Tag: Webcomics
Kick-Watcher: Not Enough Rings
Zainab brought this Kickstarter to my attention a little while back, which seeks to bring the webcomic Not Enough Rings to print. Drawn by Veronica Vera and edited by Oliver Bareham, Not Enough Rings...
Webcomic alert: Dr Sarcophagus by Ian Boothby and Nina Matsumoto
Ian Boothby and Nina Matsumoto won an Eisner Award in 2009 for "Murder He Wrote," in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #14 (and now they are back with Dr. Sarcophagus, which displays a different...
Andrew Hussie teams up with ShiftyLook
Here's an item that doesn't seem to have gotten too much play in the traditional comics media: as revealed on their Comic-Con pageShiftylook has signed up Homestuck's Andrew Hussie. ShiftyLook, you'll recall, launched last...
Webcomic Alert: Stop trashing the millennials by Matt Bors
Pocitical cartoonist Matt Bors is sooooo good, and his strip on the generation gap between boomers and millennials is the best thing I have read about it, and it helped me accept the fact...
Webcomic Alert: Treasure Island by Connor Willumsen
Experimental comics madman Connor Willumsen has a major new work up called Treasure Island, which is definitely Shavian—Dash Shaw that is—but also...unlike anything really.
Willumsen has a "Pay What You Can" button at the...
Image Expo: Warren Ellis’s Scatterlands launches Image’s DRM-free digital storefront
Image will be publishing digital collections of the handsome webcomic Scatterland by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, it was announced as part of this Image Expo hoopla. You can buy the first collection right...
New issue of The Private Eye is out
Issue #3 of THE PRIVATE EYE, the webcomic by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin, is now available. As before it's in a pay what you want model. The SF story concerns a world...
SDCC ’13 shocker! Actual comics publisher SLG will set up
Bucking trends, fans and How I Met Your Mother, one plucky comics publisher is going ahead with plans to actually set up at Comic-Con next month. San Jose based SLG and their brave...
Webcomic alert: Rat Park
In the 80s a famous experiment was conducted into the roots of drug addiction using rats. Previous experiments had shown that rats left in cages would becoming hopelessly addicted to drugs, hitting them again...
INTERVIEW: Gay Superheroes and Kickstarter Success with Alex Woolfson and Adam DeKraker
The Young Protectors has been running as a webcomic for a little over a year now in the hands of an experienced creative team including writer Alex Woolfson (Artifice), artist Adam DeKraker (Marvel/DC penciler),...
24 Hours of Webcomics, the Master List
On Friday we celebrated webcomics here at The Beat with a day completely devoted to the subject: 24 Hours of Webcomics! For your viewing pleasure, here is a master list of all the webcomics...
24 Hours of Webcomics: Thunderpaw In the Ashes of Fire Mountain
I've mentioned Jen Lee's THUNDERPAW: IN THE ASHES OF FIRE MOUNTAIN before as a "Future comic" -- the panels are animated gifs, a technique that is still being explored for its storytelling possibilities. Since...
