I felt bad last week that we were not keeping up with all the news, but that was before I tried to find some to post today. It’s as if almost nothing happened and everyone went on vacation. What could have possibly caused that to happen? At least I know now it wasn’t the turkey.

Frank Miller – He may be one of the younger gods but he’s still a god among us mere mortals. So what does it mean when he joins up with Hideo Kojima to release a digital comic? The new “Metal Gear Solid BD” will coincide with the launch of a ?digital comic? version for the PSP.

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We’ve been expecting news like this. Sony announced the new PSP Media Manager that allows users to take full advantage of the PSP’s ability to display multimedia content by leveraging the PSP as a portable music device, digital photo album, and movie viewer. This means it is now possible to have your favorite web comic on your PSP and Fanboy Almanac is just the strip to do that.

Fanboy Almanac will be featured as the first strip available on the PSP Media Manager. Users of the software will be able to Continue reading →

The Eyeskream Webcomic Creators Group has opened up four member spots for the end of the year. Submitters have until Saturday November 20th to send in submissions for 3 openings this November and until December 4th for the December spot. After that the slate will be wiped clean and start fresh in the New Year. All 2005 submissions will be deleted so creators are encouraged to re-submit next year during their March 2006 member drive.

What do you do if you have too much time and passion? You launch a new web comic. Steve Napierski, creator of The Outer Circle, has picked entered the gaming web comic genre with his new strip Dueling Analogs. It comes with a brand spanking new site and style. Immediately you notice the use of a hand held device as the display for the strip along with a manual at the bottom with button instructions and a news section where the manual text would be. Such a simple layout is both pleasing and refreshing.

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There must be something in the water cooler over at Blank Label Comics. On the heels of the Melonpool re-tooling and Checkerboard Nightmare waking up we have Greystone Inn coming to an end. In it’s place Brad Guigar will be updating Evil Inc., which follows Lightning Lady, a recovering super-villainous, who takes a job at the company formed for super-villains by super-villains. Run by Evil Atom the corporation serves the many needs of supervillains in today’s marketplace — from Lair Construction to Henchman Outsourcing. The new site for Evil Inc. goes online Nov. 14 with many improvements. Continue reading →

The news is just pouring in this week. My next post will have some news that I couldn’t help but just foaming at the mouth. But first to web comics.

Comixpedia – What? A news site can cover another news site! Besides, it’s the November 2005 issue of the magazine which deserves mention. Besides the obviously huge collaboration between our Zampzon and Ryan Estrada there will of course be Feeding Snarkies and a little Essence, which one should never miss. This month is all about Mystery WebComics with an interview and Through the Looking Back Glass.

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Making enough money off webcomics to go it alone seems to be one of those elusive golden apples that very few people can reach. How to get people to come to your site and then throw money at you? There are 8000 webcomics out there and the playing field has quite a few heavy hitters, of course you could try to impress those guys in hopes they will direct traffic your way but that’s even harder then yelling out your window. There’s also Comixpedia and Websnark but you either get lost in the amount of news or there’s not enough time to find out how brilliant you are. Continue reading →