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October 22nd

Ante Up For a Round of Webcomics: Life's A Bluff and +EV

By: Xaviar Xerexes
Department: Reviews
Issue: October 2006 Issue

This month I review two new webcomics focused on poker, primarily online poker, but all types of poker. One is +EV by Bobby Crosby and Tiger Claw and the other is Life's A Bluff by Frank Frisina and Brandon J Carr.

Ten Questions With Shaenon Garrity


Shaenon K. GarrityShaenon K. Garrity is one of the hardest-working cartoonists on the web today. She is working on or finished four critically acclaimed comic strips: Trunktown, L'il Mel, Smithson and of course, Narbonic (for which she is probably best known). She is also an editor for Viz and Modern Tales. She also volunteers at the San Francisco-based Cartoon Museum where her husband Andrew Farago is the Gallery Manager. That's a lot of comics goin' on...

She's also our community interviewee this month - read on to see your questions answered.

What's Wrong With Serious Webcomics

By: Joel Fagin
Department: Features
Issue: October 2006 Issue

Writing for the web means understanding the rhythms of publishing on the web. If you're posting a page a day or even a page a week don't write as if you're publishing a monthly comic book.

Joel Fagin takes a look at what gag webcomics are doing right and what serious webcomics can learn from them.

October 15th

I Went to SPX and All I Got Was This MATH IS DELICIOUS! T-shirt

By: Xaviar Xerexes
Department: Features
Issue: October 2006 Issue

After a summer spent away from Comixpedia and comics too, it was great to catch up with all kinds of comics and creators at the Small Press Expo (aka SPX) this weekend. I caught some panels, bought some books and chatted with a lot of webcomic-friendly creators including Jeph Jacques and Danielle Corsetto.