Digital Strips 148

Three more new strips for everyone this week. This time around, the themes are bears and really great art. Each of these creators has a really knack for the use of color in the medium and could really go far, and exactly 2/3 of the strips feature talking bears in role or the protagonist so that’s pretty cool too. Tune to find out who loved and who hated

One Swoop Fell by Mike Dutton

Ellie Connelly By Indigo Kelliegh

Bear Nuts By Allison

Also in this episode my entire life turns out to be a lie, so you should atleast tune in for that.

Digital Strips 147

It’s time for a review. This time on the chopping block is Hereville, the adventures of a plucky young girls and her quest to become a fair dinkum dragon slayer. Along the way she’ll meet witches, battle trolls and teach us all a little bit about bravery and a lot about Jewish culture. Find out what we thing of the whole thing on this episode of Digital Strips.

As always we welcome your comments and suggestions as to how we can help bring the best 10% of Web comics to the world.

It’s a month full of fantasy paintings, crappy word balloons, and surprisingly, not a zombie in site. It’s Zuda Watch for October 2008. We learn a lot about our selves, what kind of comics we like, what kind we don’t like and how important the basics really are when it comes to making a really great comic. Come and learn with us won’t you.

Digital Strips 146

One a very special Zuda watch, we learn a whole lot about Midnight. It turns out he’s a sensitive man who loves his grandmother and vampires. He’s a powerful defender of decency and is not afraid to admit when he is very very wrong. Tune in and we all grow closer together and tear down both emotional walls, and the egos of various Zuda creators.

We also see that Steve doesn’t get dirty names very often. Like at all. Even the obvious ones.

Show 144

Strips mentions in this show (let me know if I missed any)

The Pet Professional

Wonderella

Rex Libris (not a web comic but still awesome)

Sad Robots. Sad Dinosaurs. Sad Stick Figures. We haven’t review this much sad black and white stuff since Pictures for Sad Children. This show takes on The Robot is Sad by Tam Nguyen of The Daily Cougar. Beyond the nature of this strip we get into a bit about what works on the Web, what works better in a newspaper and where this particular strip falls. Good times are had all around.

DS 143 Review: The Robot is Sad

I believe that this episode will go down in history as the show with the most uses of the words “pedophile,” “douchebag” and “wiener” and the phrase “ass slapping in church” in the history of Digital Strips. What comic could possible inspire sure bawdy langauge from such upstanding group of citizens as ourselves? Why none other than Captain Excelsior. This strip is yet another look into the personal lives of superheroes. Does this one have the gumption to rise above the crowd and truly excel? Tune in to find out.

Digital Strips 142 – Review: Captain Excelsior

It’s that time of the month again, and it a totally awesome way. This month’s Zuda crop struck us as stronger overall than months past and there was good stuff. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t find things to be mean about.

One of the big themes in this week’s show were summaries. Jason and I didn’t even realize there were summaries for the Zuda competitors (we both fear large blocks or text) but Brigid found herself referring to them often. We talk briefly about how summaries can be used properly and not so properly.

Once again, if the player is still being fussy (read: frustratingly stupid) Digital Strips 141can be found via clicking the blue words. We’ve got top men on it. Top men.

Further proof that the world is coming to the end, Jason and Steve do a whole review of a comic featuring topless women without having the whole show be about boobs. Maybe Brigid really is bringing some class this place.

During this years WCCA‘s there were two strips that cleaned housed: Lackadaisy which we reviewed a while back and all loved, and Octopus Pie which we’re reviewing now. Will it also recieve total affection? Tune in now, (or later, when you have time, that’s kind of the beauty of podcasting) to find out.

Podcast editor’s note, sorry this took so long to post, between my internet going down and various services being picky, this is much later than anticipated. And if the above player still isn’t working, try this link http://cdn2.libsyn.com/digitalstrips/DS_140_-_Review_Octapus_Pie.mp3

Ah… another week, another Web comic held up to unrequested scrutiny. This week we take on Planet Saturday, a strip that at first we thought was a kid’s strip but turned out to be great for adults. Brigid and Jason thought Monty Kane’s creation was the best thing since sliced bread while I thought it was good, but should not be compared to bread of any kind. But then again I really like bread.

After that we make fun of Jason for having feelings. Stupid, stupid feelings

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