Webcomic Beacon #56: Photo Comics, featuring Night Zero

Fes flies solo tonight as host. However, he is joined by Anthony Van Winkle and Forest Gibson; co-creators of the zombie, photo webcomic Night Zero! We also discuss a bit about Photo Webcomics in general. Very short show this week as we stay on topic.

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Sites Mentioned on the Show: Dark Red, Union of Heroes, Solipsum, Geist Panik, Photo Webcomics List Site (http://www.photowebcomics.com), Alien loves Predator, The Gigcast, and Webcomic Bacon.

Thanks to Dungeon Warden for taking notes!

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Webcomic Beacon #55: Vote Incentives & Fanservice

Tanya and Fes are joined by Eric (of Exiern) and Stef (of Sarah Zero).  Mike (of WAGON Webcomic Battle). We discuss Vote Incentives through ranking webcomic list sites… and eventually make our way into talking about fanservice.

Cover by Thomas Overbeck of Times Like This!

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Milestones: Sequential Art (500), Awkward Zombie (100)

Notes: Sites Mentioned on the Show: Top Webcomics, Saturday Breakfast Serial, Belfry, Penny Arcade, Ardra, Akida, Bigger then Cheeses, Menage-a-3, Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer ?, American Gothic (NSFW), Loxie and Zoot (NSFW), Dan and Mab’s Furry Adventures, cy-boar, and Jenny Everywhere Global Comic Jam.

Thanks to Dungeon Warden for taking notes!

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Webcomic Beacon #54: Creating Webcomic Bacon

Sorry about the Audio Quality of this episode. I know what I did wrong, but it was too late to got back and fix it. I’ll remember for next time!

Mark and Fes are joined by Mike (of WAGON Webcomic Battle) and Dungeon Warden (of Dungeon Legacy) talk about WEBCOMIC BACON! The communal webcomic project we’ve be eluding to for a while now. We develop some starting character and the setting! Be sure to check out our forums for further discussion!

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Milestones: Freshly Squeezed Comic (100), Prepare to Die (800), and Fes’ Jenny Everywhere Lego Comic is finished!

Notes: Sites Mentioned on the Show: Guest Strip Project, Tangents Review of The Webcomic Beacon, Housepets,

Thanks to Dungeon Warden for taking notes this week!

Webcomic Bacon, the communal webcomic project we are working on, is being discussed in our forums! Check out our official forum for more details and to let us know if you are interested! Invested parties will be encouraged to come on a show to brainstorm! Producer’s note from 2011: This project failed, and is no longer being continued. A chance was taken, but didn’t stick.

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Webcomic Beacon #53: One Year Anniversary Show!

Mark (and a few callers) joins Tanya and Fes for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW (not so) SPECIAL! More of an open forum episode and talking about whatever.

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Milestones: Tally Road (100), Ardra (3 years), and Station V3 (2000)!

Also a Webcomic Searchlight: Not Enough BBQ

Notes: Sites Mentioned on the Show: Dungeon Legacy, Calamities of nature – guest strip contest, KCstrip, Autumn Lake, Double D comics, Galaxion Comics, WebComic + InkBlot forum topic, Webcomic Bacon Dec 7, Unamused comics, The Shifter Archive, Awesomepedia, Bowie and Crosby sing “Little Drummer Boy” (Soundtrack), Peter is the Wolf.

Thanks to Dungeon Warden for taking notes this week!

Yes we have an idea for a communal webcomic project. Check out our official forum for more details and to let us know if you are interested! Invested parties will be encouraged to come on a show to brainstorm!

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Webcomic Beacon #52: Cameos!

This week KAM (of The KAMics) and Hogan (of the Cameo and Crossover Archive) join Tanya and Fes for hosting duty! We talk about cameos! … that’s basically it. Join us next week for our One-Year Special on Sunday, 30th,@ 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT)!

Cover by Ron of Magical Misfits!

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Milestones: Between Failures (2 years)

Notes: Sites Mentioned on the Show: Blade of Toshubi, Halloween Cameo Caper, Rogues of Clwyd Rhan, Purple Duck Mambo, Loxie & Zoot pool party image (NSFW), Naked November, Angry D. Monkey, The Whiteboard, Jenny Everywhere Global Comic Jam, Guest Strip Project, E.H. Joes: Real Canadian Heroes, Paranoia High, Emergency Exit, and Alice’s Restaurant.

Thanks to Dungeon Warden for taking notes this week!

Webcomic BACON! Yes we have an idea for a communal webcomic project. Check out our official forum for more details and to let us know if you are interested! Invested parties will be encouraged to come on a show to brainstorm!

 

Next Episode:

ONE YEAR “SPECIAL!” (not really special)
Sunday 30th, @ 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT)

 

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Webcomic Beacon #51: Writing Ahead, The End, Death, and Sex…

Sophie (of Mac Rat Love) and R.T. Barnham III (of The World Explodes *NSFW*) join Tanya and Fes this week as we discuss writing ahead and to the end. We also devolve into discussing death and sex as this episode nearly becomes a Spectacular Failure. We had some issues on the broadcast with audio, but the show seemed to turn out alight!

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Spotlighted Webcomics this week are: Mikey’s Life and Sorcery 101! Searchlight Webcomic: The Original Nutty Funsters!

Webcomic BACON! Yes we have an idea for a communal webcomic project. Check out our official forum for more details and to let us know if you are interested! Invested parties will be encouraged to come on a show to brainstorm!

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Webcomic Beacon #50: Character Depth

Stephanie (of The Original Nutty Funsters) and Nate (of Jazz and Jess) join Tanya and Fes this week as we discuss Character Depth! Jinxtigr also called in to help us out as well!

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Spotlighted Webcomics this week are: The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs and Bob the Angry Flower. Searchlight Webcomic: Dadmocracy

Sites Mentioned on the Show: Japanese blood type theory of personality, Capes ‘n Babes, One Panel Case Files, and celtx.com also, contact drowemos@yahoo.com if you were interested in the Zuda Comic Jam that was mentioned on the show.

Thanks again to Dungeon Warden and Hans Meier for taking notes this week!

Webcomic BACON! Yes we have an idea for a communal webcomic project. Check out our official forum for more details and to let us know if you are interested! Invested parties will be encouraged to come on a show to brainstorm!

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Webcomic Beacon #49: Working with Images

This week Tanya takes a crack at hosting the show, along with Fes and someone named Al. We discuss various points on how you should save your images, and we even go over a few free imaging software programs. … For those that can’t afford Photoshop, and don’t want to use MS Paint.

“Tycho Brahe” of Penny Arcade introduces the show!

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Here’s a fun image from Jakob Burrows:

Spotlighted Webcomics this week are: Lonnie Allen and Marsh Rocket! Check them out!

Notes: Sites Mentioned on the Show (sorry this is messy): http://netmechanic.com, http://irfanview.com/, http://www.inkscape.org, http://www.gimp.org, http://www.blender.org, http://www.lemkesoft.com, http://webcomicscollage.com, http://creativecommons.org, http://biff.propheka.com, http://tbowlcomic.com, http://www.twistedmusings.com.ua, http://www.getpaint.net/, http://goldenkey.jennyeverywhere.net/

Thanks to Dungeon Warden and Hans Meier for taking notes this week!

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Webcomic Beacon #48: Dead Webcomics

Fes and Mark host today’s show on DEAD WEBCOMICS!!! WooOOooOoOOoOOoOooo! *makes spooky fingers* *ahem*  We also discuss Webcomic Reviews again, as we beat the subject to death. Still… good times.

The cover was drawn by Darcy of Code Name: Hunter. And Howard Taylor of Schlock Mercenary introduces the show!

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Webcomic Beacon #47: Fes is a Whiney Baby.

Be warned, if you don’t wanna hear Fes whine about a buncha stuff… skip this episode. Otherwise Fes and Tanya run the show alone as Aaron steps down from co-hosting duties to have more time for other things. Anyway, we talk about 24 Hour Comics Day 2008, but also Fes whines about various things.

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Milestones: Pinkerton (300), One Small Step (300), and Time Like This (1 Yr)! Do you have a milestone to report? Would you like us to give our (positive and/or negative) impressions on your comic? Send a notice to us at WebcomicBeacon@gmail.com.

NEW! Webcomic SPOTLIGHTS! Tanya Spotlights The Thinking Ape Blues; and Fes Spotlights Housepets!, so check them out!

Some 24 Hour Comics: Jenny Everywhere and the Golden Key, Insert Comic Here, Apple of Discord, Dungeon Warden’s, Stardate Comic, Diana Nock’s “Ghostly”, Sophie’s “Days of Our Liver”.

Notes: Sites mentioned: Squidworks, The Gigcast, Life’s a Witch, Jazz and Jess, Peter is the Wolf, Aarin Edwards, Webcomic Reader’s Choice Awards,

Webcomic List Sites: BuzzComix, The Belfry, Top Webcomics, Frumph, The Webcomic List, Online Comics, WebcomicZ, Choice Comics, Piperka, Webcomics Inc., Comic Space, and Comic Listing.

PLUS, There could be some changes in the future for the Beacon… some perhaps more drastic than others. Stay tuned.

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