After The Bean Men left amidst a slew of controversy, it became obvious to all that the Webcomic Idol contest Bomb Shelter Comics whipped up was less than kosher. Sure, the idea was a great one, some might even go as far as saying it was too bold to be done correctly and efficiently the first around. Well, those some people would be correct.

So, with shady voting practices becoming more and more prevalent, the BSC powers-that-be ended the contest before any more creative hearts were unjustly broken. But what to do about those still left in the running? And would there be any saving graces for those already denied passage?

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Ask and ye shall receive: Comics blogger Dave Lartigue posts his best-of-2006 list and he includes two webcomics, Dinosaur Comics and Teaching Baby Paranoia, in among the Marvel and manga and Serious Graphic Novels. In fact, it’s a nicely balanced list.

Also, Derik Badman commented below that he included webcomics in his 2006 roundup. Of course, Derik has a webcomic of his own, Things Change, so he can be considered to be among the already converted.

Comic Book Resources has a feature about a new webcomic by Paul Harmon, Welcome to Falling Oaks. The CBR story includes Continue reading →

Comixpedia is reporting that the Webcartoonist’s Choice Awards have been delayed a extra week, giving you plenty of time to think over the nominees and cast your votes wisely! But… did anyone even KNOW the WCCAs were coming up?

Outside of much more reputable awards like the Eisners, the WCCAs are the best way we have of determining who is the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the king of the mountain. So do you care enough about making this erstwhile hobby into something bigger? Continue reading →

Ever heard of a cascading failure? If you’re a fan of TNG then you probably saw that episode with Data where he’s trying to save his daughter. Well I had one of those. The past two weeks I have been restoring the post archives along with their comments. I managed to get all the posts but in the middle of restoring the comments my laptop decided to fart on me. But that wasn’t enough. Since it had already farted 6 months ago this time it was a nice and juicy one that cascaded down to my USB backup drive and broke it. Yeah that’s right, all the DS archives were located on the laptop and backed-up on the hard drive. Continue reading →

Crap-suck. That's the only hyphenated work I can come up with to describe how I felt when I saw that David Morgan-Mar has decided to quite his daily Lego-fuelled romp known as Irregular Webcomic. New Year's Eve is supposed to be happy, not crap-sucky.

**EDIT** Aparently it was all a big joke. A punch line I didn’t get. Everything is still going as normal over there. If you stopped reading, start again. Next time anyone in Webcomics feels the urge to post a fake I’m leaving strip, tell us first. We won’t let the secret out, but we won’t tell anyone that it’s real either.**/EDIT**?

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After a week of being neck deep in restoring the posts and comments I just have to take a break. What sort of stocking stuffers do I have for you?

Webcomic Idol – I haven’t given this contest its due considering how bomb shelter took a tired idea and applied it to web comics. My first impression is not another knock-off, but the guys seemed to have done it right and picked up a great variety of comics for you to vote off and us judges to comment. I have to admit I liked only half of them and I haven’t done my part as well as I could. It has its problems, Continue reading →

The latest scandal, some financial advice, and the funnies—who needs dead-tree newspapers when you’ve got Digital Strips?

Pwned! Penny Arcade delivers a well-deserved kick in the pants to Sony for their ill-advised attempt to market PSP3 with a fake blog. PA’s commentary is scathing.

Can you make a living doing webcomics? That’s what Gary Tyrrell at Fleen is trying to figure out. He looks at basic assumptions and asks readers who have their own webcomics to send their info along, Continue reading →

A zany comedy, a tender love story, and a cynical anti-romance enacted by cats—these three comics are Netcomics' way of ushering you into the wonderful world of manwha, or Korean comics.

Netcomics caused quite a stir last January by making its North American debut with ten new titles. While that may seem ambitious, what really got people talking was their business model: They make one chapter a week available on the web for a low price, currently 25 cents per chapter.

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Greetings, webcomic lovers! It’s your ol’ pal Midnight, reporting for the first time ever from the land of the married folk! The honeymoon is over, the Mrs. and I are gladly celebrating the holidays together and it seems there are some good feelings to pass along in the world of webcomics as well.

Through the magic of e-mail newsletters, the announcement of issue #1 of DJ Coffman’s eagerly-anticipated Hero By Night has been heard ’round the Internets! And not only will the first issue of this classic superhero tale be available very soon, but the comic book ordering service, Previews, has seen fit to feature the webcomicky goodness with a full-page spread!

To make this awesome opportunity a success for DJ, find your local, Previews-enabled comic shop via the Comic Book Shop Locator Service and tell them to carry Hero By Night, or else the terrorists win. People will do ANYTHING when you tell them the consequence is more terrorism.