This is the kind of coverage web comics have been dreaming about. Bryan Prindiville of the web comic Bassetville was recently covered by his local paper for his real life involvement with basset hound rescue. This in turn lead to him being contacted by the Today Show for a piece on mixed breeds of dogs which have developed a popular name, such as the star of Bassetville Frances which is a “bagel,” or basset/beagle mix.

There have been other web comics mentioned on radio or major newspapers but this will be first time Continue reading →

Searching through Yahoo! Financial you can find this announcement from the New Enterprise Forum. The NEF meets once a month with this month’s topic being ‘Unusual Entrepreneurs Share Wild Success Stories’. The most notable appearance on the panel is Fred Gallagher of Megatokyo. You can find a quick summary of his success story in the article but I would love to be in Ann Arbor to hear Megatokyo presented as a Wild Success Story.

The former Roxcomics community has been reborn in Transplant Comics. Wander on over and scan through the five web comics which have formed the core group:

• Prof. Paradox by Steve Voudrie
• A House On A Hill! by Matthew Wilhelm
• Pure Profit Comics by Ian Kristensen
• The Imryll Comic by Jimmy Gardner
• James Blond by Steve-O

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Lately there has been more and more news about cartoons on cell phones. Here’s yet another one but this one is in the US. TokyoPop is teaming up with UClick to distribute Princess Ai on cell phones starting later this summer. The goal of including the Courtney Love inspired manga is to attract more of the teenager key demographic.

“We feel that teenagers – who are our core audience – are into cell phones,” said Kathryn Klingler, director of licensing for TokyoPop.

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Argon Zark! turns a historical 10 years old this month. This marks a milestone as the oldest color web comic continues to have superior graphics and content. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article on Argon Zark! in the tech.life section in 1997 which was picked up by the Knight-Ridder wire service and later archived. Be sure to read through Argon Zark! and congratulate Charley Parker on being a pioneer.

One of our early favorites reviewed was Dandy & Company by Derrick Fish. The third collection was even part of our We Love Web Comics Contest. So we are excited to hear about the release of the FOURTH collection, DESTINY IN DOG YEARS, under Big Pond Comics and Cafe Press. From the Press release:

It is 128 pages of hillarious adventure from the Dandy & Co. webstrip, along with never-before-seen sketches, creator commentary and exclusive stories! … As a bonus, Dandy & Company Volume #4: DESTINY IN DOG YEARS also includes Continue reading →

It looks like maybe Leslie Walker started a domino of interest. Starting with her post in the Washington Post her article was reprinted in the LA Times, Biz Report, and DetNews.com. Despite the not so warm reception of the web comic community it was still coverage and exposure for a group of people who can only really count about 10 success stories.

The story doesn’t end there though. The Fort Wayne News~Sentinel has a fresh new article by Levi Buchanan that is pretty short but talks about Penny-Arcade, PvP, and CAD. Continue reading →

You may notice an abundance of subscription based comics opening up their archives. Looks like Shaenon started a trend which every other Modern Tales member has followed.

Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge – Another contestant has dropped out. Philippe Gaboury of The Big Three-Oh has dropped out. Good news Philippe plans to keep the strip going updating Mon-Wed-Fri with the help of Mousewax.

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