Archive - May 15, 2007

WARNING: Hyperspace Implosion Imminent!


Warning: Hyperspace Implosion Imminent! Evacuation procedures are in effect!

In the exciting conclusion to Final Daylight: Earth, Danthalus is suspicious of Kor'dus and T'aal's involvement in the warp generator malfunction and the containment leakage.

New scam targeting artists


The artist BAM (Bruce Andrew Mckay) reports a new scam targeting independent artists.

Diamond Rejection Kills New Comics Magazine?


This may be a bit too meta to be of interest to most readers but I just read Tim Leong's post about how Diamond has rejected his planned paper version of Comic Foundry. Comic Foundry has existed as a blog for (I think) about a year and Leong seems to have been working on a print version for at leas

Penny & Aggie Fundraising Drive


I haven't seen a major fundraising drive for a webcomic in awhile. T Campbell and Gisele Lagace have organized one that kicks off now with the purpose of trying to help Gisele Lagace quit her day job. Legace is currently the artist on the Campbell scripted Penny & Aggie, but previously Legace cut her webcomic teeth on the fondly-remembered Cool Cat Studio. Lagace is already an amazingly good artist (just check out this month's cover art for Comixpedia she created) - it would be phenomenal to see her artistic growth if she could work on comics full time.

Check out the donation page and consider it - hey, if everybody chips in enough to get them to $10,000 we'll finally find out the conclusion to the unfinished Cool Cat Studio.

Blooker Awards Announced


The winner of this year's Lulu Blooker Award in the Comics category is Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies. Mom's Cancer originally appeared online as a webcomic and won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2005. (CBR also recently included Mom's Cancer amongst its 365 Reasons to Love Comics series)

OTHER AWARD NEWS: Penny Arcade won the U.K. Eagle award for "Favourite Web-Based Comic". Pip, pip, cheerio!

Paranormals by M. Raven Brown and Ronnie Werner, reviewed by Linda Howard

By: Linda Howard
Department: Reviews
Issue: May 2007 Issue

Linda Howard reviews The Paranormals by M. Raven Brown and Ronnie Werner. The story of five misfit kids with special powers that meet up at a high school and deal with supernatural situations may sound like nothing special, but Brown's writing makes the characters come alive as actual teens and Werner's art is stylized and cartoonish with a focus on the interplay between the characters.