Fes and Aaron are joined by Mark Savary and Rob Powel of Steam Pirates, to talk about creativity burnout and writer’s block in the webcartooning world. Also Tanya shows up, eventually. Just a short show due to technical difficulties and that Fes is leaving for the ComicGenesis Cookout!

Mark Savary also reviews M for Mature Comics, as well as, Friendly Fire: On! Also, Brett Hailey returns with his own Casual Ramblings! Plus the Strip Fight.org Weekly Ringside Update! Milestones reported this week: Planet Saturday Comics hits 2 years!

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Notes: Sites mentioned this week: Last Place Champs, The Mysterious Miss BunBun, including call-ins from Jazz and Jess, and Introspective Comics! (also see Comments since I may have missed them… or ran out of time to do them).

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Fes and Aaron are joined by Eric and Thom for the final webcomic brainstorm session! … At least how you know it. In addition to wrapping up the story we’ve been working on for the past few months; we brainstorm new ideas, and new directions to take the brainstorm sessions!

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Milestones: Angry D. Monkey hit 4 years, Business Casual hits 5 years, Kaspall hits 3 years, The House of Madness hits 100 strips! And the results are in from the last Strip Fight!

Have a question or comment about this week’s topic, or next week’s topic? Get involved with the show online, or leave a message at the new call-in number 1+320-310-0922!

Notes: Sites mentioned this week: Ardra, Xepher.net, Infendo, Sarah Zero, Goblins, Lowly Dregs, Darken, Bardsworth, Jenny Everywhere and the Crossing Over Worlds, Gilbert and the Grim Rabbit, Anders Loves Maria,

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Mark Savary joins Fes, Tanya, and Aaron to talk about Newspaper Style Webcomics; as well as touch on newspapers comics in general. We also talk again with Michael Rouse-Deane of the Guest Strip Project, which is benefiting the Make-a-Wish International Foundation.

Mark Savary also talks a bit about minimalist comics while reviewing Pixipets. Plus the weekly Strip Fight Ringside Update! No milestones listed to us for this week.

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Notes: Other sites mentioned: Chip Shop, Station V3, Able and Baker, Candi, Kevin and Kell, Autumn Lake, Count Your Sheep, Thorn, Penny Arcade, Sabrina-Online, Out There, Zebra Girl, Mad Scott, Free Fall, Lab Bratz, Least I Could Do, Garfield minus Garfield, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Book of Biff, PvP, Project Wonderful, What Birds Know, Templar Arizona, The Webcomic List Forums, The Cornstalkers, and Boxcar Astronaut.

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Fes, Tanya, and Aaron are joining by Michael Rouse-Deane of The Guest Strip Project to talk about Grayscale vs B&W vs Color comics! It was an Open Forum discussion with a chat room and call ins! Callers included Ryan Dow, Amy, Jakob, Tara, and Peter called in dropping a Canadian printing company: Art Bookbinder.

Mark Savary reviews Ted: Enter the Purple Gerbil; and Peter Tarkulich gives his impression of Anime Invasion: The Comic. Byron also comes in to promo Strip Fight!

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Milestones: Sequential Art has passed 400 strips, Butternut Squash hits its 5th year, T-N-T hits 200, Bear and Kitten reached 100 strips and is also running a contest! Cartworks hits 1 year, Alternate Reality Worlds reaches a 3rd year, Unamused Comics hits 100, and Autumn Lake hits its 3rd year as well. Also Across the Way’s story has come to an end.

Notes: Other sites mentioned: Ka-Blam Printing, Dead Days, Out There, Bear And Kitten, Little Terrors, Octopuspie, Planet Karen, Thorn, Planet Saturday Comics, Sequential Art, Darken, Zebra Girl, Kaspall, Daisy is Dead, Project A.D.A.M., Odd Fish, Angry Little Robot, The House of Madness, Beaver and Steve, Newt and John, and 67th Avenue.

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The Usual Suspects are once again joined by Eric, Thom, and Gothia. It’s another webcomic brainstorm session! This week we punch out some details on our story villains! It’s a good discussion again this week! Mark Savary reviews True Loves 2; and Peter Tarkulich gives his impression of Everything Goes. We also clean up our promo segment of Strip Fight!

Milestones: DMFA will hit 900 strips soon, and best wishes go out to Amber and her family. Also, The KAMics recently hit 800 strips; Here There Be Dragons hits 200; Neo Earth hits 1 Year; and Stud Kickass hits 100.

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Notes: Sites mentioned this week: Comic Genesis Cookout (Hurry! Registration ends in less than 2 weeks!), Dead Days, Odd Fish, Zebra Girl, T-N-T Comic, World’s Worst Webcomic, and Sorcery 101.

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Fes, Tanya, and Brett Hainly discuss why we used to review webcomics and why it has worn us numb. Why? Hint: We blame people that never learn. The show runs very long today. Perhaps its because we found so much that pisses us off. Aaron of The Best of What’s Left, a long time contributor to the show has officially become another co-host for the show!

On top of that, we decided to go with Mark Savory, of Autumn Lake, to be our new Webcomic Reviewer! Officially! That’s right, he can do the webcomic reviews, instead!  This week he reviews a comic that follows the story of Dracula by Bram Stoker, though it’s done in a furry style! Check out Dracula!

Milestones this week include: Paranoia High hits 200 strips, Roomies hits 400 strips, Ardra hits 100 strips, and Boxcar Astronaut hits 1 Year.

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Notes: Sites mentioned this week (in mentioned order): Winger, The Webcomic List Forums, 8-Bit Theater, XKCD, Candi, College Roomies From Hell, Aaron Edwards’ Blog, Joel Fagin Tutorials, Darken, Crow Feathers, Dominic Deegan, (and for fun: ) Dominic Durgan, Diana Nock, Rene Engstrom, Something Awful Forums, and Grant Thomas.

Other Webcomic Reviewers: Tangents and Websnark. If you know others, Let me know and I’ll add them to our main Reviewer’s list.

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Fes, Tanya, and Aaron are in the studio, talking about Guest Comics, Fan Art, and the etiquette that should be practiced around them. We are down all of the rest of our regular contributers this week, we hope to correct that soon! Some changes are slated for the near future, out of necessity.

Webcomic Milestones: American Gothic Daily has hit over 200 strips, Girly will be hitting 5 years online, and Girl-a-Matic has hit 5 years online! Congrats!

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Notes: Sites mentioned this week (in mentioned order): Magical Misfits, Somery C, Ardra, Charles & Henry, Masters of the Art, Jenny Everywhere and the Crossing Over Worlds, Dinosaur Comics, Wayward Robot, Dum Bum, Times Like This, Camp Calomine, DMFA, The Webcomic List, Chip Shop Adventures, Phantasus, Plush and Blood, Guest Strip Project, WebcomicZ, Infinity Apartment, and Jenny Everywhere Chronicles.

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