Those of you who catch my livestream (oh look shameless link) know that I can have a bit of a temper, especially when it comes to internet critics and comics. If you caught it last night, you heard my basic philosophy: critics can go screw themselves. BUT. That statement needs clarification. Webcomic artists, writers and [...]
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…had to reinstall WP, forgot to back up my theme. Will get things back together shortly!
InterventionCon Debriefing
(Another convention report that’s been sitting unpublished forever) I attended Intervention in Rockville, MD, which was September 10-12th 2010. This was Intervention’s first year, and I must say, it was quite good! It was very well organized, had great guests (Pete Abrams, Dirk Tiede, squee!), and was at a great location. The only thing Intervention [...]
SpiderForest Webcomic Collective Now Accepting Applications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen KEZ Howard Email: warofwinds@gmail.com SPIDERFOREST WEBCOMIC COLLECTIVE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNTIL JULY 24TH The SpiderForest Webcomic Collective is accepting applications for new members until July 24th. SpiderForest accepts applications only twice yearly, in January and July, for the first three weeks of each month. Current members vote on each application for [...]
Get Your Filler Out of Your Archive
For cripes sake, please, take your filler out of your archive! I beg you! Please consider, if you are a new reader checking out this AWESOME-LOOKING comic and you go straight to the first page….and it’s some sort of “hey I’m new at this and I’m talking to you and aren’t comics great these are [...]
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and the CCA
Hopefully you all will see this post, or something similar to it going around a LOT today. Spread the word on your own sites (verbatim if you want, as I am), and please, donate to this worthy cause! This comes from Lora Innes, the driving force and organizer behind the whole Comic Creators Alliance! —– [...]
Host vs Affiliates vs Collective vs Publisher
Ever since Keenspot announced its dissolution, there has been much chatter on the web condemning comic collectives. The gripe is that Keenspot, the first, elite, webcomic publisher, decided to announce that they would no longer be accepting new members, and that the majority of comics would have to find a new home. While I am [...]
SpiderForest Application Season Opens Tomorrow
So get yer huntin’ license and check out our applyin‘ page! Or something very much less hick in better humor. Sorry for the lack of articles, again. I’ve been very, very busy with grad school as well as multiple creative projects of my own. I’ve been sitting on that review of the CMS istrip, as [...]
Impressive Anniversaries: Nahast
A little break from the norm today. Instead of how-to’s and why-not’s, I’d like to bring to your attention a most fantastic mile-stone reached by Alejandro “Al-X” Melchor of Nahast: Lands of Strife. As of November 2, Nahast is seven years old (and on the Day of the Dead no less)! Congrats, Al-X, and I’m [...]
Press Release: SpiderForest Comics in Cartoon Art Museum
* * * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* * * * * Contact: Samantha Wikan email: swikan @ doodlebot.net SPIDERFOREST COMICS IN CARTOON ART MUSEUM A Virtual Gallery As Part of Monsters of Webcomics Exhibit Georgetown, Texas, USA – 11 August 2009: The Comic Art Museum in San Francisco, California, is hosting “The Monsters of [...]
