Mark Mekkes, cartoonist behind Zortic and founder of the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards, appeared on G4 TechTV in a segment aired by Attack of the Show to talk about the winners of the WCCA and web comics in general. You can download the video clip of Mark’s segment here.
Just before the recent San Diego Comic Con the guys from Penny Arcade, known online as Gabe and Tycho, made available a limited edition print of one of their characters, the Cardboard Tube Samurai. The high quality cel was printed on industrial grade Mylar and included a laser-etched Penny Arcade medallion and a signature card mounted on the bottom. 750 prints were made at a price of $80 per print. 250 were sold at the convention after which the remaining 500 were made available through their online store at Think Geek.
If you happen to have the good fortune of living somewhere where you get the cable channel G4 TechTV be sure to tune in this Friday to Attack of the Show (formally known as The Screen Savers). Mark Mekkes (Zortic) will be appearing to talk about the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards (WCCA) and web comics in general. The show airs live at 4pm PST / 7pm EST. Be sure to check your local listings.
The continuing story of how Daku and Zampzon created Digital Strips continues in today’s epic tale. Well, sort of. I have started collecting the DS comics in the gallery section of our site, so if you’ve missed the previous ones you can find them there. Soon I’ll set up a regular web comic system with the usual “next”, “back”, “first”, “latest” links.
I’m going to start posting new DS comics with the show posts to give everyone a little added treat. I hope everyone is enjoying them. Continue reading
The recent debates over an ESRB rating change for the video game Grand Theft Auto 3 has taken many forms over the past couple of weeks. Blame and attacks in public forums have raged against the ESRB, video game retailers, Rockstar Games, gamers in general, etc.
To anyone apprised of video game industry drama it will be no surprise to hear that Jack Thompson has gotten involved. Thompson is a lawyer who sees his path to political power as scapegoating all of society’s woes onto video games. Continue reading
The very talented artist and web comic creator Jin Wicked usually keeps herself somewhat insular from other web comic comings and goings. She rarely references other comics online either in her comic (Crap I Drew On My Lunch Break) or on her site. But her most recent work takes a wide sweeping jab at a host of recent web comic drama stories that has gone on between various comic creators and I thought it was pretty clever and worth pointing out.
According to a post made on the Penny Arcade web site, Gabe and Tycho have partnered with Sabertooth Games to create their very own Collectible Card Game. Collectible Card Games, or CCGs, are bought in packets or decks of trading cards and involve all sorts of characters or actions on each card with which players compete against each other.
The PA game will feature well know characters from the popular web comic and involve Sabertooth Game’s own unique Continue reading
Getting a new comic strip added to any newspaper’s comics pages is becoming a Herculean effort. Dwindling newspaper readership causes belt tightening for editors and is leaving little space for new blood in the cartoonist pool.
However, harder does not yet mean impossible and over the past few years some new and young cartoonists have gotten their start with print syndication. These young creators are bringing with them more open attitudes toward the internet and it’s place in the comics industry.
One of the most prolific creators of pixel art web comics is Sean Howard. His online comics, A Modest Destiny and the more recent The Starship Destiny, look very much like 16 bit game graphics, screen shots from a GameBoy game. However, all the artwork is original and the look and feel are only meant to capture the feel of those time gone by graphics.
A Modest Destiny began in 2003 and for almost three years Sean has shown everyone just how far pixel based art can go. Continue reading
We just received this press release from the guys behind Little Gamers. It appears that their latest book is being offered as a free download to their fans and readers. Here are the details from the announcement:
“The creators of the vastly popular online comic “Little Gamers” (http://www.little-gamers.com) releases a printable PDF- version of their first book for free at their site. Continue reading