Archive - Feb 4, 2003

Narbonic Book: You can read it while you're painting!


The first Narbonic print collection includes the daily strips from the beginning to Dave's death, a ten-page bonus story not found anywhere else, an introduction by Joey Manley, and pinups by Dirk Tiede, Derek Kirk, and Andrew Farago.

You can buy the book here at the Narbonic site.

Gutterfly Comix Tutorial


The guys from Gutterfly Comix have written up a tutorial on how they created their sketchbook pages with Flash.


Reiterating Comics


Many webcomics don't push the boundaries of the web but simply take advantage of the efficient, low-cost publishing platform the internet provides. Still there are others who read Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics and wanted to continue the conversation. Naturally, by drawing comics about it.

Ubercon 2003: Goats and a Homicidal Lop Rabbit


Pete Abrams, the, creator of Sluggy Freelance, will be at this year's Ubercon, held from the 14th to the 17th of February at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel just outside New York City. Abrams will be holding a number of events, including discussions and seminars on drawing and being successful in the webcomic trade and the official release of the Sluggy Freelance CCG 'Get Nifty', created by Rob Balder of PartiallyClips.

Why You Don't M#@$$ With Disney-


Barry Smith posted a short article on copyright for webtoonists that is worth reviewing:

I get asked a lot about copyrights and how to apply for them and what they entail. In this article I will try to give you some basic copyright information and dispell some all too common misconceptions.