I can't recall if I posted to this at the time or not but it's still a good refresher for anyone wanting to make a go at it in webcomics this year.  Last August, Howard Tayler gave a great talk about his webcomic Schlock Mercenary and how he's made it into a full time business.  It's a good talk - not just about Howard himself, but going through how the Internet has disrupted the existing newspaper comic strip model.

Slightly related update: Jeff Jarvis accumulates the depressing statistics of 2008 for the newspaper bidniz here - which only serves to reinforce Howard's point that chasing newspaper syndication is like catching a ride on the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.

BASH #6 is on the streets of D.C. and sporting a full-cover Obama portrait on the cover. Inside you'll find new exclusives from Theo Ellsworth, Eamon Espey, Colleen Frakes, Sean Ford, Bryan Stone, Dan Archer, and more. All the comics will be available throughout the month on the BASH Comic Calendar. 

Additionally, we have posted every back issue of BASH (#1-#5) online in full. They are linked on our homepage - www.bashmagazine.com - and are presented with the ISSUU reader. Enjoy!

NPR does a story on Penny Arcade (this is a couple days old but I just listened to it this morning) which does a decent job of capturing the comic although interesting it doesn't mention Robert Khoo's role in their business success.  Contrary to other reports though NPR did cover a webcomic before - it had an interview with Pete Abrams of Sluggy Freelance way back in 1998.

UNRELATED BONUS NOTE: New comic from Boxjam and Burke.  Funny!

As a follow up to our first collaboration, the 2007 Glyph Comic Award nominated scifi adventure "G.A.A.K: Groovy Ass Alien Kreatures", my partner Monique MacNaughton and I have decided to switch genres and try something a little different and A LOT darker with our upcoming project, the mystery/adventure web graphic novel The Continentals: That shape am I.

New Webcomic Hosting Site?

Webcomic Planet is still in beta but it is up and worth checking out.  Free hosting with wordpress plus the comicpress theme is a great idea plus its owners include Tyler Martin the creator of the comicpress theme as well as Philip Hofer of Frumph.net and John Bintz.

BEST OF 2008

Derik Badman had a short list of recommended best of 2008 webcomics.

El Santo notes that voting for the 2008 Weblog Awards starts this Monday -- there is a comic strip category that includes several webcomics (well they're all "web" comics but several are independent comics on the web)

And Happy Birthday To Me!

Sadly I've been sick all week and missed out on most of my plans for celebrating holidays and such but this past Friday was my birthday.   Apparently I'm semi-prominent enough to get a mention on The Comics Reporter (of course I did send in my birthdate to Tom, but regardless, thanks!) -- it's all downhill in comics for me now! :)

I posted a best webcomics list of 2008 on my blog yesterday, that I thought I'd share here too.

Republished from here:

Webcomics picks in no particular order:

–BodyWorld by Dash Shaw: Already on the previous list (my print comics list), but bears repeating.