The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington has just opened an exhibit on webcomics. Called Morning Serial: Webcomics Come to the Table, the exhibit features pieces from Evan Dahm (Riceboy), Aaron Diaz (Dresden Codak), Erika Moen (Bucko), Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, Emily Ivie (The Locked Maze), Dylan Meconis (Family Man), Sutu, and Spike Trotman …
ShiftyLook, the webcomics site being put together by Namco/Bandai to create new comics with videogame tie ins, has announced some more titles. Comicsbeat covers the press release so we don’t have to…
When I review a series for magazines or websites often I have to catch up on the whole comic. Fortunately, with Comic Rocket the archive of a webcomic is available to me in a simple to access location. I’m able to absorb the whole package in just a few sittings and get my article together …
With a nod to the Brits at Bleeding Cool who wake up 8 hours before we do, here’s an article about Zach Weiner who does Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It’s from Silicon Alley Insider which is one of the so-called Business Insider verticals (a fancy term for websites they took over, something we used to …
Starting this month Comic Rocket is posting our Top 15 Most Visited Webcomics List, employing an actual rocket scientist to the task. While a large part of our methodology is secret sauce, it involves linear regression and traffic estimates based on real world data of many sorts. We’ve gathered information on the most popular and …
It was only a matter of time. We knew Apple was the sleeping giant of digital comics and when they awoke we thought the world would shake. Well, they have come to, sort of. The iBooks part of the iTunes store has graphic novels now. The world is unshaken. But will it remain that way? …
If you’ve seen our Google+ or Facebook feeds you’ll notice we’re following webcomics collective Act-i-vate. It’s mostly because they’re some long-time comic pros and webcomic-ers led by veteran Dean Haspiel. But also because they’ve become more um…active…in their promotions lately. Most importantly though they have good comics. Sam & Lilah is one of them. The …
Tony Cliff’s beautifully-drawn comic Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant concluded yesterday. While I would love to see where these characters go next, Cliff wrapped up the story in a very satisfying way. Now would be a great time to read this 160-page comic, while waiting for whatever its creator comes up with next… Update: …
Imagine a gothic mash up of Sandman and Harry Potter and you have Tom Siddell’s Gunnerkrigg Court, a fantasy comic set on the fictional grounds of a large boarding school of the same name. The main character is a young student named Antimony Carver whose parents have a past entwined with the school’s history. Antimony …
Let this be a lesson to all aspiring webcomics creators: This will never happen to you. If it makes you feel any better you can feel as though Rich Burlew has won the lottery. Or if you want to feel worse figure that Rich worked his butt off for eight-plus years cultivating a community from …
