Eric Menge & Brittany Michel (Snow by Night) join in on this week’s webcomic and comic news discussion! This last week’s comics news is brought to you by Jason Strawsburg, Eric Kimball, Alex Heberling, and Marie Tary!
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Promo: Animation Aficionados
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WebcomicZ
ReviewZ: PhD Comics: Piled Higher & Deeper
Review by Caitlin Hart
InterviewZ: Carlo Jose San Juan, MD of Callous Comics
Review by Amy Letts
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Top Stories
Ray Bradbury dies at 91
Original Source: CNN
Additionally: Ray Bradbury’s animosity towards social media
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Business
Million Mom flee Facebook over backlash to their anti-gay protest
Original Source: Robot 6
Staff Shakeup at Diamond Digital
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
Clive Barker to Helm ‘Zombies vs. Gladiators’ for Amazon
Original Source: ICv2
Making Money with a membership based political cartoon
Found via: The Beat
Original Source: GoComics
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Legal
Archie Lawsuit settled?
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: The AP
Finding the Right Business Partner
Original Source: GiGaOM
Barnes and Noble Protest Over Regulation of eBooks
Original Source: Paid Content
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Education
Overview of the Artist forums
Original Source: Remind Blog
Text Effects
Original Source: Making Comics
Nihilism does not equal maturity
Original Source: The Extra Credits
About Torture in Comics
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Too Busy Thinking About Comics
The New Yorker Cartoonists Can Make Comics in their Sleep: The relationship between comics and dreams
Found via: Comics Reporter
Original Source: The New Yorker
Thrillbent offers digital comics how-to with Cthulhu Calls
Original Source: Robot 6
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Tech
Introducing The Honesty Box
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Moore and Reppion
iPad Pen
Original Source: Kickstarter
Getting to Know the Androd OS
Original Source: Smashing Magazine
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People
Artist Oliver Nome suffering from brain tumor and needs help
Original Source: Newsarama
Harvy Pekar Final Interview
Original Source: Comics Alliance
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Tidbits
Webcomic that is also an RPG
Original Source: Robot 6
Laura Hudson to Leave Comic Alliance as Editor and Chief
Original Source: Comics Alliance
Copyright infringer claim reporting her is illegal
Found via: Slashdot
Original Source: Petapixel
Dr Who / Star Trek crossover released digital first
Original Source: Robot 6
Free iPads at Airports
Original Source: GiGaOM
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Oddities
Neurological link between genius and insanity
Original Source: Slashdot
Cat Drone
Original Source: Resistor in the Rockies
Japanese Illustrator Sells His Penis as a Gourmet Meal (Extremely NSFW!)
Original Source: Graphic Policy
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Things that make us cry
Scenes from DC’s new Before Watchmen Campaign
Original Source: Fast Company
Marvel exec offers Lucas $1,732.27 to bring back Howard the Duck
Original Source: Blastr
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Mentioned on the show
Eric Menge of Snow by Night’s current project with Wizards of the Coast
Description: Eric is working with Brian R. James on Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue an “in-depth exploration of the greatest drow city in the Dungeons & Dragons game and Forgotten Realms campaign setting.”
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