Comics Sherpa Leading You Down the Wrong Path?

I was checking out the comics syndicate site uComics (www.ucomics.com), the online home to such well known print strips as Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Ziggy, and many others. While poking around I came across something that sounded like a great opportunity for aspiring cartoonists. They have a feature called Comics Sherpa whereby aspiring cartoonists and comics artists can submit their own work to be displayed on the uComics.com site alongside their already well established strips.

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San Francisco Chronicle Discusses Dilbert House

In recent months Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip (www.dilbert.com), has used his comic’s web site to cull the collective talents of the engineers that read his comic for ideas of what to add to his dream home.

The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed Scott about his development plans. The article is light on the details of Adams’ future home, but multi-million dollar figures were passed around. You can bet the new house will be technology laden and Dilbert inspired. Cartooning has certainly been good to Adams.

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DS 6: Interview with Wes Molebash


Digital Strips : Show 6 [13MB]
Our sixth show is now online. In this show we change things up a bit. First of all, the radio sound effects are gone. Thanks for the feedback everyone.We start the show off with listener submissions. This week’s submitted links: Continue reading

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On a Personal Note …

Apart from the world of web comics I have also dabbled in filmmaking. Over the course of a few years I experimented with the concept of solo filmmaking whereby using consumer level equipment I created several short films almost entirely on my own. I shot and edited five short documentary films and even got into a few film festivals. All of the films are up on the web at www.dvdocumentaries.com streaming free in QuickTime.

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Review of Scary Go Round

I love getting user submissions which are already on my read list. Scary Go Round is one such strip which can be placed in the mini series category. It is a well drawn strip by John Allison consisting of several different stories with a large cast. Most of the tales are focused around typical horror themes but in a humorous manner in which most horror movies belong.

The artwork is excellent as by the time you finish with the archives I have no doubt you could recognize John’s work anywhere. Continue reading

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New Jersey Based Web Comic Gains Local Press Attention

There is a great write-up in the Princeton Packet, a local paper for central New Jersey, USA, about local artist Rico Telofski and his web comic ‘Conehenge‘. Rico’s comic explores the oddities inherent in running a small business and is targeted at like minded entrepreneurs.

From the article, “With his ‘Conehenge’ Web comic, Rico Telofski has done more than merely capture the essence of the small-business experience in New Jersey ? he has created a fiction-driven tutorial on getting started, and peopled it with characters recognizable to anyone familiar with the small-business scene.

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Review of How to Loathe Drawing Manga Style

Daku certainly disagrees with me on this point, but it’s no secret around here that I am not the biggest fan of non-Japanese artists creating comics in the manga style. Despite that, I’d like to point to a manga style comic created by a non-Japanese artist that I really, really like. Weird, huh?

Everyone should check out ‘How to Loathe Drawing Manga Style‘ by Robert DeJesus. This extremely clever strip is a semi-auto-biographical comic about the artist’s own ambitions of becoming a professional cartoonist. The strip is just getting started, but already it shows some huge potential.

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Daily Grind Iron Man Competition

Every industry has them and here’s the Iron Man Competition for web comics. The Daily Grind is hosting this competition starting next Monday Feb. 28. This looks to be a good competition as several good artists are lined up so far to post a new strip every weekday until only one is left posting. You can find more information at http://www.crowncommission.com/dailygrind/.

Thanks to Phil McAndrews at Talk About Comics for this post.

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DS 5: Review of Faans, Sorcerer of Fortune, The Jaded, and Crossroads


Digital Strips : Show 5 [8MB]
A little late, but better late than never, right? Show number 5 is online and ready for download.In this show we ask that web comics creators add a synopsis or summary to their comics pages to make it easier for us to get caught up with your stuff. Continue reading

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UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2005

A convention centering on web comics and independent publishing is being held in the UK on Saturday March 19 at the Great Hall, Mile End, LONDON. The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2005 “…is aimed at showcasing web & mini comic artists, and a bunch of other sorts, like illustrators and publishers, of the NOW giving you the chance to meet them and buy their stuff…” Sounds like a fun show.

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