Bad Machinery Volume One: The Case of the Team Spirit. Football! A comic with football in it. The World Cup’s still on! Bad Machinery is a comic from John Allison, who should be hailed even more loudly than he already is (I mean, I assume that he is? I take it for granted) for the wicked,…
Interview: Courtney Hahn, Co-Creator of Podunk
Courtney Hahn is doing excellent work in all age comics. She’s been webcomicing, drawing, and guest-posting like a boss. Her illustrations are bright, happy, and clever. Even the ideas behind the comics make me smile. Like Uni-puppy. It’s a puppy unicorn. There is everything to love about that. I met Courtney at last weekend’s Kids…
Interview: Magical Intern Pretty Risa!
Magical Girls! We love them! Of course we do! And with a very senshi summer looming, this is the perfect time to look at some current magical girl output. What’s your favourite? What do you wish we would look at? Be it manga, OEL, webcomics or fantastic hardback printed-to-last graphic novels, we (and you!) should…
Webcomics Capsules — Horror, Feminism and Sex Toys
Webcomics Capsules is a conglomerate of short webcomics reviews. What’s on the menu today? Supernatural horror, feminist superheroics, slice of life storytelling, and sex toys. What a mix! The Fox Sister Christina Strain and Jayd Aït-Kaci Supernatural horror Updates: Thursdays (coming back soon) Yun Hee was nine when she woke up to find her sister…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Creepy Webcomics Bonanza!
Web-Comic Broodhollow Blends the Cute and the Creepy Larry Cruz at Robot 6 looks at Kris Staub’s webcomic Broodhollow which manages to be both adorable and one of the scariest comics being published right now. The first complete chapter of this webcomic is up here to catch up on the series and follow along with the on-going…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Web Comics Galore!
Smut Peddler Creator’s Comic Poorcraft to be Serialized as Free Webcomic C. Spike Trotman, the creator behind big Kickstarter successes SmutPeddler and Sleep of Reason, has just started serializing her book Poorcraft as a webcomic. Poorcraft is all about the tricks to getting by on a low income and has lots of practical advice for those out there making less than…
Readership Response and its Effect on Creators
Reading webcomics is a neat experience, both like and unlike reading comics on paper. Instead of waiting for Wednesday for one week’s worth of monthly comics, many webcomics update weekly, multiple times a week, or even daily, giving a reader a much shortened wait time. Instead of waiting for a graphic novel, a reader can…
Pole Dancing Adventures’ author talks about sexuality, prejudice and comics
Pole Dancing Adventures is a webcomic by Leen Isabel. It is a fun and light read that shares some straight-from-life situations related to pole dance. The updates are generally one or two panels, and vary from instructional, to motivational to comical. You can see that Leen is in love with her art. This makes the…
Webcomics: balderdash!, Magic, Baking, Elk, and Friendship
balderdash! or, the Baker’s Apprentice is a comic created by Victoria Grace Elliott, whose work you can also find at House of Orr and Goog Friday. balderdash! (little B) follows the young witch Georgie, who leaves her family home to study a human-style, non-magical bakery in a town far away. It’s a story of big, blousy…
Interview with Lindsay Cibos
Lindsay Cibos and her creative partner Jared Hodges are major up-and-comers in the manga world. In 2003 she won the Grand Prize in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga competition for Peach Fuzz. They published the work in a three volume set and then extended their talents to produce several instructional books based in manga and…
Interview with Jim Anderson
One of my favorite webcomics is by fellow Michiganian, Jim Anderson: the all-age-friendly Ellie on Planet X. The colors are rich, gorgeous, and minimalist all at once. The storyline is unique and funny. The dialogue is perfecto. I was thrilled to be able to interview Jim earlier this week.
Webcomics: In loving memory
I discovered the wonderful world of webcomics over a decade ago thanks to my best friend and internet Big Sis, Selena Ulrich. She introduced me to the likes of Cool Cat Studio and Sinfest. Along with Livejournal, webcomics became an integral part of getting through those slow work days. And webcomics never meant more to…
