New ZUDA for February
Sheldon Vella’s SUPERTRON was the January winner and now ten new contestants have entered the swimsuit competition! As usual, the entrants are a fairly obscure bunch except for Kevin Colden, whom we've mentioned here...
LAUGH-OUT-LOUD CATS book available
Have we mentioned lately how much we love Apelad aka Adam Koford? Actually we did, but we want to say it again. His LAUGH-OUT-LOUD CATS webcomic is a multi-leveled satire that mixes the rich...
Rodrick Rules? No — Wimpy Kid rules!
We hear that DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES, the second volume of Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid series, will debut at #1 on this Sunday's NY Times Bestseller list. Wimpy Kid book 1...
Funny comics that people on LJ sent us
Alex Cox does Project Runway
Benchilada does Hemingway
Zuda: January
A bevy of new Zuda contestants are up for the month of January—the entrants seem to have taken a move towards the surreal comedy end of the spectrum and look more polished. And we're...
Stars of ’08: Dash Shaw
With THE BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON a 720-page graphic novel coming out later this year (from Fantagraphics), stories in MOME and Marvel Comics, and the online serialization of his new comic Body World busting across...
Platinum starts SPLASTK
Yet another business launch for Platinum Studios, this one billed as "the first web syndicated on-demand video network featuring free comic book-inspired animated content powered by the Splastk player."
Platinum Studios, Inc., an entertainment company...
THE CROOKED MAN
There's a new Zuda competition up, in case you forgot. As far we were concerned, both THE ADVENTUES OF MAXY J. MILLIONAIRE and THE CROOKED MAN should get contracts because they are both fine...
Free on the web equals sales?
The New York Times very conveniently points out that the biggest selling American graphic novel of 2007 is available for free on the web and has been for some time:
Despite laments about youngsters spending...
Flash revealed
Jim Shelley has a somewhat technical yet comprehensible explanation of why Flash doesn't always look so great and tends to "muck with your fonts." Complete with screen grabs.
"But Jim, why would I ever reduce...
