A message from the WCCA (Webcartoonists' Choice Awards) chairman, Mark Mekkes:

First and foremost, I’d like to thank everyone in the webcomic community for being a part of the 2003 Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards. Some truly great comics were recognized and rewarded for their wonderful work this year. Every vote and every contribution helped make this year the best one yet.

But we’re far from being done, folks – we’re already on the way towards making next year even better. As always, the WCCA tends to generate a lot of discussion and debate in a variety of forums and lists, expressing thoughts and opinions on how it should be done, and what can be done to make it better. Some brilliant ideas are always bounced around, and with the right kind of commitment and energy, will raise our process to an even higher level of quality.

However, in order to follow through with those ideas we need active and creative people to be a part of the awards process. We need those voices in the forums to come sound off WITHIN our committee. We need to HEAR all your intelligent ideas and suggestions.

We need YOU to join the planning committee for the 2004 WCCA.

Acclaimed avant-garde online webcomics anthology http://www.serializer.net, a sister site to Modern Tales, the leading publisher of subscription-based webcomics, announced this week the debut of five new series from five acclaimed comix creators.

Another Asylumantics book! What is a “Brain Freeze” you ask? The Asylumantics: Brain Freeze features creator notes and comic strips from the first year and a half of the Asylumantics craze.

Each book includes:

· Over 200+ published Asylumantics comic strips
· Never-before-seen exclusive artwork and sketches
· Original strips never released to the public
· Notes from Creator / Artist Chris M. Cantrell
· Character Bios
· Full color cover / B&W interior