That Brunching Shuttlecock guy is posting webcomics. Funny shiznit, y'all...

Sequential Tart's humorous "Dear Kady Mae" column has a laugh over webcomics.

Her answer to the question "Why do people like webcomics?" reads, in part: "And at home, if you have dial-up, you can read several pages, or even a whole issue of a paper comic between page loads!"

Ah, that wacky Kady Mae! Like most things in life, we laugh because it's funny and we laugh because it's true.

Are you ready for something strange? Come participate in the Comixpedia Hallowe'en Event.

We want you to create a 13-panel scary story starting from a random panel we assign. It's a fear-fraught opportunity to work with some of the most twisted minds in webcomics.

Seven different panels to start from, one of which will be yours. And from there, the grave's the limit.

Horror. Humour. All in between... we're looking for you to make our first event a spooktacular success. (Click read more to see one of the "starter panels")

The Tart interviews Stephen Notley, the creator of Bob the Angry Flower, the world's foremost topical comic featuring angry talking flowers.

Lee Atchison interviews Artbomb Co-Founder, Peter Siegel in this month's Sequential Tart.

What is it about horror that captures our imaginations so well? And if horror is such a popular genre within books and movies, why aren't there more of them in the comics medium? Since there's very few true horror comics out there, when fellow Tart Kelly Sue DeConnick pointed out a book that she worked on — Killing Demons, I had to take a look.

EGON is a useful blog of comic related news and events and its caretaker is suffering financial distress. Check out the site and tip his paypal jar if you're so inclined.

A good column over at Comic Book Resources from Steven Grant.

Assuming you've mastered basic skills of grammar, punctuation and style, and you've researched the functions of dialogue, plotting and story (you don't need to study comics specifically for this, and it's perhaps better if you don't; most libraries have sections on writing for theater, TV, etc., and you can learn a lot from reading those books as well as plays, screenplays, etc.), there are a few ways in. None of them are easy, none guaranteed.

I'm Shaenon. I draw Narbonic and write a bunch of other webcomics.

What I'm reading right now:

The Right Number by Scott McCloud;
American Elf by James Kochalka;
The Magic Whistle by Sam Henderson;
Lucas and Odessa by Spike; and
Digger by Ursula Vernon.