Archive - Mar 28, 2005

Subjecting Faye to Fan Art


Every so often a fan art meme will take off in an interesting way. Lost to the Dumbrella board crash was the WIGU thread placing WIGU characters into famous art work. Still here for browsing is this thread playing off of a picture of Questionable Content's Faye drinking from a glass. Starts off slow, but gets much, much sillier.

Comixpedia March 2005 Cartoon Jam Wraps Up


Checkout the ending of the Comixpedia March 2005 Cartoon Jam -- by the demonic Tom Karlsson, a.k.a Stolle Bengtsson.

And while you're at it, there are two slots left for the April Jam -- take 'em while they're still open!

Lulu Award Nominations Open


Nominate someone for a Lulu. Nominations can be made by current members of Friends of Lulu. The Lulu Awards are handed out at Comic-Con International in San Diego - this year's Awards will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2005 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego.

Friends of Lulu is a national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry.

Hyena Comics Welcomes 3 New Members.


Hyena Comics announced today that it has added three new comics. The Asylumantics, Bob the Squirrel, and Dog Complex were made official members on Monday, and will soon be inviting people over for their house-warming party.

Audio Interview with DJ Coffman


Digital Strips, the web comics podcast, is featuring an extensive audio interview with D.J. Coffman in their latest show. D.J. is the artist behind Yirmumah.net, the funny and controversial web comic. During the interview he discusses web comic models, the advantages of a daily comic, and how to build an audience.

SILVER AND THE PERIODIC FORCES LAUNCHES TODAY


Make Like A Tree Comics artists Jerzy Drozd and Sara Turner launch their first full-color comic, Silver And The Periodic Forces, today (March 28th).

Silver And The Periodic Forces is a story of interplanetary battles between good and evil told in the style of the Saturday Morning Action Adventure cartoon. There will even be "commercial breaks" over the weekends featuring guest artists Mark Rudolph of City Yarns and Rhiannon McCullough of Schwartz Krueuz.