Archive - Sep 23, 2006

Drive Thru Comics


DriveThruComics looks like a download-comic book-type service to me - Comics Worth Reading says it "aim[s] to be the 'iTunes of comics'."

Most comics are available in PDF for $1.99 an issue, including titles from About Comics, AK, Archaia Studios Press, NBM, Heroic Publishing, Kenzer & Company, Marvel Comics’ Dabel Brothers (DBPro) imprint, and many smaller studios and publishers.

A New Sea Snafu Comic (note Naughty language used)


After about six months of a delay, I have had the time to finish a new comic. You will be able to see the new comic on Monday the 25th. It will be located here (http://ubigodsworld.com/comic/). Although there is a back-story that is need to be told about this strip.

Jeff Rowland hacked by cyberpunks!


According to Jeffrey Rowland's livejournal, which was pointed out by Lore Sjoberg's blog, Wigu.com is experienceing a DDOS attack. Instead of complaining, Mr. Rowland turns the story into comedy gold.

And here I was blaming wigu.com's unavailability on Lore linking it on his Wired Blog.

Community Vs Expertise: What's Wrong/Right With Wikipedia


Webcomics has its complaints with Wikipedia, but the debate over Wikipedia is far broader. For those interested in that debate there's a recent spate of good links to check out.

The Atlantic magazine has put online a very recent article about Wikipedia call "The Hive". It covers much of the birth and birthpains of the project.

Recently, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger started Citizendium which is a fork of Wikipedia where contributions will be limited to "experts". Writer Clay Shirky penned a piece stating his arguments for why Citizendium will fail and Sanger wrote a reply. It's an interesting discussion of the merits and flaws of Wikipedia.

Pacing and Page-turning: Part 1


My last article on comics writing was moderately well received, so I'm having another go. This is about pacing your story in such a way that your reader will keep clicking that 'next' button. Not because I'm some kind of expert, but because I've been thinking about it, and this is what I think.

Page-turner: the advantages of high speed storytelling