The online web comic Fatsquad has a great write up in their local New Hampshire paper, Foster’s Daily Democrat. The comic is apparently an auto biographical ongoing account of a group of guys living together and trying to make it in the world. It’s a humorous look into the creator’s own lives.

The detailed article talks about the strip and profiles the artists involved. I had a look at Fatsquad and liked what I saw. The character designs are especially cool, I love the look these guys are coming up with. Go check them out, we wish them luck with their comic.

The National Public Radio show Market Place ran a story this morning about Scott Kurtz and his efforts to bring his web comic PVP into newspapers for free.

This has been a topic of some contention. Some syndicated cartoonists point towards Kurtz’s effort as a potential problem should syndicates ever see value in including web site addresses with the artist’s comics and begin to charge for the currently common practice. Continue reading →

J. Jacques has put an original piece of artwork from his very popular web comic Questionable Content up on eBay. The piece is an original sketch drawn in pencil and inked over in smooth finished lines. The pencil work is still visible and the drawing is signed.

This is a three day auction that began today. The starting price was set at $1.00 and with 26 bids the price currently sits at $100.00. Clearly this is a popular collectors item for web comic fans. Perhaps more original artwork from Jacques is on the way? We wish him luck for a lucrative sale.

The 2005 UK Web and Mini Comix Thing has come and gone. This was a gathering of independently published and web comic creators full of displays, panel discussions, and sales all meant to promote the underground comics spirit. Ping Teo has a great post show wrap up over on her blog, Webcomic Finds.

Unfortunately, neither myself or Daku were in the UK for the event, but the web site for the UKW&MCT has tons of great photos from the event and several video clips from the panel discussions. Now if only we could get one of these going here in the states … preferably on the East Coast for purely selfish reasons.

The Daily Grind’s Iron Man Challenge, an online competition for web cartoonists meant to foster a more strict adherence to stated update schedules for web comics, has lost another contestant. Only four days after the first cartoonist bowed out Richard Guidry became the second. Rather than miss an update and get tossed out of the competition Richard voluntarily left citing personal life issues that were getting in the way of his daily updates. He explains this further in a forum post.

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American political cartoonist Ted Rall travels extensively throughout Central Asia and writes his comic based on his personal experiences during his travels and the political atmosphere he encounters. His comics are published to the web via EurasiaNet.org and are archived there back through 2002.

In a posted interview with Rall, he talks about some of his recent experiences. A quote from the interview, “Rall said Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan provide a treasure trove of news that is of interest to an American audience: Turkmenistan because of its eccentric president, and Uzbekistan because of its role on the war on terror.”

The online review journal for comics on the web, The Web Comics Examiner, has made it’s quarterly update recently, but the content update comes with an announcement that it is going on hiatus. The Examiner is the first online publication to have treated web comics as a viable source of creative expression and legitimacy. It sought to explore the most experimental and creatively forward thinking comics available on the web.

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