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Re: Back on Track

Alice — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:27:57 -0000

I am so happy you are continuing! Thank you for your work.

Re: Summer Sort Of Hiatus!

Thera Hugo — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:20:54 -0000

I get to make up what it is everytime I decide to post something.

Re: Nominees for Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story

Kevin Standlee — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:14:21 -0000

The Foglios explicitly took themselves out of contention this year during their acceptance speech last year. Note that this Hugo Award category will disappear unless re-ratified at this year's World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago. This isn't a vote-by-mail or web poll or send a proxy situation: to vote on keeping (or removing) this category, you have to show up in person at the Business Meeting. All of the attending members are eligible to participate, but usually only about 100 of them do so. It's a direct democracy, and the fate of the Graphic Story Hugo is up for grabs this year in Chicago.

Re: OMG OOTS

Mike the GameMaster — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:29:53 -0000

Holy shnikies... and I can't even raise $2,000 to get new WAGON cards printed... I am in awe.

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Re: Comix Talk for Monday, December 19, 2011

Morgan Wick — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:05:12 -0000

There aren't many review sites out there - Drowemos may have mentioned half the ones that are active. You're not going to find a lot of reviews to aggregate. I thought you were talking about something that crowdsourced opinions, had people vote on good or bad comics.

Re: Comix Talk for Monday, December 19, 2011

xerexes — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:14:06 -0000

Those are review blogs --- not at like Rotten Tomatoes or MetaCritic which are sites that aggregate all (or at least a lot of) reviews into some kind of average score. The idea is to get a broader sense than just one critic's review of something. I don't think it exists for comics let alone webcomics but it' a big web.

Re: Comix Talk for Monday, December 19, 2011

Drowemos — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:25:16 -0000

As for a Meta Critic site for webcomics there is
http://www.tangents.us/ and
http://webcomicoverlook.com/. There used to be more but they sort of died off. The problem is that when you are critiquing something someone put up on the web for free its hard to say anything negative without coming off as a bit of a douche.

It's free content that is visual so it's doesn't even take much time to decide you don't like it and simply move on to something else. How mean can you be to someone for wasting 45 seconds on something that they obviously care a lot about and cost you nothing? In general with webcomic critiques you end up with something that is either overly nice, academic and boring or makes the reviewer seem like a horrible human being that you would like to punch, a lot, in the face and groin, focusing mostly on the groin.

Re: State of Reading Webcomics

b0mberman — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:27:59 -0000

I get my webcomics through rss feed in windows live mail. It sorts feeds by their sources so they are highly organized. I mean, what can be better than having all of your e-mail, news and webcomics all in one place!? It's like reading the newspaper, only there's so much content specialized specifically to make my life much more efficient! If you haven't sorted it out, I would highly recommend it. The only issue is it may take quite a bit of effort in order to set up...

Re: State of Reading Webcomics

Max Vaehling — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:21:04 -0000

Second that. Piperka first, RSS second - and only when the comic isn't listed with Piperka.

No, wait: Twitter and Facebook come in second. Rss has dropped below that.

Haven't tried Ink Outbreak yet, but it sounds interesting. Never heard of Comic Domination.

Re: Comix Talk for Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Kerby | postcard printing — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:58:23 -0000

J-Pop Talk Show is always fun. I'd love to see that The Walking Dead Season 2 premiere you are talking about.

Re: Amulet 4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi

Caroline Lee — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:59:20 -0000

i loved everything of this book! the book extremely awesome! and u have a little mistake up there. it's Leon Redbeard not Redbone.. NICCCE!!!

Re: State of Reading Webcomics

Alexis — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:14:05 -0000

re: Piperka.
Pahula has indicated on the Piperka blog that he's been rethinking the tagging system.
Though it could definitely be improved on the finding new stuff front, on the keeping track front it's still the best option I've found.

Re: Comix Talk for Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Sean Kleefeld — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:44:27 -0000

Man thanks for "props", Xaviar, dated though they are. :)

Re: Will Wacom Inkling Replace the Scanner?

Max Vaehling — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:24:08 -0000

I had the same idea because I'm also looking for a scanner, for similarly stupid compatibility reasons. (And that was it for me and Epson.)

I don't think it'll replace the scanner, though, at least not for me; I scan all kinds of things from inked art and sketches to photographs and things like pieces of cardboard and my chopping board for structure templates.

How useful the inkling is going to be will depend on how we fit it into the workflow. I don't see it in my usual workflow yet, but I can already think of new things to do with it. Stuff that I have to find clumsy workarounds for now.

Re: It's a Month for Conventions

Tovias — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:40:42 -0000

SPX and Intervention are my favorite cons of the year. First, they are both within driving distance (or a short ride on my new favorite conveyance, Amtrak) and I count them as my local conventions. Second, the vibe at these cons is so different from the big, media heavy conventions.

You really get a chance to meet and interact with guests at these conventions and as a creator/guest it is such a blast for me to meet readers (and potential readers).

Plus, as a life-long Herriman fan, the only professional award I've ever wanted as an adult is the Ignatz. Someday that brick will be on my shelf.

Re: Will Wacom Inkling Replace the Scanner?

DumokDuvalles — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:37:35 -0000

the drawings look nice and all, but some folks still like the look of drawings on dead trees. Personally, I prefer using the tablet I use for my sketching and artwork....and the occasional art pad or clipboard of paper.

Re: Adventures with the ComixTALK mailbag

Mark Stokes — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:37:43 -0000

Thanks for the mention Xavier! I agree with you wholeheartedly about the quotes. You made some interesting suggestions which I'll certainly keep in mind the next time I send out a PR. I appreciate the shout-out and the link!

Re: Amulet 4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi

Shawn Granger — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:42:19 -0000

My five year old absolutely loves these books, and I'm happy to read them with her over and over. But they were definitely a concern for the darker matter at the beginning but it was fine. I'm hoping #4 is something that she can still enjoy. Luckily I read them first and if Emily dies we'll be sticking with the first three until she's a bit older...at least 6.

Re: Comix Talk for Monday, August 22, 2011

MJ — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:16:12 -0000

Thanks for the shout out on Welcome To The Jungle©. I really appreciate the added exposure. You are correct the newspapers online presence was recently hacked into and pretty much nothing was salvageable. The powers that be are working on getting that put back online as soon as possible.

Re: Pear-Pear Site Design Changes

Tinf — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:11:00 -0000

I'm always half flippin out when I see that there is a new pear-pear. Can't wait for the double 0.

Re: Pear-Pear Site Design Changes

xerexes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:29:54 -0000

on the archives page maybe you could add a title attribute to the images with a title of the comic it links to? That may go against the philospophy of the comic but I found the archives page a bit intimidating -- didn't know where to click.

-x

Re: Pear-Pear Site Design Changes

Pear-pear — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:12:05 -0000

Thanks for checking it out! :)

Re: Pear-Pear Site Design Changes

Elise W — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:43:31 -0000

This is fabulous! Congrats on the new workspace~ I'm thrilled to see the new pages- new pear-pear is such a treat. (The archives have a great feel to them, by the by)

Re: Comix Talk for Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Chris Crosby — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:53:54 -0000

We didn't announce a movie development deal, we announced the director of the movie: http://www.deadline.com/201...

The script is done, the director is hired, the movie's scheduled to shoot this spring.

(COWBOYS & ALIENS started as one single illustration. That's what they based the screenplay on.)