Monthly Archives: January 2006

A Few More Friday Updates, A Brand New Jimmy and Comic “Pamphlets”?

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I see that the understated, yet quite funny, Jimmy Gardner has redesigned his site. Jimmy Gardner’s Web-O-Vision hosts his various works, including Imryll and some of the work he did for Pure Profit Comics. This brings me much pleasure.

Should we start referring to comic books as “pamphlets”? Whatever pretentious webcomic prick came up with that idea has earned the scorn of our beloved champion of online webcomic drama antics, DJ Coffman. He attacks the whole idea in a recent Yirmumah comic, and rightly so.

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Oooh La La, Rainbow Orchid Now Speaks French

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Here we have a news announcement from Inkytales about the online adventure strip The Rainbow Orchid:

“The first episode of The Rainbow Orchid has been translated into French, thanks to the wonderful efforts of the members of the forum ligneclaire, who approached me about translating the comic last month. To read the translation, click the little flag that appears in the control bar during available strips (currently 1-32).

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Eyeskream, You Scream, We All Scream for … The Ladies!

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We received a press release from the good men behind the webcomic collective Eyeskream. Apparently they are looking to fill out their ranks with more female cartoonists. Here’s what they had to say:

“Eyeskream Spot Reserved For Woman Creator

On February 14, St. Valentine’s Day, the Eyeskream collective will announce a new member that will fill the spot of a departing member. Continue reading →

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Zampzon’s After-Holiday Mega Post

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Greetings webcomic fanatics! I have returned from my journeys abroad refreshed and ready to continue the Digital Strips mission, bringing quality comic content to the forefront of the web browsing populace.

To kick things off for 2006 I’ve been pouring through the pile of email that gathered while I was away. Here are most of the things that struck me as potentially interesting to our readers. I haven’t finished reading through all of Comixpedia, Websnark, I’m Just Saying, and the rest of my webcomic news trawl, so if I’m late in reporting any of this … tough!

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Out With the Old, In With the Venables… Wait…

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Gossamer Commons kicks off the new year with new artist, Peter Venables, who is doing a bang up job with Trudy and I am in suspense as I want to see his take on the other characters I have come to love.

Jon Goatsenberg has started a webcomics blob community that appears to be equal to “t3h win.” It is called Fleen.

Eric Burns is the new editor for Modern Tales, an event propinquitous with the partial liberation of some of MT’s enslaved periodical pictographs… by which I mean the site will be mostly free, though it will continue to retain a subscription backbone… I think.

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DS 53: Review of Seraphic Blue and The Fantastic Mr. Grant

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Digital Strips : Show 53
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 It’s a new year and the first podcast of 2006. Once again Zampzon is still away looking for leprechauns leaving me to mess things up. This time I have the pleasure of reviewing Seraphic Blue and The Fantastic Mr. Grant.Here are the comics talked about this week:

  • Seraphic Blue by Jekka Cormier and Sarah Hevey
  • The Fantastic Mr. Grant by Steve Galgas
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    It’s Alive! … And It’s PvP!

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    Scott Kurtz, the man behind the webcomic phenomenon known as PVP had a new years surprise for his readers. Yesterday, with the help of Kristofer Straub the creator of Checkerboard Nightmare and Starslip Crisis, Kurtz posted the first “PVP Alive” an animated short featuring the PVP gang.

    According to the announcement, Kurtz is planning on this being a continuing project.

    Unlike the animated version of guest strip by Chris Giarrusso I mentioned a few weeks ago, Continue reading →

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