A lot of people were talking about how to comic this week, or linking to older conversations about how to comic. So that’s what we’re sharing with you today.
Kickstarter of the Week: Widdershins: Piece of Cake
A gifted young baker wants to win the National Bakeoff competition but this year it’s being held in Widdershins, the center of magical activity in England and something of a magnet for trouble.
Mike Dawson, Angie Bongiolatti, and the Shortcomings of Small Press Comics Publishing
Earlier this month, Mike Dawson wrote a brutally honest tumblr post about a cartoonist and their failure to find success. The title, “Advice to the mid-career cartoonist who has failed to build an audience“, might have come across as condescending except that he in fact wrote the post about himself. It is a rough read,…
The Tangled Relationship Between Religion and Comics (Part Two)
In part one of this tangle, I talked about four ways I conceive of the relationship between comics and religion: comics as religion, comics in religion, religion in comics, and religion and comics in dialogue. In this month’s installation, I’ll give you second two categories (religion in comics and religion and comics in dialogue)—but be…
Fail Better: Trigger Warnings — Use Them, Believe in Them
Trigger Warning: This post discusses sexual abuse, depression, and state violence. When I was younger and a much bigger asshole than I am now, I used to scratch my head at trigger warnings. I don’t now. It’s not a complicated issue — be kind, use trigger warnings; no downside.
The DC Daily Planet: Gotham Has the Worst Luck
Happy Friday, Caped Crusaders! I woke up to a disturbing headline in my inbox, and that means I get to share it with all of you, because what is true friendship if not shared suffering?
Attention D&D fans! Audible Has a Free All-Star Recording
For fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Audible has released an anthology of R.A Salvatore’s stories in honor of the 40th anniversary. And for a limited time, it’s completely free to download.
GenCon Guide for Grownups Part II
Once you’ve gotten through your first day or two of GenCon, you may want to level up your experience. You’ve wandered the Exhibit Hall for hours, photographed the coolest cosplayers (after asking nicely and stepping out of the way, of course), and pretended to be elves with a bunch of strangers. Now you’re starving because…
Writing For Free: The Pro’s and Con’s of Comic Book Blogging
Hi. You may have seen me around. I am the Kid’s Content editor for this very site. I love doing it. It’s an opportunity to write about topics that are important to me as well as providing me with an excuse to read more kid’s books and comics. Writing for WWAC gives me a target…
Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (4)
The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of each incarnation of the Ghost in the Shell manga-anime-merchadise franchise. If you care to google, Motoko Kusanagi is autocompletes to “a man” and “is hot,” then “in bed with a boy” and “in bed.” For a science-fiction philosophy character named for her military position, we (the audience — although I don’t…
#1reasontobe Continues at GDC Europe
This week wrapped up the Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe), the largest game developer conference in Europe. It’s hosted by the UBM Tech Game Network which also hosts the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest and longest runner industry-only event. As one of the markets of UBM Tech, it’s not surprising that the…
I’m Loving: Teen Dog! Maybe? We’re conflicted.
What is a teen dog? What is this comic? What is this press release that has found its way into my inbox? Teen. Dog. “HE’S THE COOLEST CAT IN TOWN. EXCEPT HE’S A DOG. TEEN DOG!” is how the pitch for BOOM! Studios’ latest starts. A new BOOM! Box ongoing, Teen Dog is written and illustrated…