Strip Features 5/22/9
May 22nd, 2009 — Strip News
Okay, we’ve all seen the news about the Captain Britain comic and Shojo Beat magazine being cancelled, who will probably star as Thor and Loki in the next Marvel movie, the Wolverine nay-sayers are speaking up, Star Trek has mainstream fans again and TV networks seem to be ending the popular chows and promoting the [...]
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 [...]
Strip Features
May 8th, 2009 — Strip News
I hope you like comic reviews and interviews: First I wanted to re-emphasize the call for help to Josh Medors right up here at the top. Though I am not familiar with his name, he seems to be a very talented artist and a person who is in a very bad spot and can use [...]
Strip Business
April 14th, 2009 — Strip News
This post has business and tips and all sorts of goings ons… If you’re like me, you’ve meant to personalize your Twitter background for a while now. Here is some inspiration and how-to to help get us moving. I plan to think fun, branding and providing some extra information. What I’m getting from this article [...]
Strip Features
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 Business
March 24th, 2009 — Strip News
Short and sweet, with a little punch this week… El Santo vs Kleefeld… will imdependent comics always be small-time business. Phil Foglio talks about his success with publishing material for free online. MPD57 asks about cheating at Zuda. Good question, really. Then, the very next post tells about white star invasions and more cheating. And [...]
Strip Features
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 Business Edition
March 3rd, 2009 — Strip News
All kinds of comic bizness things in the mix this week… So all you need to do is get an interview or a review and that will sell everyone on your comic? Maybe not. But that begs the question why we don’t do the obvious things like take advantage of free press? (Well, by free [...]
Strip News 1-6-9
February 6th, 2009 — Strip News
Woah. Lots going on. I’ve debated going to a semi-daily update but sometimes noticing what the longer trends are provides more practical use. In any case, there’s arguably too much this week: Webcomic Finds reviews Jovian Luck, the Webcomic Asylum interviews Hatpire and Legend rates Penny Arcade. Art in Sequence looks closely at four popular [...]
Strip News
January 30th, 2009 — Strip News
Being full of opinionated and biased outlook, I do hereby officiously and loudly proclaim: Panel Patter reviews Cowboy Wally, David Gallaher is interviewed and Erica Friedman sounds off about objectivity in reviews. Let’s not forget Sean Taylor’s interview or Luke Surl’s review. There’s more from Mark Waid on the Incredibles comic and some sample pages [...]
