When I was a kid, my cousins collected comics. Jeff had his bagged, boxed and stashed away, with an offer of several thousand dollars on it when the comic market took off. Steph kept hers in a cardboard box under the bed and let me read them. I liked Steph's collection better, but then she didn't have to worry so much about her books – she wasn't a collector.

The Best WebAward One Can Give is Link-Lovin'


Spring has sprung, the grass has ris', I wonder where the birdies is?

Lining up to register for the WCCAwards, that's where.

For over three years, Chris Morrison has been regularly producing Polymer City Chronicles, a science fiction-based humor comic. Shockingly, it's not a Star Trek knock-off.

For over three years, Chris Morrison has been regularly producing Polymer City Chronicles, a science fiction-based humor comic. Shockingly, it's not a Star Trek knock-off.

Ku-2 is a weekly comic strip that looks very professional and unique at a first glance. The site design is sharp, the Blambot-based fonts are crisp and cool, and the navigation bar does that spiffy highlighting thing. Then, when you start reading the comic, you wonder where all the professionalism went? It's obvious that Logan DeAngelis puts a lot of work into Ku-2, but the effort might be better spent fixing plot holes and basic artistic inconsistencies.

We now present part 2 of the online chat between Cayetano "Cat" Garza Jr, Scott McCloud, Demian5, and Patrick Farley. This chat took place Saturday, March 29, 2003.  (Read part one of the chat here.)

Mark Mekkes is the writer/artist behind Zortic, the long-running webcomic about Zortic and his pop culture-parodying adventures through space. Mark is also involved with the organizing committee for the Web Cartoonists Choice Awards, which is now in its third year.

Comixpedia: How did you first get a start in comics?

Eric Millikin is the son of a laid-off auto worker, grew up in a trailer park and has an IQ around 150. He is also one-half of the creative team behind Fetus-X, currently published on Serializer.net. In this feature, Millikin examines the recent launch of the Homeland Security Department's Ready.gov site and how the federal government may already be using webcomics to control your brain. Please click the "read more" link below to read "Ready.gov Made My Skin Turn Blue."