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§ Spike is 2/3rds of the way to pre-selling enough copies to print TEMPLAR, AZ.
Oh MAN, did I have a busy weekend. Sorry I...
Intended audience reviews youth comics
Over at Newsarama, a couple of youngsters have reviewed all the all-ages comics at LUNCHBOX. We couldn't find the ages of the reviewers given,...
Bitpass closes
Do you remember micropayments? Well, if you ever listened to Scott McCloud in the 90s you do. Micropayments were the idea that you could...
More on SUGARSKULL
We received a nice note from Alice Hunt of the new Sugarskull webcomics collective, with a bit more information:
Sugarskull is a group of people...
Fear, My Dear at ACT-I-VATE plus party
Dean Haspiel is previewing his new ACT-I-VATE strip, FEAR, MY DEAR. The official launch is February 1, which happens to coincide with
The Act-i-vate...
Ramdom news and notes
§ Are fansubs destroying the American anime industry? This article at ComiPress says yes.
In 2006, rumors spread about anime distributor Central Park Media's bankruptcy...
Help Spike print TEMPLAR, AZ
Webcomicker Spike is trying to get advance orders to help her print a collection of her long-runningTemplar, Arizona:
So here's the deal.I want to publish...
New Webcomics collectives: LUNCHBOX and SUGARSKULL
Dean Trippe writes to announce a new all--ages webcomics collective, LUNCHBOX:
We're announcing the launch of a new comics collective featuring some of the finest...
SPACEMAN the webcomic
We accidentally posted this the other day but here's the official link to SPACEMAN an interesting looking new webcomic by Matt Kish, and drawn...
YOUNG BOTTOMS IN LOVE finds print
Another webcomic makes the jump to print:
Building on the success as a daily Web comic at Popimage.com, YOUNG BOTTOMS IN LOVE, Poison Press is...
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
Josh Neufeld's A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge has just debuted at Smith Magazine.
Neufeld wrote about the strip and his research recently at...
Sluggards post thoughts
Both Chris Butcher and Joey Manley sent letters apologizing for missing the Beat's Year End Survey, but posted their answers on their own weblogs...
