Chances are, if you own a webcomics-inspired T-shirt, it came from the TopatoCo home office. This massive warehouse of all our greatest webcomics fantasies houses merch from pretty much every single comic published on the web, or at least the ones worth mentioning.
Fitting, then, that Bill and Paul have joined the fold with their latest foray, Not Invented Here. Congrats, guys! A comic as fine as this deserves to be in such outstanding, distinguished company.
I had really hoped to take this for a spin myself but given my current, hiatused state in the realm of webcomics, it’s probably not money well spent at this juncture. However, if you, as a budding creator looking to take your craft to the next level, want to take advantage of this discounted price ($47 now, will jump to higher price on Friday) then now is the time to do it!
I had time to look through the preview that is available to anyone willing to sign up for it and while the format comes across as a bit crowded and less-than-professional, the material seemed to be of good use, depending on the hands it ends up in. Many webcomics luminaries have testified to the success that can be found with this program, so check it out if you’re looking to make some dough off your funny doodles.
It is Monday morning once again and fat orange cats around the world are upset about it. Fans of Digital Strips Book Club on the other hand, could not be happier because another episode is ready for their auditory consumption.
This week we continue our in-depth look at Templar Arizona, a very well established, beloved and brown comic by Spike. I’m learning a lot about the comic and myself at the same time as I read it. I just wish I was learning more about dinosaurs as well. Because that makes learning about anything fun, even math. 2nd grade taught me that.
Still haven’t gotten much feed back on this format, one way or the other, so please, let us know what you think of Digital Strips Book club. Inquiring minds want to know.
Not much in the way of show notes this week but here’s what we got.
Edmund Finney
Order of the Stick
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When I was a kid, I went through a phase where I would eat Junebugs for a quarter each. My teachers blamed my parents for not raising me right. My parent blamed the school lunch system for eliminating my gag reflex. But really, I just had no money, and needed a way to get quarters for Street Fighter.
Speaking of bugs, today we take a look at Bug, a comic that is (sort of) about bugs. This daily has a lot of slice of life humor that human and insects alike can all related to. It has punchy writing and just a big of attitude. But does it have class? Does touch me in all the right places? Does it bring the rain? Tune in to find out.
Jason and I are both big fans of the Film Sack podcast, a show where they talk about odd movies. They have a saying on the show that the more off topic they get, the more they hate the movie. We strayed off Bug a couple times here, but since we’re not Film Sack, it doesn’t mean the same thing. I’m not even sure why I brought it up.
Show Notes:
Anagram maker
Penny Arcade
Bear and Tiger
There may have been more that I forgot, please let me know.
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I don’t care what the experts say, I still think that cheap-o brand Apple Jacks taste just as good as the name brand. Also Digital Strips gives you just as much entertainment for you podcasting dollar at the quote unquote “professionals.” That may have to be our new slogan “Digital Strips, the cheap-o brand Apple Jacks of the Internet.”
It’s girl week hear at “Digital Strips, the cheap-o brand Apple Jacks of the Internet.” Two strips have just crested over the horizon and the only thing they have in common, besides being comics on the Internet that we decided to talk about, is female lead characters. Both of us had a rough time with the fairer sex in Jr. High so we normally avoid anything that has to do with them. These comics just may change our minds.
The strips in question and Red’s Planet and Rigby the Barbarian. Listen in as we end up comparing the two comics more than we ever have on one of these shows. Thrill as we join the brave heroines on some fun-filled adventures the likes of which can only be found in Web-comics (or videos games, but that’s another podcast). Feel our pain as technical difficulties force us to read the news, a second time. All this and more on this episode of “Digital Strips, the cheap-o brand Apple Jacks of the Internet.”
Show Notes:
Penny Arcade
PVP
Ding
Cyanide and Happiness
Comixed
Diesel Sweeties
Oil furnace
Lovecraft is Missing
Ellie Connelly
Dawn of Time
Bug
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I am not a smart man. There are, however, a few universal truths that I know for a fact. Every who drives faster than me is an idiot. If four guys live together one of them will pee with the door open. And absolutely everything is better with Cheese.
While most people would agree with me on the topics of bacon and chili fries, I can no prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that cheese can even make a simple greeting better.
This week we take a look and the often puny, usually short and always quality Hello with Cheese.
Show Notes (links to be inserted later today)
Bloodbowl
The Bean
DJ Coffman
Nate Piekos
Scott Kurtz
Templar Arizona
Riceboy and the Rest
Spike Writes Evan Draws
Brock Heasley
Maps and Legends
Pictures for Sad Children
Bug
Bear and Tiger(the Fart Joke)
Snowflakes
SMBC (the penis one)
Penny Arcade
Wes Molebash
XKCD
Garfield minus Garfield
Rip Haywire
Bear Nuts
Commissioned
Imagine This
Pajama Forest
Strewth
Cheese cast
Red’s Planet
Rigby the Barbarian
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