Tag: Webcomics

We live in a pretty amazing time for comics, as my previous post on SVA's graduating class suggested. You could spend the whole day doing nothing but looking at mind boggling art on Tumblr. And once in a while something clicks. One young cartoonist who crossed my radar of late is Talya Modlin, whose webcomic is called Blimpakind!

Of late, former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has been returning to his comics roots, with the final volume of Umbrella Academy, and a proposed comic about punk cats called "All Ages" which he teased earlier this year on Twitter. And now he's written and drawn a comics about Twitter and twitter abuse. This obviously ties in a bit with an essay on the artists relation to their fan base he wrote earlier this year. And to be fair, when you're an idolized rock star, the intensity of fan reactions can be...strong.

As part of their "Project Black Sky" superhero lone relaunch, Dark Horse is launching a series of webcomics  at ProjectBlackSky.net. They've been promoting the launch via their viral IWatchTheSky.com site. The comcis will be scripted by Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy, Conan) along with various artists. Colorist Dan Jackson and letterer Nate Piekos are also part of the team. The comcis will run until September with new content almost daily. YOu can also pick up a Free Comic Book Day Project Black Sky book tomorrow.

Io9's Lauren Davis has compiled this list of 51 Awesome Webcomics The Eisners Have Completely Failed To Recognizethat really functions as a basic list of Webcomics 101 (Although there are certainly omissions.) Still if you wanted to catch up the list is a great start.

Giancarlo Volpe, showrunner of Green Lantern the Animated Series has drawn a comic about a focus group test of the cartoon. It's an...

A new comic by French cartoonist Boulet is always worth noting, and this one about the horror of buying new clothes is no exception,...

I saw Sam Alden reading these at the NY Comcis SYmposium the other night and let's just say it gets better and better. He...

Kate Beaton's DUCKS, an autobiographical comic about her time working at Fort McMurray runs five parts and here are links. Fort McMurray is part...

Every so often a comic arrests you on the spot, and you're drawn wholly into a new world, style, and story. It happens sometimes...

Jeff Smith's webcomic Tuki Save The Humans is back in a redesigned website that shows how spectacular the comic is.

 Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes have created a new webcomic called The Key as part of the BC's Freedom2014 project spotlight free speech issues....

A year or two ago I spoke to the creative team of The Only Living Boy about their project, a successful Kickstarter which led...