comics and graphic novels, especially […]

Webcomicker Paul Southworth has announced that he’s ending his long running comic Ugly Hill. Digital Strips talks to Paul about the decision and his work with Ugly Hill.Mike Rhode notes that the Examiner (D.C.) has increased Nate Beeler’s editorial cartoons to about 1/3 of the tabloid page size. Mason Mastroianni, who took over B.C. when […]

The Houston Chronicle has a profile of Jeff Kinney, the creator of the best selling series “Diary of a Whimpy Kid.” While I knew the book was a best seller (my kids have devoured the series of books), I wasn’t aware that the book was first a web product that is still doing well in […]

» Australian Special Broadcasting Service has posted a transcript of an interview it did with political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. Topics range from why he left Australia, his other artistic endeavors and of course his lament of the Bush administration.» Leigh Rubin, creator of Rubes will be the featured speaker at the Tulare Historical Museum.» In […]

There are a limited number of individuals who are doing both a syndicated comic and webcomic at the same time. Corey Pandolph does The Elderberries comic for Universal Press and then two webcomics, Bark Eater Lake and Toby, Robot Satan for the web. Last fall Norm Feuti launched a webcomic Gill in addition to his […]

The Independent (UK) has posted an article on how the web is forcing print companies, in this case specifically comic books, into transitioning their products to the web to counter piracy – much like the music companies had to open up their catalogs to online stores like iTunes to counter the music sharing piracy. The […]

Two outstanding Sherpa strips, Steve Skelton’s 2 Cows and a Chicken and Jonathan Lemon’s “Rabbits Against Magic“, will be appearing on Gocomics.com. You can also follow them on their own web sites here and here.

Norm Feuti’s new webcomic Gill has joined up with Tall Tales Features. Other Tale Tale members include Dog Eat Doug creator Brian Anderson , Imagine This by Lucas Turnbloom, Legends of Bill by David Reddick, Charly and Company by Mike Sieber, Imy by Irma Eriksson, MetzgerCartoons by Scott Metzger, Broken Things by Chip Skelton, and […]

» Boom Studios is bringing back The Muppets in comic form. Roger Langridge is the artist. Look for its debut in March.» Back in August I wrote about French cartoonist Maurice Sinet who wrote a column that ignited an uproar calling the column anti-Semitic. He’s now on trial.» Jeff Smith’s Bone will come to an […]

I’ve been re-missed in keeping track of who was featured on which podcast. Here are a few that I missed: Tall Tale Radio interviews TDC regular John Read, of Stay Tooned fame. Tall Tale Radio also interviewed Agnes creator Tony Cochran. Topics discussed: the genesis of Agnes, the state of newspapers today, and the worlds […]

» E&P is reporting that the Village Voice Media is “suspending all of its syndicated cartoons” across its alt-weekly chain. The decision hits Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow)’s This Modern World who loses 12 or so clients in one fell swoop» I received word after posting yesterday’s comic page changes that Darrin Bell’s Candorville has been […]