Drawn from sources all over the Ren-Faire… Brian Warmoth has a cursory conversation with the creator of Multiplex Gordon Mcalpin. The Telegraph has a piece about webcomics.  Sheldon is mentioned by the Telegraph as well, recommended even.  The Jenny Everywhere and Strip Fight Contest! The Devil’s Panties reaches 200 episodes and not a bit of satanic porn among the [...] foo

 

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The YIRMUMAH webcomic returns today with Coffman & McDeavitt back at the helm. The new giant sized comics will update M-W-F and also the site now features out of print ebooks for free download.

Jenny Everywhere, aka, "The Shifter", has a new website dedicated to her many adventures and comic appearancees. The Shifter Archive is now up and running and includes everything from the very first comics from the members of the Barbelith.com community to the lastest comics and cameos for the 2007 Crossover Wars! Check out the many adventures Jenny has had since 2002! Or even contribute a story of your own!

Jenny Everywhere is a free-to-use, open source comic super hero, and in a special collaboration with StripFight.org, you can celebrate the new website by submitting your very own, single page Jenny Everywhere comic! Strip Fight is back with "Draw a Jenny Everywhere Strip: Part Duex". You will have until 9:59am GMT on Oct 8th, 2007 to get your entry submitted. Then in Strip Fight style, people will be able to vote for their favorite strip! Please see the contest page for more details.

In February 2007 the Kid's Book Project had one question to answer: "can a group of 50 webcomic artists band together to make a story?" After gathering a ton of artists together, all of which doing it for the Make-A-Wish Foundation International, the Kid's Book Project set about doing just that, finding out whether a group could make a story. The challenge was that they could only see the page previous to their own and there would be two groups - one going from the start and one going backwards from the end.

The Kid's Book Project is nearing its climatic final with only 10 artists left to don their pages. The cover, just released today, is created by the talented Liz Greenfield who had the hardest challenge of creating a cover without even seeing the inside of it. Each book costs £6 and all profits go directly towards the Make-A-Wish Foundation. There will only be 500 printed, so if you don't get one you probably never will.

The first 100 pre-orders will get a signed printed "thank you" letter from all the artists ranging from Frank Page, Ryan North, Mitch Clem, Brandon J Carr and many many extremely talented people all helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation gain some much needed funds!

So if you haven't already, pre-order your copy today because as soon as they've gone, you'll never find out the answer - "can webcomic artists create a good enough story?"

Life's A Bluff returns today with Ryan Estrada. Every M-W-F you can count on a brand new comic. In fact, today I make this pledge; Should we miss an update at any time this next year (expires Oct 1, 2008) I will shave my head.

The spinoff strip Laak & Loaded starts Friday. Don't miss it!

Interview with Phil Laak: This LaB 'Random Questions' interview first appeared in the debut issue of Under The Gun DVD Magazine this year during the World Series of Poker. Some questions here have not yet been seen by the public. Be sure to check it out, it is a great read.

Photoshop Contest: Photoshop this picture of the Unabomber and you could win yourself a deck of Copag playing cards. ($20 value) - Details here.

The Unofficial Official Comic of Poker is back! And better than ever!

Welcome to October! A big thanks to Spike, creator of Templar, Arizona, for creating this month's cover art. This past weekend we posted the rest of the September issue: interviews with Gisele Lagace and Shayna Marchese; a feature by Grant Thomas examining the integration of text and images with an interesting look at different ways to use speech bubbles; and Michael Payne looks at some great print comics that have moved to embrace the web. More interesting articles are on their way in October...

And in other news...

HEADLINES

• Jerzy Drozd (Make Like A Tree Comics) announced the launch of a new anthology series: Sugary Serials -- inspired by the kinds of stories found in Saturday morning cartoons, and created by some of the finest artists of the webcomics and print comics industries. A few of the many creators signed on to create stories include: Kitsy and KimonoStereo, Nemu*Nemu; Scott Neely, Scooby Doo; Robert Burke Richardson, Elf Help; Richard Stevens, Private Eye Butterfly; and Sara Turner, File 49. Read Jerzy's full blog post for all the details.

MILESTONES

• Tim Demeter's Reckless Life is over! The End. Finale! Wow - congrats to Tim for finishing the whole story and crafting a great webcomic.
• The Devil's Panties reaches 2000 episodes. Congrats to Jennie Breeden.
• Congrats to Corey Marie who announced she's expecting her first child next March.
• The opinionated webcomic Cox & Forkum has called it quits. In this case it appears the writer has decided he can't spend the time needed on it anymore because of his day job and family life. (Daryl Cagle has an interview with them here. ComixTalk reviewed them way back in 2003.)

JUSTIFY MY HYPE

• A recent Big Fat Whale from Brian McFadden on why protesting maybe doesn't always work so well at getting results...

EVENTS

• If you're in Chicago tonight, Tim Broderick flags a special event you should know about.
• Check out the upcoming Sinister Bedfellows exhibit in Carrboro, NC, USA.

TECHNOLOGY

• Check out the latest version of Zach Lewis' SomeryC comic management software.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BLOGS

• Andrew Farrago has an interview with Jason Thompson, the author of Manga: The Complete Guide. Thompson read and reviewed every English-language manga ever released in preparation for his new book. (h/t Dirk Deppey)
• At The Telegraph, Robert Colvile writes up webcomics with comments from Chris Onstad, Gary Tyrrell and others. (h/t Dirk Deppey)

If you're in Chicago tonight, you need to stop by the Red Lion Pub. It's on Lincoln Ave. just north of Fullerton, across from the Biograph Theatre (yes, that Biograph where a famous mobster was shot down).
Reason being it's kind of a special night: Twilight Tales celebrates its 15th anniversary and Tina Jens, the person who started it all, is retiring from the organization.