If you attended the Baltimore Comic-Con this past weekend, you got to enjoy a pretty decent show, or so I’ve heard. And I’m sure you stopped by the webcomics panel, right? Hosted by Scott Kurtz? Consisting of the Halfpixel fellas and Danielle Corsetto (BREAKING NEWS: Corsetto joins Halfpixel, breaks up sausage fest!)?
Well, if you missed it, you have the opportunity to catch up, because CBR has a nicely portioned write-up of the event. Check it here!
For the third year running, Bomb Shelter Comics presents Webcomic Idol, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and Nike, is go for an October 1st entry date! Starting this Wednesday, you too can enter your comic in the hopes of being the 
next Webcomic Idol!
And the panel of judges is another stellar one, so make sure yours is up to snuff, because they have the most scrutinizing of eyes. This years crop includes:
Wow! Almost wish I could enter again! Get your submission in quickly (deadline is the 15th of October) and stay tuned for more on this exciting contest!
Nothing more to post than this, a painting by Mike “Gabe” Krahulik. It features… well, if you look at it and can’t figure out immediately what the subject matter is, then why are you checking out this site? Honestly.
Stare with me and try not to drool on your keyboard. I dare you.
Anyone else remember the circa-1990’s Nickelodeon show, Weinerville? Whenever I hear or write Zach Weiner’s name, it reminds of that zany cast of puppets with their real life host/friend, Marc Weiner.
Zach had nothing to do with that show (that I know of), but he does keep the zaniness coming with his recently DS-reviewed strip, Captain Excelsior. This weekly look into the lives of a family of superheroes (and one not so super son, I’m looking at you, Not-Ward) is one of the best comics out there today, and certainly the best at lampooning the superhero genre.
Due to the immensity of my enjoyment with the Captain, I shot Zach a few questions about the strip to try and dig a bit deeper into the mind of this comic genius.
Digital Strips: What comic/webcomic did you first read that got you into them?
Zach Weiner: Probably Penny Arcade or Goats. There wasn’t a lot out there back in the late 90s, but those were both comics that were already pretty good by then.
Below, the comprehensive list of all Ryan Estrada Day comics that I’ve found thus far. Enjoy!
Update: Alright, Estrada, you’ve had your fun. Too much fun, in fact. There’s no way anyone can find all of these in one day! No one with a life, that is.
What’s this? This just in: Gary Tyrrell has done it over at Fleen! Go on, run over there to check them all out, I’ll turn so I don’t see you leave.
Update 2: To cap off the event, as he did last year, Estrada himself is hosting all of the strips on his own site, so now you don’t even have to put forth any effort to check them all out. Â Lucky you.
Ryan Estrada. It seems just when the Internet might be ready to forget about the adored, web-cartooning 
god, he comes back with another one-two punch to knock these Webs out cold.
Enter Estrada-created critic and all-round curmudgeon, Welton Colbert, who has a few things to say about guest strips. My favorite line in the whole rant against the lazy practice of handing over your creation to someone else while you’re on vacation is this:
But geez, if you’re all that hard up for a day off, why not just let one artist draw everyone’s comics, and then everybody can play hooky.
Hey Welton! Might want to peer back up at the man holding the digital pen before you toss out any more nuggets of wisdom.
Read the full strip at ComixTalk and keep a vigilant eye out: word has it this is yet another of Estrada’s Guest Comic Marathons and your favorite strip could be next!
Wondermark is not hand-drawn, this you know. It is cobbled together, and quite masterfully, I must note, through various pieces of clip art from the olden days of yore. Because of this, the writing is typically the main focus, leaving one to wonder whether or not creator David Malki! could cut it when put up against the best artists in webcomics.
After today’s update, I believe we can all agree that yes, he could. Scope the sketches below and click to see the whole thing on Malki!’s site. Not only is the linework admirable, it’s downright amazing, and makes me clamor for a Malki! drawn strip in the very near future. Make it so, sir!
No other reason for this post other than to mention a recent interview at CBR with… well, the post title says the rest. Â It’s also a great reason to post some fabulous DC artwork. Â
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(Beauty below provided by Aaron Diaz)
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*sigh* So dreamy. Â Go read if you’re still interested in the origins of the strip and just what makes Diaz tick like a fine, Swiss watch.
Flipping through my printed volume of Octopus Pie, it’s easy to see this is not a work that exists on the Web for any purpose other than distribution. It’s static, black and white, and though pretty to look at, doesn’t do a whole lot on the vibrant setting of my browser window.
Not until this recent strip, that is.
Unfortunately, Gary Tyrrell already said it best:
I could leave this running all day long
Click strip for the point of this post
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It’s time to spend another volume’s worth of sharp, biting, voracious comedy with Brinkerhoff and the entire gang! Brinkerhoff: Pocket Full of Brink: Vol. 2 is now available for purchase at Lulu.com.
This is the best way to get in on the funny if you still haven’t checked out the 
hilarious antics of Brink, Karen, Hank, Brink’s mom… Mom, Mark, and many others that I’m sure will be updated on the cast page soon! And even if you have, who doesn’t like owning things they’ve read online? The sense of entitlement is worth the purchase price alone!
Here’s a few words from Brink creator, Gabe Strine, about the second collection:
Watch as Brinkerhoff faces speed dating, coping with the death of a coworker, losing out on love to the messiah, and more in a conveniently-sized collection of caliginous comedy.
And here’s even more!
Is workplace harassment, a bar fight, jail time, and divorce enough to keep a good rabbit down? Apparently not, but there’s more where that came from as our boy Brinkerhoff continues to try to get his life back on track. This collection features comics #101-200 of the comic strip originally published at www.brinkcomic.com.
Go own one today!