If Everyone Would Just Call Me When they Update, that’d be Great

I’m constantly trying to help more people find the joy and happiness that can only found by reading web comics. The problem is, a lot of people not in our little world are tainted by print comics. Print comics may often be trite, cliche and overdone, but they are reliable. People like to know that a new strip will be there for them everyday.

Some strips are really good. They update every day without fail. Other choose a less frequent schedule but still hit each deadline like clock work. Made props goes out to all the work horses our there.

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Robot Raptors are Science

I’ve noticed I started a lot of posts with apologies for the long period of time since the last one. I’ve decided not to do that this time, largely because I doubt I’d mean it. I’m becoming sort of a jerk.

Anyway, I just going to drop a quick link here to Randall Munroe’s ‘ the creator of XKCD report on his lecture at MIT. From what I could tell from his blog post and can imagine from these pictures, it looks like it was one heck of a good time. According to Slashdot, the audience was bombarded by balls. Sometimes I hate not being? on the East Coast. Usually not, but sometimes.

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It’s because Scott McCloud Never Wears a Skull Bikini

Some people wonder what they should study to know how to make a comic. While I think the multitude of how-too books out there will certainly strengthen your understanding of the medium and thereby your comic, I firmly believe that if you critically read other comics (both good and bad) and see what they do, paying attention to the reasons and the effects, you'll learn enough to let you talent decide if you succeed or fail.

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If You’re Gonna Steal, Steal Smart

I was going to wait a week to talk about this as to keep with the site's motto but I figured I'd try something different this time.

I'm sure a lot of you have already heard about this weekend's Web comic drama. For those who haven't, hold on to your car keys because here we go. A few years ago there was a Web comic by the name of Purple Pussy by Dave Kelly. One of Mr. Kelly's strips was this one here. OK, do you remember what the strip looked like? Could you recognize it if you saw it again? Good, now look at this one here. Looks like a redrawn version for a book or something doesn't it? Yeah, it's not.

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My Comic Creation Can Beat Up Your Comic Creation

Everyone once in a while, my random wandering across cyber-space yields something unexpectedly cool. Yesterday while I was supposed to be working I found something that simultaneously satisfies my need for comic violence and user created content at the same time. Entervoid.com is a site where artists can create heroes and villains and then have them digitally duke it out through comic battles.

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Even I Can Be a Mean Editor

Last week I had an experience that showed me first hand, why Web comics are fundamentally different than print comics. At least different from the kind you'll read in a newspaper. It wasn't really anything I didn't already know, but it came such a way that I can now more clearly explain the difference between the two mediums as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the two.

 

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