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Only The Lonely? Webcomic Creators And Real-Life Relationships by Bill Duncan

By: Bill Duncan
Department: Features
Issue: December 2003 Issue

Only - Illustration by Bill Duncan

There is a commonly-held belief that great art is the product of great suffering, and a tendency to romanticize the notion of what it means to be an artist. In order to create art of significance the artist must therefore be poor, under-fed, miserable... and alone.

The Blue View by BoxJam

By: BoxJam B. BoxJam
Department: The Blue View
Issue: September 2003 Issue

I've decided what I want to be when I grow up – a successful, but misunderstood comedian whose professional laughs hide a life of personal woe, and who, after a time, confuses his own persona with that of his public one. I think it'll be a fresh way to hit the comedy world, and a totally non-cliche life story to be remembered for.

Can you imagine?

Community Interview Number #6 with Tycho & Gabe of Penny Arcade

Sun, 08/31/2003 - 23:01 — xerexes
It's time for Community Interview #6. This time Tycho & Gabe of Penny Arcade have agreed to answer your questions. Here's how it works -- post your question to Tycho & Gabe in a comment in response to this post.

ONE QUESTION PER COMMENT, PLEASE.

If you see another question you think is interesting, moderate it up. If you see something not so useful, moderate it down. We'll take questions for two weeks, until Friday, September 12th. We'll send the top ten questions to Tycho & Gabe to answer.

Scott McCloud Answers the Readers' Questions


Department: Community Interview
Issue: August 2003 Issue

Depending on who you ask, he's either the guru behind the webcomics revolution, bringing thousands online with ideas of infinite canvases and micropayments dancing in their heads, or some guy who wrote some books about comics and had nothing to do with those first webcomics pioneers.

Well, either's true.

Scott McCloud answered some questions put out by you, the Comixpedia community. And boy did he ever answer them.

Sabrina Online by Eric W. Schwartz, reviewed by Matt Trepal

By: Matt Trepal
Department: Reviews
Issue: August 2003 Issue

Sabrina Online by Eric W Schwartz

As arguably one of the most well-known and oldest anthropomorphic animal (or "furry") comics on the Internet (indeed, having gone online in 1996, it may be among the oldest webcomics, period), Sabrina Online, created by Eric W. Schwartz, has been cited as inspiration for many Internet artists. Like Helen of Troy, the title character may be the face that launched a thousand strips.

Art and Narrative: The Monitor Has Two Faces

By: Bill Duncan
Department: Art & Narrative
Issue: August 2003 Issue

Carl Jung called it the Shadow, though it's most commonly referred to as the Alter-Ego these days – a way of understanding how the different, and occasionally disparate parts of our personality relate to one another. The alter ego is that reflection of our inner-selves that we project into the outer world.

August 30th

Sneak Peek of THE GUARDIANS now available.

Sun, 08/31/2003 - 01:09 — GraveyardGreg
Over at the Gaming Guardians' forums is a sneak peek of the first page of THE GUARDIANS, coming to Graphic Smash on September 15th.

New Project One Year Anniversary

Sat, 08/30/2003 - 21:36 — genome108
Keenspace comic New Project celebrates its one year anniversary today. (August 30th). New Project has also recently finished its first chapter, "The House At The End Of The Road", and begun the second, "Drifting Through The Void". Although the comic has been on hiatus for the last few weeks, it will return to a daily schedule starting September 1st.

Oi, new member saying hello.

Sat, 08/30/2003 - 18:58 — VC

VC 'tis a new member. Say a polite "Hi" then go about your business.


August 29th

Graphic Smash Launches September 15

Fri, 08/29/2003 - 12:37 — TCampbell
The subscription site for action-adventure webcomics is set to launch September 15.

Edited by T Campbell, the site will feature thirty regular strips, including:

Die Bitch Die by Edmund Wong
Digger by Ursula Vernon
Felicity by John Troutman
Flick by Mikael Oskarsson
The Guardians by Graveyard Greg (with T Campbell) and Webtroll
Gun Street Girl by Barb Lien-Cooper and Ryan Howe
Interplanetary Grift by Jim Keplinger
Killroy and Tina by Justin Pierce
The License by Matthew Shepherd and Diego Jourdan
Mnemesis by Sylvan Migdal
Mythos and Magick by Jamie Robertson and Erin Zerbe
NonPersons by Amber "Glych" Greenlee
Ram by Brian Daniel
Rip & Teri by T Campbell and John Waltrip
Skirting Danger by Meredith Gran
She's a Nightmare by Jesse Chen
Soul Chaser Betty by Brian Babendererde (BMAN)
The Twisting by The Marvelous Patric
Vigil by Juan Navarro Navarro
Vigilante, Ho! by John Troutman and Meaghan Quinn

These strips range from urban fantasy to steampunk to Western comedy to traditional superhero to spy romance to horror to crime drama. "But they all have two things in common," says Campbell. "They all contain ass-kicking action, and they all, themselves, kick ass."

Graphic Smash has not finalized its entire lineup, and is extending its original submissions deadline. "We're keeping a few slots open for late arrivals," Campbell said, "so if you can get a couple of samples and a synopsis together and to me by September 8, you've still got a shot."