Catchin’ Up With Web Comic Books ~OR~ Collect ‘Em All!

While driving home one fateful afternoon, I found myself listening in on an old Blank Label Comics podcast which featured hosts Kristofer Straub and Dave Kellett chatting with Scott Kurtz about anything and everything. They gabbed about Lost, enjoyed several inside jokes (seemingly a mainstay whenever Kurtz and Straub surf the airwaves together), and talked about the importance of printed works of webcomics. Kurtz stated that he took pride in his webcomic book collection and was thrilled at the thought of sharing these editions with his children and grandchildren, telling them of the time when comics first came to the Internet and the age of imagination and reinvention they brought to the stagnant artform.

Ok, so those weren’t his exact words, but the feeling was certainly there. And echoing that sentiment, I have begun building my own collection. And in the hopes that you will do the same, I hope to cover more printed collections here in this space, which I’m calling…

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Digital Strips Livecast – Tonight!

We’ll be doing our second livecast tonight (March 14th) at 9:30PM Eastern. In this episode, we will discuss the merits (or possible demerits) of Chris Onstad’s Achewood. I love the strip, Daku hates it, and Brandon is afraid of it. It’ll be an interesting mixture of tastes here, so we look forward to you giving us your opinions on the matter. All you need to do is visit talkshoe.com, download the free software, and call in with Skype or your own phone. See you there!

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Interview With Wes Molebash, Creator of You’ll Have That ~OR~ Rebuttal

As a follow-up to the recent review of You’ll Have That, Vol. 2, I shot Wes a few questions to get his thoughts on the criticism and to squeeze out any other juicy secrets while I’ve got the chance. Enjoy!

Do you plan on including more content/strips in collections for the future or are you happy with the size now?

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Digital Strips Livecast, this Wednesday!

Hey, folks. Just reminding y’all that we’ll be having ourselves our second Digital Strips Livecast this Wednesday the 14th at 9:30 Eastern. You can find it by clicking the link, and downloading the free software. Then, you just call in with Skype or your own phone. Simple enough, yes?

In said episode, we’ll be discussing Achewood, by Chris Onstad. It’ll be an interesting show, because I love it and Daku hates it. We’re looking to have a lot of varying opinions from callers to figure out what makes Achewood so damned interesting, or what makes it so damned awful, depending on who you are. Expect lots of heavy analysis and child-like name calling.

So. We’ll see you on Talkshoe, This Wednesday the 14th at 9:30 Eastern for the next Livecast!

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How Far Can You Walk Into an Achewood?

Time to clean out the gutters and make some announcements. First, if you have been listening to the Podcast you already know this, the next Talkcast is being delayed for a week due to scheduling conflicts. This will be the review of the highly regarded yet officially ignored (by Myself and Brandon) strip of Achewood. We’ve been rounding up the guests to debate to figure out why this strip is so loved and reviled at the same time so come join us on March 14th for our second live show.

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DS 109: Review of Gunnerkrigg Court

Digital Strips Show 109
Digital Strips : Show 109
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This is big week for us. We’re getting ready for our biggest presence at a Con yet with Phil, Brandon, Brigid, and myself all in attendance. There’s also the start of our third annual We Love Web Comics contest and some choice words for WCCA. I don’t like being annoyed and you’ll shocked by how I rebound. All this big news items can only be followed up by surprise recommendation from Barry Gregory. A truely unique strip that always amazes. Join us as we explore the halls of Gunnerkrigg Court.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
  • New York Comic Con
  • 2007 Web Cartoonist’s Choice Awards presented by Ryan Estrada
  • We Love Web Comics 2007
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    The NEW Digital Strips Livecast!

    If you’ve been listening in on the show you’re already aware of this but considering I believe there’s no such thing as too much coverage here’s the blog announcement. Next Wednesday Phil will be hosting the first ever Digital Strips Live review show on Wednesday Feb. 7, 9PM Eastern, where he will subject himself to your every whim. That’s right, the guys who led the way with the first web comics podcast are finally catching up with a live review, months after everyone else. You can’t blame us for not listening, just for being lazy.

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    Where’s the Podcast?

    It’s been recorded and we’re only a couple days from recording another. You ask yourself “So where is it then?” You would be a sane person and here is my inadequate answer. I’ve been restoring not only the post archives over the past few months but also the podcast archives. That’s right the first 40 shows which includes some of our biggest interviews and reviews will finally be available for you.

    The problem is there is an upload limit in libsyn. We typically don’t even use half it but it turns out uploading 20 shows Continue reading

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    Atlanta Webtoonist Meet-up

    This is something I’ve been meaning to do for quite some time now. Ever since the DC one started up I was frustrated by just how far away DC is from Atlanta. Well I’ve decided to do something about it. If you are interested in joining me in a monthly (or bi-monthly depending on the interest) meeting in Atlanta then leave a comment with your strip and where you are coming from. You can also send an email to me but the more interest people see the larger the crowd.

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