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DS 40: Interview with Bill Charbonneau

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Digital Strips : Show 40 [8.5 MB]
 This week’s podcast is all about Zoinks! Magazine, the Webcomics Newspaper. Zoinks is out now, so be sure to get your copy soon. We feature an interview with Bill Charbonneau, the magazine’s creator. We also discuss the demise of our Web Comics Scavenger Hunt contest, the amazing Alpha-Shade keeps getting more amazing, Ryan Estrada doing more crazy stuff, and the success of our charity auction.This week we talk about :

  • Zoinks! Magazine with Bill Charbonneau
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    DS 39: Guest Review of Scooter and Ferret, Rob and Elliot, and Star Cross’d Destiny

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    Digital Strips : Show 39 [9.5 MB]
    		 This week we review three web comics with the help of special guest Phil Kahn, a fellow web comic critic. Phil’s blog is “I’m Just Saying” where he posts reviews on web comics. The Web Comic Scavenger Hunt ends this week, so be sure to get your lists in by midnight Sept. 30th. Zoinks, the web comics magazine is about to be released. We each made a pick for this week and get into the reviews.This week we feature three web comic reviews. Here are the comics we talk about this week:

  • Scooter and Ferret by Scott and Georgia Ball
  • Rob and Elliot by Clay and Hampton Yount
  • Star Cross’d Destiny by Blair B
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    DS 38: Webcomic Hurricane Relief Telethon p2

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    Digital Strips : Show 38 [9 MB]
    		 The Webcomic Telethon Wrap-up. This week we discuss the Web Comic Telethon. We talk about some of our favorites and conduct an interview with Brad Guigar, cartoonist behind Greystone Inn, founding member of Blank Label Comics, and the charity event organizer.This week we talk about :

  • The Webcomic Hurricane Relief Telethon by over 300 Cartoonists from Across the Web
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    DS 37: Webcomic Hurricane Relief Telethon p1

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    This is a bonus episode of Digital Strips in which we give an update of the Webcomics Telethon. Also on the podcast were special guests Phil Kahn (I’m Just Saying), Ryan Estrada (ryanestrada.com), and a quick phone call to Brad Guigar (greystoneinn.net) the main guy responsible for the telethon along with everyone at Blank Label Comics. With over 300 comics donated by cartoonists across the globe and already over $20,000.00 raised (as of the time of this writing) this is turning into a milestone event in web comics.

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    DS 36: Interview with Least I Could Do

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    Digital Strips : Show 36 [14 MB]
    		 This week we return to ConnectiCon 2005 with an interview with the folks behind the web comic Least I Could Do. We also discuss the upcoming Webcomic Hurricane Relief Telethon being run to benefit the survivors of Katrina. We play our first audio ad and talk about the new podcast from Blank Label Comics.This week we talk about :

  • Least I Could Do by Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza
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    DS 35: Interview with Gabe and Tycho

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    Digital Strips : Show 35 [20 MB]
    		 This week we feature an interview with Gabe and Tycho, the writer and artist behind the very popular web comic Penny Arcade. We also discuss the upcoming the Web Comic Hurricane Relief Telethon being conducted on Sept. 13 and 14. We encourage web comic creators and readers to contribute what they can to this worthy cause. We also talk about the winning entry from the Web Comic Scavenger Hunt we held during August.This week we talk about :

  • Penny Arcade by Gabe and Tycho
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    Final Notice, Web Comic Scavenger Ends Soon!

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    Ok folks, this is it. Only a few more hours to go before it’ll be too late. The Web Comics Scavenger Hunt for the month of August is coming to an end as of midnight tonight (PST). Get us your list of links to Pirate related comics to enter. The person with the most valid links will win an Alpha Shade graphic novel. Get all the details here and good luck! We’ll be announcing the next subject of the scavenger hunt for the month of September later this week.

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    DS 34: Review of Comedity

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    Digital Strips : Show 34 [21 MB]
    		 This week we talk about the recently announced free web comic ads we are asking people to send us. We also play an audio letter sent to us by Colin Wales, web cartoonist behind Nixon, and it sparks further debate over Manga between Zampzon and Daku. This week’s feature is an interview we conducted with the guys from Comedity we recorded during ConnectiCon.This week we talk about :

  • Comedity by Garth Graham
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    DS 33: Review of Combustible Orange, Pet Professional, Bot and Cam, and Cortland

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    Digital Strips : Show 33 [15.4 MB]
    		 On this show we discuss my absence from Otakon. We receive T-shirts from Please Rewind. I get a book from Dave Kellett with a collection of strips from his comic Sheldon. We also discuss the recent New York Times article on web comics and Ryan Estrada’s 168 (175?) hour comic.This week we feature four web comic reviews. Here are the comics we talk about this week:

  • Combustible Orange by Frank Gibson and Becky Dreistadt
  • Pet Professional by Jason Salsbury and Matt Kaufenberg
  • Bot and Cam by Sammy Janssens and Mike Johnson
  • Cortland by Matt Johnson
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    DS 32: Review of Surliness

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    Digital Strips : Show 32 [16 MB]
    		 This week we play another interview we recorded during ConnectiCon 2005. We speak with Richard Dachtera, the cartoonist behind Surliness. This web comic follows the antics of an IT department on a college campus and a mutant lobster man.Also during the show we talk about Ryan Estrada, the new Digital Strips comic section to our site, and my upcoming visit to Otakon. Do you want to hear a sound seeing tour for Otakon like I did for ConnectiCon? Be sure to let us know by emailing the show.

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  • Surliness by Richard Dachtera
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