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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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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Darcy and Matt Sowers, of Code Name: Hunter, join Fes, Tanya, and Aaron are talking about drama behind the scenes, and sometimes, of course, right out in the open. Mike of Quitting Time has made this episode’s cover! Mark Savary talks to us about observation, and then reviews My Life in a Cube.
Steve Troop of Crypto Zooey introduces our show this week!
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This week’s good Searchlight is Speak No Evil: Melancholy of a Space Mexican. Milestones: The KAMics (4 Yrs) and Gods Playing Poker (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.
Check out the Rampage Network’s Caption Contest this month! Prizes from Evil Inc! Also, there is a drawing for Rare Jenny Everywhere playing cards for the WAGON Webcomic Battle TCG! Also, check out the Global Comic Jam for Jenny Everywhere: Miss Adventure! Sign up to draw a page today!
Notes: Sites mentioned: Garfield minus Garfield, Something Positive, DrunkDuck, Paranoia High, Geek Tragedy, Just Another Webcomic, PVP, Guest Strip Project,
ALSO: Check out Fes’ LIVE broadcasting of his 24 Hour Lego Comic Attempt!
AND, let us know if you are doing a 24 Hour Webcomic as well, in our forums!
PLUS, If you know of any webcomics that have “died”, let us know for our Halloween Episode!
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Fes, Tanya, and Aaron are talking about 24 Hour Comics! We had a few audio irregularities this episode, but please enjoy nonetheless! Tanya also presents us with 6 helpful tips to fail (and some to succeed)!
Greg Dean of Real Life Comics introduces our show this week!
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If you are planning a 24 Hour Webcomic for 24 Hour Comics Day (Oct. 18th), post a note on our official forum! Post what you are planning, and where we can see progress updates and the final product! We’ll go over the list on the next show and check some out!
This week’s Searchlight is Nuclear Test: Life…. though we may not review comics like this anymore. Milestones: My Lady (completed), Song Stress (completed), Last Res0rt (100 strips), Zortic (RETURNS!), Dr. Sheep and the Aardvark (200), Elf ‘n Troll (ending), Dock Boys (6 years), Super Fogeys (2 years) . 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.
Check out the Rampage Network’s Caption Contest this month! Prizes from Evil Inc! Also, there is a drawing for Rare Jenny Everywhere playing cards for the WAGON Webcomic Battle TCG! Also, check out the Global Comic Jam for Jenny Everywhere: Miss Adventure! Sign up to draw a page today!
Notes: Sites mentioned: The Gigcast, Scott McCloud, Jenny crossover in Betapwned, Wikipedia: 24 Hour Comics, Squid Works Comic Co-Op, Diana Nock at Jinxville, The International Cartoonist Conspiracy, Fallcon (Minnesota), Wapsi Square, Ryan Dow, Blank it Comics, Mad Scott, Find My Brick, XKCD, Perry Bible Fellowship, Buttersafe, Toothpaste for Dinner, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Frumph, Webcomics Inc, Halloween Cameo Caper 2008, Gilbert and the Grim Rabbit,
Other Webcomics from Fallcon, but I neglected to mention on the show: Business Casual, Rasputin Catamite, Staple Genius, Catnose Comics, Red Zone, Superfantisca Comix, Demon Eater, Straygo, Junior Varsity, The Local Haunt, The Planet Closest to Heaven, That’d Be Sweet, Studio Anti Thesis, and appologies to ones I forgot or lost their card to!
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Kris Overstreet and Ben Rodriguez of White Lightning Productions join Fes, Tanya, and Aaron talking about The 10 Commandments of Webcomic Production. Also Mark Savary, uh, I mean, Mr. Slick Smooth talks about adult comics such as Peter is the Wolf, Pawn, and Dragonfest.
Chris Daily of Strip Tease introduces our show this week!
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We had some technical difficulties this week, so no milestones or Beacon Searchlight this week. 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.
Also, stay tuned after the show for a call-in from Kyle of Jovian Luck! Also, check out some great Extra Content for Episode 44 at our Talk Shoe Page!
Notes: Sites mentioned: Cheshire Crossing, Comic Genesis, Super Fogeys, Tales of the Questor, Make your own Wiki, Wapsi Square, Net Mechanic, Free Webcomic Hosts, ComicPress, Drunk Duck, Zebra Girl, Gone with a Blast Wave, Arthur, King of Time and Space, Schlock Mercenary, Real Life Comics, Freefall, Punch and Pie, Something Positive, Girl Genius, The 10 Doctors, Peter is the Wolf, The Magnificent Milkmaid, Chocolate Milkmaid, The Mis-Adventures of Chichi-Chan, Stellar, White Lightning Shirts, Minos the Minotaur, Something Awful Forums: Batman’s Shameful Secret, The Gigcast,
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