I’m thrilled to see Schlock Mercenary listed at #1 on the recent Wired Blog Network post about webcomics. Unfortunately the entry is entitled “Ten Great Webcomics You Should Not Share With Your Kids,” which kind of undermines my whole “family-friendly” claim.

Saturday, Kathy and I joined daughters E and N to watch black-belt testing at their school. We went about 1 pm, after all the endurance portion was over and they were beginning the form and technique testing. Very cool stuff. The girls are inspired to continue their training - they’re going for their blue belts next. New [...]

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Trapped in the past, Squire relies on the heroes of the Silver Age to help him defeat Timesmith and return them to the future.

The young Dr. Tomori begins to wonder if there is a way to send Squire back to the future.

In case you missed it, I did a special Evil Inc-themed guest strip for my friends Bill and Gene at Unshelved. It's part of their series of "book report" comics. The book that I'm discussing is one that my father-in-law lent to me just before I left for San Diego. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great American Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America was a tremendous read. It covers the birth of the comic-book industry and its demise at the hands of religious leaders, politicians, and other opinion-makers. Author David Hajdu offers an insightful look at a fascinating time in comic-book...

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Brian Daniel's Comics: You want a decsription? Read the comic and write it yourself. What am I, your mom?

I've recently been trying to get it through the little pin heads of the actual human beings at Booksurge/Amazon that they cannot give Amazon a 55% markup AND the author a 30% cut OF THE GROSS.

This has caused massive confusion and anger among thousands of Booksurge publishers an authors, who were never told it was not out of the NET.

Here's a little wizardly treat to liven up your Monday afternoon.

Co-director Fernando Sarmiento descibes 'ELA in Love at First Byte' as, “A weird mix between She Ra, Tron and Flash Gordon.” It was produced by the Argentinian motion graphic studio PepperMelon.