Archive - May 30, 2008

Lackadaisy (again!) review on Comic Fencing


Another Comic Fencing review, a spiffy new banner. This time, the fencers and I take on Tracy J. Butler’s Lackadaisy, and frankly people only have nice things to say about it. Read my Comic Fencing review on Lackadaisy! Longtime readers might recall that I already reviewed Lackadaisy here. My opinion remains unchanged: Lackadaisy is still [...]

The Webcomic Overlook #43: High Moon


After hating them because they were basically the pretty new thing on the block, I’ve warmed up to DC’s Zuda Comics format. I love how you can press the Full Screen button, and the page occupies a huge portion of the laptop screen. It’s a great format for art-heavy comics. The best [...]

Webcomic Wire - 5/30/08


Drawn from sources that want a Cintique but cant afford one… C0nt1nu1ty posts a nice piece about abandoned webcomic efforts called the Dead Webcomcis Society. Creator of A Girl and Her Fed has a good post with some advice about starting a webcomic. Heidi MacDonald has some great coverage of the Tokyo Pop’s contract written for their Manga [...]

Sebo Year Two goes Free


Hi Cats,

First the bad news.  I had a spinal tap on Wednesday and they could not get any of the fluid out, so they have to do it again next Friday w/ X-Rays so that they can see what they are doing.  Meanwhile my right eye seems to have stabilized a bit.  

Conny Van Ehlsing, Monster Hunter: Li'l Conny 2 - Li'l Death


Gate Crash: Another childhood episode from Conny's rich past. Can Conny outwit Death itself, years before she actually has wits?

Johnny Saturn Graphic Novel Now On Amazon.com


Johnny Saturn: Synns of the Father by Scott Story

Johnny Saturn: Synns of the Father trade paperback is now available for order through Amazon.com!

Friday update


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Schroeder got interviewed at "The Flickering Mind of Al Schroeder III which underscores what an opinionated, arrogant fanatic and comic-book geek he is on some subjects.

Webcomic Jones and the Cintiq Skull


LEGAL
If you haven't read enough about how bad the new Tokyo Pop contest contract is read Tom Spurgeon's straightforward breakdown of the various flavors of crap contained within it.  (Lea Hernandez also has links to most of the posts on the subject here.)

JUSTIFY MY HYPE
Will Wheaton and Greg Williams have a webcomic up about nostalgia -- Star Wars action figures to be specific.

Joe Infurnari who does the Eisner-nominated webcomic, The Process, announced he will also be posting a new webcomic titled The Transmigration of Ultra-Lad on the ACT-I-VATE site.

DEAD TREES
Comics Worth Reading has a short review of the print collection of the webcomic America Jr.

Word Balloons has a review of Kean Soo's Jellaby book.

The Chemistry Set webcomics collective is set to publish an anthology of their comics called No Formula.

SWAGALICIOUS
I really like this t-shirt from Dorothy Gambrell (Cat and Girl).

NOT WEBCOMICS
NerdWorld has a post up about the freshly released Penny Arcade game and the almost here Homestar Runner game.