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DS 31: Interview with Ryan Estrada

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Digital Strips : Show 31 [16.3 MB]
 This week on Digital Strips we talk with Ryan Estrada. Ryan describes himself as Artist, Animator, Adventurer and he has a resume to back that up. His work has taken him across the globe and the top notch cartooning he does makes his work well worth a read. Daku interviews Ryan from Thailand.Also during the show we discuss the start of the Great Web Comics Scavenger Hunt. The topic for the month of August is Pirates. So, gather your list of comics about Pirates and send them in to us as your contest submission.This week we talk about :

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DS 30: Interview with Tim Buckley

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Digital Strips : Show 30 [13.7 MB]
 This week we return to ConnectiCon. We have an interview with Tim Buckley, cartoonist behind Ctrl+Alt+Del. Tim gave us some time for a one on one interview after his panel discussion. He talks about getting started as an artist, turning his web comic into a business, his fans, and much more. By the way, only a real gamer will recognize the ending music.Also during the show we discuss the start of the Great Web Comics Scavenger Hunt. The topic for the month of August is Pirates. So, gather your list of comics about Pirates and send them in to us as your contest submission.

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  • Ctrl + Alt + Del by Tim Buckley
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    DS 29: Review of Year One, Penny and Aggie, Extra Life, and Professor Paradox

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    Digital Strips : Show 29[15.9 mb]
    		 After so many “special” episodes of Digital Strips we decided to do a regular review show. We still have several interviews we recorded at ConnectiCon to play for everyone over the coming weeks, but this week we wanted to get back to the core purpose of the show, exposing you to great web comics.Here are the comics we talk about this week:

  • Year One by Mike Parkinson
  • Penny and Aggie by T. Campbell and Gisele Lagace
  • Extra Life by Scott Johnson
  • Professor Paradox by Steve Voudrie
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    DS 28: ConnectiCon Tour

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    Digital Strips : Show 28 [16.3mb]
    		 This week our show is recorded during ConnectiCon. ConnectiCon is the largest multi-genre convention in New England and it Features the genres of anime, gaming, web-comics, science-fiction, fantasy and more. We met a lot of really great people while at the Con and had a good time over all.What you’re going to hear in this show is a “sound seeing tour”. I had a headset on connected to my video camera in my bag and I recorded the show with Daku as we walked through the main convention room floor. You’ll hear us describing the event as we saw it including the web comic artist tables and some conversations we had with them. This is the first time we’ve ever tried to do something like this, so be sure to let us know if you liked it or not. We may be able to shows like this from other Cons in the future.During the tour we found tables for these web comics. They are listed in the order we came across them during the tour:

  • Least I Could Do : leasticoulddo.com
  • Mine’s Bigger : minesbigger.novablade.com
  • Partially Clips : partiallyclips.com
  • Fragile Gravity : fragilegravity.com
  • No 4th Wall To Break : no4thwall.com
  • Staccato : staccatocomic.com
  • Fallen : fallencomic.com
  • Instant Classic : iccomics.com
  • Apple Geeks : applegeeks.com
  • VG Cats : vgcats.com
  • Ctrl Alt Del : ctrlaltdel-online.com
  • Comedity : comedity.com
  • The Devil’s Panties : thedevilspanties.keenspace.com
  • Dominic Deegan : dominic-deegan.com
  • Surliness : surliness.com
  • Paradox Lost : paradox-lost.com
  • Ded End : dedend.keenspace.com
  • And Then You Die : andthenyoudie.net
  • Chugworth Academy : chugworth.com
  • Daze and a Haze : dazehaze.keenspace.com
  • Mac Hall : machall.com
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    DS 27: WCCA 2006 Winners

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    		 This week we announce the winners of four categories of the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards (WCCA). It is our pleasure to be part of the WCCA and during this show we get to announce the winners of the categories Outstanding Newcomer, Outstanding Writer, Outstanding Artist, and Outstanding Comic.This week we talk about the following:

  • Beaver and Steve by James Turner : Outstanding Newcomer
  • Narbonic by Shaenon Garrity : Outstanding Writing
  • Copper by Kazu Kibuishi : Outstanding Art
  • Scary Go Round by John Allison : Outstanding Comic
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    DS 26: Interview with Sebastien Dumesnil and Robert Nichols

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    Digital Strips : Show 26 [10.9mb]
    		 This week we feature an interview with S�bastien Dumesnil and Robert Nichols, the filmmakers responsible for the upcoming documentary film Adventures Into Digital Comics. The filmmakers discuss the people in the film, the motivation behind making it and the controversy the trailer has caused.We received some swag from Jay Mcleod, the cartoonist behind Migrayn. He sent us some print comics and buttons and nice note. Thanks Jay! Good looking comic.

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  • Adventures Into Digital Comics by S�bastien Dumesnil and Robert Nichols
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    DS 25: Interview with Christian and Madsen

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    Digital Strips : Show 25 [10.8mb]
    		 This week we interview Christian and Madsen, the creators of Little Gamers. This is a daily gag strip featuring iconicly designed characters cracking wise about video games, movies, other web comics, and pop culture in general all with an attitude that betrays the otherwise “cute” look to their strip. During the interview they discuss how they got started, art for art’s sake vs. art for commerce, and their opinions of other web comics.This week we talk about the following web comic:

  • Little Gamers by Christian and Madsen
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    DS 24: Interview with Scott Kurtz p3

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    Digital Strips : Show 24 [8.6mb]
    		 Today we feature part 3 of an interview with Scott Kurtz, the creator and artist behind PVP, and our conversation with Eric Burns, the writer behind the excellent comic review site Websnark. In this part of the ongoing conversation we discuss more about the recent documentary upset and comics fandom in general.This week we talk about the following web comic:

  • PVP Online by Scott Kurtz
  • Websnark by Eric Burns (web comic critique)

    • In case you missed the previous parts you can download them here:

  • Scott Kurtz Interview Part 1
  • Scott Kurtz Interview Part 2
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    DS 23: Interview with Scott Kurtz p2

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    Digital Strips : Show 23 [10.6mb]
    		 Today we feature part 2 of an interview with Scott Kurtz, the creator and artist behind PVP. Scott is one of the most well known professional cartoonists on the web. During the interview he discusses how he got started with web comics and why. He talks about fans, Image comics, and so much more.Remember, this is only part 2. Part 1 was posted on Monday, so scroll down or head over to our ahow archive to grab the first part, and part 3 will be online for download on Friday. Be sure to check back here to get the full interview.

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  • PVP Online by Scott Kurtz
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    DS 22: Interview with Scott Kurtz p1

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    Digital Strips : Show 22 [12.4mb]
    		 This week we feature part 1 of an interview with Scott Kurtz, the creator and artist behind PVP. Scott is one of the most well known professional cartoonists on the web. During the interview he discusses how he got started with web comics and why. He talks about fans, Image comics, and so much more.Remember, this is only part 1. Part 2 will be available this Wednesday and part 3 will be online for download on Friday, so be sure to check back here to get the full interview.This week we talk about the following web comic:

  • PVP Online by Scott Kurtz
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