The Stumptown Comics Fest 2012 is coming up this weekend (April 28th & 29th, 2012). The show began in Portland, Oregon back in 2004 when several local cartoonists decided to take matters into their own hands to create a convention for themselves. Attendance has continued to increase year over year culminating in a larger room …
And lo! More concrete evidence of Hollywood beginning to mine webcomics for content: Axe Cop has been optioned by Fox for a late night animation block. Axe Cop is exactly the sort of property a rival net or channel might want to use for competition against Adult Swim to nail down the 18-24 male demographic. …
While walking around Emerald City Comicon, I was struck by the large number of webcomic creators who had plushies for sale. It seemed like all the big name comics (and some upcoming creators!) had a fuzzy critter for sale. They were all cute, so I had to take a few of them home: Several comic …
The Stumptown Comic Arts Award 2012 ballot is live now! Vote for your favorites. Also the schedule of panels and workshops for Stumptown 2012 is up. Make your choices carefully. There’s a lot of good stuff this year going on simultaneously.
Digital Comics purveyor Graphic.ly has exited the comics market according to their latest press email. While they plan to continue supporting the comics their customers have already bought from them, they are no longer going to sell new comics. Additionally, they are going to close down their iPad, iPhone and Android stores as well as …
