Dean Esmay (Dean’s World) and Chelsea Bueckert (Mysti’s Domain) joins in on this week’s webcomic and comic news discussion, starting off by talking about the Digital Price Fight that happened at SDCC, Penny Arcade’s Reality Show idea, and the display of women in the comic industry. Marie Tary head this week’s show with last week’s comics news brought to you by Jason Strawsburg and Eric Kimball!
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Top Stories
SDCC: Digital Comics Price Fight
Original Source: The Beat
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Buzz
Oni Press Adds Webcomic Collections
Original Source: ICv2
Marvel announces it will continue making sequels to everything and then some other stuff
Original Source: Boing Boing
XKCD Takes on Hypothetical Questions of Physics
Original Source: Daily Cartoonist
12 Dead, 38 Wounded Following Shooting at ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Midnight Showing
Original Source: Mtv Geek
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Business
Ron Perazza can’t keep a job it seems
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
Things are looking better in the comic market
Original Source: The Comics Chronicles
Diamond Offers Retailers Expansion Incentives
Original Source: ICv2
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Tech
Twitter raises stakes in ‘who owns your tweets’ fight
Original Source: GiGaOM
YouTube sends video makers to summer school
Original Source: GiGaOM
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Education
Thinking about cons
Original Source: Mtv Geek
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Tidbits
No, Kickstarter is Not the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher – OpEd
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Tor.com
Penny Arcade propose Webcomic Reality show
Original Source: Penny Arcade
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Oddities
Shell asked not to share “offensive” fake ads
Original Source: ZD Net
Additionally: Shell Tweets
McDonalds vs Cyborg
Original Source: Yahoo
Real-Life Super-Villain Rex Velvet Foiled By 12 Year-Old Hero And The Make-A-Wish Foundation
Original Source: Comics Alliance
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Things that make us cry
Rush Limbaugh spies link between Dark Knight Rises’ Bane and Bain
Original Source: Robot 6
Batwoman needs to start purging according to comic book pros
Found via: Onezumiverse
Original Source: Escher Girls
Additionally: The up side is that it kind of leads to a job offer
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[…] you want to hear me on radio, listen to this week’s Webcast Beacon Comic News & Discussion for July 22, 2012. We talk about XKCD, Penny Arcade, the recent Batwoman controversy, and a whole lot more. I might […]
Looks like we forgot to add this. Matt Welch’s piece on Reason.com on irresponsible half-assed media speculation:
http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/20/half-assed-media-speculation-about-the-b