In this month's Panels & Pictures, Derik A. Badman shares some examples of color use in a variety of comics, with an emphasis on the use of shifting color palettes within the same work.

Charlie "Spike" Troutman is the talented creator behind the well-received webcomic (and book) Templar, Arizona. The comic is a story about a town that may or may not completely conform to the regular laws of reality and features a growing assortment of interesting characters who both intrigue and intimidate the protagonist, a young man named Ben. Spike has also created other webcomics, including Sparkneedle, Lucas and Odessa and Playing With Dolls (which used Sims Online screen captures for the artwork).

I thought things were changing. Apparently I was wrong.

When Zuda released its contracts last month, I think they showed that the major comics publishers are more interested in acquiring properties than publishing books. As Gary Tyrrell over at Fleen said about the contracts, "Webcomics can do better and so can you."

There's an incredible wealth of articles in the ComixTalk archives: features and columns on craft, theory and business, insightful reviews and interviews with some of the most interesting folks in webcomics. We'll be taking a regular look back at past issues and catching up with creators we've previously covered.

Leah Fitzgerald interviewed Jon Morris for our October 2003 issue. Morris is the creator of the Ignatz nominated webcomic Jeremy. It turned out to be a great time to catch up with Jon as he's just recently switched to a full time illustration-based career.

There's an incredible wealth of articles in the ComixTalk archives: features and columns on craft, theory and business, insightful reviews and interviews with some of the most interesting folks in webcomics. We'll be taking a regular look back at past issues and catching up with creators we've previously covered.

In our October 2003 issue on Halloween and other spooky subjects, contributor Jamie Robertson wrote a popular feature story titled Witches and Webcomics. If you missed it go read it -- we'll wait until you get back.  In this short update, Jamie talks about his own webcomic Clan of the Cats and he provides some new suggestions for witches in webcomics.

There's an incredible wealth of articles in the ComixTalk archives: features and columns on craft, theory and business, insightful reviews and interviews with some of the most interesting folks in webcomics. We'll be taking a regular look back at past issues and catching up with creators we've previously covered.

In our October 2003 issue on Halloween and other spooky subjects, contributor Bill Roundy wrote a popular feature story titled Satan and Webcomics. If you missed it go read it -- we'll wait until you get back. It's a particularly great time to catch up with Bill because his new job at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) has had a lot to do with webcomics recently.

There's an incredible wealth of articles in the ComixTalk archives: features and columns on craft, theory and business, insightful reviews and interviews with some of the most interesting folks in webcomics. We'll be taking a regular look back at past issues and catching up with creators we've previously covered.

Al Schroeder interviewed Thomas K Dye, the creator of Newshounds and Something Happens in October of 2004.  We took the opportunity to catch up with what Dye's working on in 2007.

There's an incredible wealth of articles in the ComixTalk archives: features and columns on craft, theory and business, insightful reviews and interviews with some of the most interesting folks in webcomics. We'll be taking a regular look back at past issues and catching up with creators we've previously covered.

Dave Wright interviewed Lee Adam Herold, the creator of Chopping Block in October of 2003. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. Herold has recently returned to creating new episodes of the comic and so it was great timing to catch up with him.  (ComixTalk reviewed CB in October 2003.)