An Interview with Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert and Fred, DD news, Mr Know it all, and The usual mix of webcomic news reviews and commentary. Contact The Gigcast The Gig-Line, give us a call: 1 (206) 203-3334 e-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com or Comment Here! Show notes to follow! NightGig Studios (http://www.nightgig.com) is proud to announce that it’s Webcomic centric news, review [...] foo

An Interview with Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert and Fred, DD news, Mr Know it all, and The usual mix of webcomic news reviews and commentary. Contact The Gigcast The Gig-Line, give us a call: 1 (206) 203-3334 e-mail: gigcast@nightgig.com or Comment Here! Show notes to follow! NightGig Studios (http://www.nightgig.com) is proud to announce that it’s Webcomic centric news, review [...] foo

So my comic The Asylumantics (www.asylumantics.com) is coming up on it's 6 year anniversary. Sure, it's not as impressive as 10 or 15 but this is the longest I have ever stuck with a concept so each year I keep working with it is impressive to me. How should I celebrate it and get readers jazzed up about the event? Giveaways don't seem to work too well so I'm up for suggestions.

Draw Dash and WIN! That’s right, the contest is to do the best drawing of Dash and the winner gets a brand new Microsoft Zune. This particular model is the 30 gigabyte model and from personal experience, portable music players are perfect for when you’re drawing your comics and art. So, all you need to do to get this awesome prize is draw Dash Kameku, the star of Cosmic Dash. So, how exactly does the contest work? Simple! You just draw your best Dash Kameku you can. You can enter as many times you like with [...] foo

Draw Dash and WIN! That’s right, the contest is to do the best drawing of Dash and the winner gets a brand new Microsoft Zune. This particular model is the 30 gigabyte model and from personal experience, portable music players are perfect for when you’re drawing your comics and art.

SPX in Bethesda, MD. SPX 2007 will be held at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center. Click here for directions.

Details on the scheduled programming here. Speakers include: London-based cartoonist Nick Abadzis; Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan; Gilbert Hernandez; Chris Staros and Brett Warnock (Top Shelf Productions); and a panel on comics and animated cartoons with Kim Deitch, Roger Langridge, Tom Neely and Jeff Smith. Lots more actually including a panel on "comics criticism" on Saturday.

FLEEN notes that webcomickers will include Box Brown, Nick Gurewitch, Bernie Hou, Jeph Jacques, James Kochalka, Carla Speed McNeil, Dave Roman, Joe Sayers, Raina Telgemeier, Colleen Venable, Chris Yates, David Malki!, and Blank Labellers Guigar, Kellett, Straub, Tayler, and Willis.

This Friday, October 12th, Richard Thompson is giving a talk at the Writers' Center in Bethesda MD at 7:30 pm. It's timed to coincide with the annual Small Press Expo. It's free but you need to RSVP. (More details at Thompson's blog) Thompson draws a lot of the illustrations for the Washington Post and has two comics - one only in the Post (Poor Richard's Almanac) and one recently syndicated (Cul-de-Sac) - he recently contributed this comic on "Drawing A Funny Comic in 20 Steps".

Draw Dash, win a Zune!

Just a heads up to Comixtalk users, my webcomic at hpkomics.com is about to transition into Cosmic Dash, and to celebrate, I am holding a drawing contest with the winner recieving a 30 gig Microsoft Zune as well as some original penciled pages and a character designed around the winners specifications. The contest is pretty easy to get involved with and lasts until November 5th, so check the contest page for details.