The Oakland Tribune has an article on webcomics that points out the startlingly high concentration of webcomic creators in the Bay Area (NoCal). Okay it doesn't actually do that but it has great quotes from Derek Kirk Kim, Shaenon Garrity and Jason Shiga among others.

ModernTales.com headlines Eddie Campbell in an
Australian invasion across July!

July 7, 2003 -- Eddie Campbell, the illustrator of the award-winning graphic novel From Hell, will be appearing in Modern Tales Longplay as part of a month-long focus on Australian creators. The writer and artist of the critically acclaimed Alec: How to be an Artist and head ego behind the eclectic EgoMania magazine will be joined by writer Daren White for 'The Playwright', a series of short stories about "love, lust, fertility and the importance of quality footwear".

The July issue of Longplay -- launching July 7 -- will also showcase work by twenty Australian creators, making it the first time that ModernTales has focused attention on a single country outside of the US -- taking advantage of the truly international 'stage' of the World Wide Web.