Webcomic Beacon turns 5
November 5th, 2011 — Strip News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Webcomic Beacon Podcast 4th Anniversary Special and Giveaway www.WebcastBeacon.com (November 4th, 2011) – The Webcomic Beacon has been a topical podcast, promoting webcomic creation since 2007. On December 4th, 2011, The Webcomic Beacon will broadcast it’s 4th Anniversary special as it enters it’s 5th year of programming. With over 200 episodes [...]
Strip News 7-3-9
July 3rd, 2009 — Strip News
So many pink comic bunnies to see… Peiz reviewed Temple of a Thousand Years, The World of Higal and Used Books, Drawer reviewed Crabapple and Webcomic Critique looked at Weak Daze. Webcomic Overlook reviewed Earthsong and Boss Noodle while Pigs of the Industry reviewed Sin Titulo. Also, due to a scheduling mistake two reviews were [...]
Strip News 6-25-9
June 26th, 2009 — Strip News
All this just from last Friday until Wednesday…my hat is off to all you comics folk. You work hard and keep yourselves busy… About to pass the year milestone Webcomics Critique reviewed Lydia and Pigs of the Industry covered Over and Spaghetti Strap Western. Fictions reviewed I, Toddler and Grumpy Days and Lonely Panel reviewed [...]
Strip Business News
March 10th, 2009 — Strip News
I had some computer issues over the weekend but still managed to catch some interesting bits… Project Fanboy talks about legal stuff for comics. And Wil Wheaton talks about some self publishing resources. Having little icon pictures to identify different topics on our sites is a nice visual hook to catch the reader’s attention. I’m [...]
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 2-16-9
February 16th, 2009 — Strip News
Here’s more comic stuff that caught my eye… Let’s see, Ugly Hill is ending soon, Casey and Scotty will soon return to a regular posting schedule and you will now be able to get Marooned minicomics, along with some hints about potentially going to a graphic novel format. After you check out the Trugglemat, here’s [...]
Strip News 1-23-09
January 23rd, 2009 — Strip News
I am growing ever more impressed by the sheer magnitude of projects and things going on that we can enjoy and take advantage of… The Webcomic Overlook reviews Thingpart, Kris Straub offers us a peek into changes in Starslip Crisis and the Powerpuff Girls turns ten. MPD57 looks over the December Zuda competition and Ramon [...]
Strip News
December 12th, 2008 — Strip News
As you read this, I’m recovering from this year’s first blizzard. In a parallel way, the comic goings-on this week is a blizzard of discussion on the future of comics. But first: The Webcomic Beacon is a year old! Congrats! One of the big topic clumps is the future of comics…Here’s an article that talks [...]
Strip News
December 5th, 2008 — Strip News
Again, this week there is a landslide of things I want to share with you… This isn’t comics, but I’m a big fan. Don’t prevaricate about the bushes. And this is something that expands comics a little bit. I like. Kleefeld had that great post about being biased toward webcomics whose art he enjoys and [...]
Strip News
November 28th, 2008 — Strip News
Without further ado… Calamities of Nature Guest Strip Contest – Calamities of Nature has announced its first guest strip contest. The 3 best strips submitted by December 22nd will have their comics featured as the December 28th, December 31st, and January 2nd updates. In addition, each winner will receive a signed copy of the Calamities [...]
Strip News
September 5th, 2008 — Strip News
This Strip News has theory, review links and more. (Plus a few things I lacked room to mention last week.) By the power of Comixtalk, we are shown Neil Cohn’s review of Systeme de la Bande Desinée. It’s supposed to be an academic book about comic theory. Translated from French, the title reads The System [...]
Now I've Done It
August 8th, 2008 — News
Welcome! I continue to work on getting my various unrelated projects into a finished state. I have a lot yet to do, but making good progress. Not only would it be nice to free up some time but I want to get back to creating more Frog Pond comics. And I’ve finally done it. I’ve [...]
