I've written up a FAQ for the portal here.

If I've forgotten anything helpful I've said recently about comixpedia.net please let me know.

The only other question I've gotten recently is whether or not we should have some sort of process for "retiring" the webcomic(s) that come in first place on the list for awhile. Good idea, bad idea?

I've got some thoughts up over at Wax Intellectual about integrating text in ways besides speach balloons and text boxes. Surprisingly, I was thinking about this stuff about a month before reading Scott McCloud's section on it in his new book.

A short look back at what Comixpedia was looking at on September 27th:

2005

• Dave Wright relaunches Taking Up Space.
• Dangerpest releases the first issue of the comic book Fib.
• Everything you wanted to know about tentacle monsters... but were afraid to ask.
  

2004

• Dave White's Japanese Beatle leaves Graphic Smash
• Dumbrella rolls out new forums
• R. Stevens launches Robocratic Party website
• Ninth Art talks about the Fantastic Four movie

2003

• Fan art at Mindmistress
• 500 episodes of Terrence Isabel Marks' Namir Deiter
• Orson Welles pitched the first Batman movie

 

I'm slammed with preparing for my classes (which I start teaching next week) and I need a little assistance from my fellow webcartoonist friends and allies to fill-in for me next week on my webcomic The PC Weenies.

The toon is 432 pixels wide by 504 pixels long, and in single-panel format. Those are the only restrictions, aside from having a no-more than PG rating in terms of content.

If you're up for it, please let me know. I will kindly add a plug back to your webcomic as a show of my humble gratitude. You can contact me by visiting www.pcweenies.org. Thanks!

The Gigcast will be interviewing Dylan Squires of DrunkDuck about Platinum Studios, and we are looking for questions. There are so many to ask, we need your help to par em down to fit in one show.

 So head on over to This NightGig Thread and let em rip.

 

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I'm going to try breaking these longer posts up into categories - tell me if it's helpful or not...

News

I started a thread to discuss the Platinum-Drunk Duck deal here - I added links to other discussions in the comments if you're interested in reading more about it.

Aaron MacGruder AWOL from Boondocks return. Or so the Washington Post reports. The Comics Reporter notes that the Dallas Morning News also has a good story on this subject.

The Comic Reporter also points to a deal between McClatchy-Tribune and PopMatters.com to carry PopMatters.com stories on McClatchy's MCT Campus wire service for college and highschool newspapers. PopMatters.com was founded in 1999 by Sarah Zupko and also carries several webcomics on its site.

Interviews

Wizard interviewed Jon Rosenberg (creator of Goats) yesterday. I just want to highlight this part because I think Jon's answer makes a lot of sense:

What professional title do you prefer: webcomicker, webcomics artist, creator or what's the standard these days? Or is there one?

ROSENBERG: When people ask me what I do, I tell them I draw comics. Titles are a pretty silly thing, I don't know if there is a standard but I'm sure it is a topic of heated debate on some message board somewhere.

The people who concern themselves with those sorts of things, I find, would do better to focus on their comics.

Random Interviews has one with Fred Grisolm, creator of Hate Song.

Plugs and Reviews

I missed it but Mitch Clem is updating NN2S again. Huh-zah!

Over at CBR, Meaghan Quinn plugs the new webcomic from Petie Shumate, Girl/Robot. G/R is kind of a one-note affair (girl says/does something, robot takes it literally, hijinks/disaster ensues) but so far Shumate is consistently cracking me up with it. I'd give it a try if you haven't already.

Everything Else

Gilead's got a post on Phil Kahn's I'm Just Drinking vidcast - webcomics and alcohol... who'd thunk it? I watched part of it last night - not bad and Phil does a decent job of actually demonstrating how to make the drinks which is good since that's probably the key part of the show. :)

Fleen links to Scott Marshall's post about the Halifax edition of the Word on the Street festival where he met Hope Larson, Joey Comeau, and Ryan North.

If you read The Spires in all its former B&W glory over at BVC, I'm sure you'll remember today's instalment!

Yes, it's the page where Jeste finally gets to battle a small squad of military types but - thanks to Bill Key's stylish replacement page - now she does it in full colour!