We're looking for a few good limners to sign up for the Comixpedia Weekly Webcomic Jam for April 2005.

After two Jams where the theme was predetermined, the theme/title for the April jam is completely open. Whoever starts it, the world is their oyster. So get a move on to the Comixpedia Forums to the Weekly Webcomic Jam & sign up before all the slots are taken!

In the shadow of the KeenSpot Newsbox controversy, a different discussion sparked by ads is happening in a number of threads in the Talk about comics forum. The reason for this discussion is that several recent ads have contained nudity.

ICv2 reports that Fred Gallagher's Megatokyo vol. 3 remained at number four for the second straight week on Bookscan's list of graphic novels sold in bookstores. Manga accounted for 46 of the top 50 titles on the list.

John Allison's Bobbins characters get new life in Scary-Go-Round clothes on the printed page in Heavy Metal Hearts + Flowers, available from the SGR website here (with signature and sketch from Allison) or the Keenswag website here (cheaper but no signature or sketch).

Allison describes the book as a "96-page all-new story, reworking a Bobbins classic for the modern, discerning audience. Rich in twists and turns."

My name is J. Andrew World, I am an Illustrator and a node, plus I happen to be a producer.

I am producing/writting a documentary on web comics. This project is as yet unnamed, but I am sure many things will change over the next few months. This group I started to promote this film will be updated once a month or whenever there is a major announcement. The first draft of the treatment is done and the second draft has begun. Once the second draft is done, webcomics insiders are welcome to look at it.

To join the groups, go here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webcomicsdocumentary/

Park Cooper of Silver Bullet Comics sits down with Darryl Hughes, writer/creator of G.A.A.K: Groovy Ass Alien Kreatures for a 2 part interview (the first part of which is here) and talks among other things about starting out in the comics biz, moving from print to the web and back again, and the benefits of print on demand publishing.

It's getting pretty close to when it gets out of beta from what I've heard but if you're interested in getting an account now - email me or reply to this thread with an email address. My gmail addy is "xerexes".