Strip Features May 15, 09
May 15th, 2009 — Strip News
Is it just me or is it getting harder to track all the interesting comic news? Webcomics Critique told us about A Fine Example and Shattered Myth. MPD57 reviewed Cubicles while Pigs Of The Industry looked at Gone Zombie and Lily of the Valley. And the Star Chamber’s prejudging of this month’s Zuda entries is [...]
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April 25th, 2009 — Strip News
I’ve lost some time due to computer problems but things should be back to a normal schedule starting next week. Let me know if I’ve lost track of something important. I missed some reviews by Storming The Tower which were Marry Me, Lovecraft Is Missing, Voids, Marooned, Stricken Pot Pie, Red String, Love is a [...]
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April 10th, 2009 — Strip News
A little less to gawk at this week, but fun nonetheless. Tangents reviews Instant Classic and This Week in Webcomics checks out SuperFogeys. Meanwhile, the Floating Lightbulb points us toward Werewolf and Firefly. Newsarama shows us two books for children by comic book folks. Take a look at this interview of Close To Home artist [...]
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April 3rd, 2009 — Strip News
Wow. Take a deep breath and dive in with me. Let’s start with a contest from Calamities of Nature, which is having its first ever caption contest. Whoever thinks of the funniest punchline to today’s comic will win a book or t-shirt along with the original art to today’s comic. The comic in question can [...]
Strip Tips
April 2nd, 2009 — Strip News
Proabably the most important thing we can do is focus our efforts. Instead of trying to sell our comics to the world, why not just target ten people? If it were my idea, you’d say I was crazy. But it didn’t come from me, so you can at least consider it. And once you have [...]
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March 27th, 2009 — Strip News
Lots of fun things going on… Tangents reviews Starship Moonhawk and the Newark Webcomics Examiner looks at Traitor. Webcomics Finds reviews Rice Boy and Seek and Destroy. (And El Santo is taking spring break. Enjoy yourself, masked one. The internet will be here when you get back.) Courtesy of Comixtalk, Comic Book Resources and Newsarama, [...]
Strip Tips
March 26th, 2009 — Strip News
There may be some things we can learn from our fellow artists… Benzilla points out an interesting use of word balloons. Art in Sequence discusses how longform comics don’t have to be slow. If you’re just at the point where you need to pick a domain name for your comic, here is some help. I [...]
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March 20th, 2009 — Strip News
What a busy week we;ve had, hmmm? Storming the Tower looks at Life in a Cubicle and the Floating Lightbulb talks about Maneggs. Plus, the Webcomic Overlook looks at Dawn of Time and Stumptown reviews The Marsh. Then MPD57 looks over the February Zuda competition, with more to come. And Kevin Church gives us a [...]
Strip Tips
March 12th, 2009 — Strip News
A few how-to picks for today… Especially for those who hand letter, it’s very clear just how different writing can be. How big do you make your capitals compared to your lowercase letters and how fancy you choose to make it. It shouldn’t really have surprised me that there is almost endless variation in letter [...]
Strip Features 3-6-9
March 6th, 2009 — Strip News
So much to see… Let’s start with reviews. The Webcomic Overlook examines Nedroids and Storming the Tower looks at Eros Inc. Then Mr. Myth looks at Starslip and The Heraldry of Webcomics reviews Bullet. I reviewed Dovecote Crest last week and by some happenstance, so did Ping. Storming the Tower looks at Sin Titulo. And [...]
Strip News Features 2-27-9
February 27th, 2009 — Strip News
Reviews, contests, interviews, milestones and more… Applegeeks hits 500 strips. Wow. Marooned publishes Ashcan #1. You can’t blame me if you miss out on this Eyeskream contest. There are pretty open guidelines, a ton of prizes and a free year’s worth of adspace on the site. All you have to do is tell the origin [...]
Strip News 2-20-9
February 20th, 2009 — Strip News
Webcomicdom, you’ve been busy…. For What It’s Worth has cartoons up for view (again,) Art in Sequence reviews fTGP and yearns for the full color comic page. And this…wow. Character, detail, expressions and lots more good things. Plus a new Copper, to boot. Storming the Tower reviews Nothing Better and Octopus Pie while the Webcomic [...]
