Webcomics

Gorman's art tumblr has quite a few little animated gifs that work as storytelling devices. Clean and nice.

We'll know what to call it thanks to this Lisa Hanawalt comic published in the Believer.

Sean Pryor is a talented young cartoonist we've been keeping an eye on for a while, and we're happy to point you to his debut as a writer/artist, "Techno Junkie" for Royal Flush. It's a dark fable about when seclusion meets technology addiction. Pryor previously illustrated "30 DAYS IN THE HOLE" for Royal Flush, as well as several stories with Harvey Pekar for Royal Flush and The Pekar Project.

As incredible as it is to believe, there is OTHER news today. Like a guest ACT-I-VATE strip called "Even Gorillas have Pride!" written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dean Haspiel for the PANELS FOR PRIMATES series.

Donna Barr is one of the more eccentric cartoonists to come out of the whole self-publishing movement -- her signature book, DESERT PEACH, is about gay Nazis, for instance. Currently she's working on a webcomic called A LITTLE DEATH, which illustrates readers written comments on how they think they'll die. Like we said -- fun, but a little weird.

Cartoonist Mike Dawson has revealed the cover for TROOP 142, his Boy Scout epic coming out from Secret Acres this fall. The book will debut at SPX. TROOP 142 ran as a webcomic and follows a group of Boy Scouts on a retreat in 1995 and the things they learn about boyhood, manhood and more. It's an excellent story, without sentiment, and has already won an Ignatz as Best Online Comic.

BTW, a bit more about Powernap, the webcomics collective we mentioned in the previous post. While it's still in its early stages, members include...

Award-winning illustrator/cartoonist Koren Shadmi's graphic novel IN THE FLESH was published by Random House in 2009. Now he's working on a webcomic called THE ABADDON, which he describes as "Jean Paul Sartre meets Three’s Company" with humor and drama meeting existential dilemmas.

Webcomics anthology Act-i-vate presents a one-shot today,HURRICANE WILMA by Miami-based artist Omar Angulo.

Is a Bill Blackbeard for Webcomics necessary since so much that is on the web is entirely ephemeral and can disappear in the blink of an eye? We'd argue: yes. The Wayback Nachine isn't enough. Look at Tokyopop's website -- a couple of no-follows and you're lost forever.

Announced at last weekend's Boston Comic Com, TEENAGE SATAN is an upcoming webcomic by Stephanie Buscema, Candis Cooke, and Marsha Cooke. (The Cookes are the niece and wife, respectively, of artist Darwyn Cooke.) It involves, well, Teenage Satan coming to Earth and going to high school while surrounded by awesome mid-century lettering.

This is what the internet was made for