Amazon discounted a bunch of Comixology comics on the Amazon storefront! Wait… Amazon, Comixology? Amazon owns the online comic store and app, Comixology. Any comics you buy on Amazon, you read with the Comixology app. What is Comixology? Comixology is by far, the leading digital comic app. They have nearly everything. I read all my …
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When did you first discover the webcomic xkcd? If you don’t know about this webcomic, you need to read it NOW. A search through my hard drive resulted in a couple archived instant messages. Earliest reference I have to xkcd is on November 27, 2006. My brother Erik shared xkcd with me through this instant message: yikesmoose: read …
Ben Katchor has such unique views of urban life. Here he draws the parallel of how the durability of prison construction is eventually adopted by the outside world. Tamper-proof toilets and sinks. Detention grade mattresses with welded seams. My favorite part is when a released prisoner recognizes the riot-proof seating in waiting room. In a …
Have a some webcomics you enjoy? How you read these comics? Perhaps you visit each webcomic’s website. Or maybe you rely on the voodoo of Facebook to show (or not show) you the comic. Maybe some webcomics have an email newsletter. One of the best ways to follow a list of webcomics is through an …
(comic courtsey gocomics.com) The mom has some of Calvin’s style of humor in today’s Calvin & Hobbes. It’s nice that the parents aren’t always prototypical boring stiff parents. Here we see where Calvin potentially gets his wits from.
The Muppets comic book (2009-2012) is EXCELLENT! If you like the Muppets, go to your nearest comic book store and pick up the compilation, “The Muppets Omnibus.” (or get it from Amazon) It’s seriously one of the best comics to ever come out. The Muppets are a perfect fit for the comic book format. The …
If you say Seinfeld is a show about nothing, then you know nothing about the Seinfeld sitcom. Seinfield is about everything It’s not a show about nothing. It’s a show about everything, says Nico Lang of the Daily Dot’s great article, “Debunking the biggest myth about ‘Seinfield’ that everyone believes” One could be forgiven for …
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Many comic strips start off with a good joke, but then a disgruntled reaction is tacked on in the last last panel. This disgruntled reaction is most times completely unnecessary. Let the comic genius of the goofy character do their thing. If a character wants to say something funny, let that joke stand on its …
That one panel where calvin throws the water balloon is brilliant. All the action summed up in one panel. Other comic strip artists would have put the “HEY SUSIE!!” in another panel. But here Watterson takes both actions–the before and after and puts it into one panel. In fact, it’s three actions. The before (warning), …
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For the longest of long times I’ve been thinking about starting a webcomic. But I didn’t know what characters to do. Or what to name it. Until now. Dude. It’ll be a webcomic about talking potatoes. Here’s the IM convo that started the idea: And the first webcomic for your pleasure:
