David Walker of BadAzz MoFo joins us for a discussion about Blaxploitation! Join Fes Works, Mark Savary, and Kelly Turnball!
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Promo: Animation Aficionados
Notes: Ghetto Manga, World of Hurt
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Christopher Baldwin of Spacetrawler joins us for an interview! Join Fes Works, Mark Savary, and Kelly Turnball! Chris will also be at convention Intervention this weekend in Washington, DC. So you can go see him in person!
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Promo: The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue
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Dean Esmay heads the show with Fes Works and guest Thyponblue (GendErratic); with thanks for last week’s comics news brought to you by Alex Heberling, Dean Esmay, Jason Strawsburg, and Eric Kimball. Comic news and discussion this week: iVerse Unveils a Comics Crowdfunding Site; Nipplegate: Facebook vs New Yorker; Amanda Palmer ‘Can’t Afford’ To Pay Her Backup Band?; and more!
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iVerse Unveils a Comics Crowdfunding Site and Enters the DRM-Free World
Kickstarter and Indiegogo appear to have some new competition in the webcomics world.
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Publishers Weekly
Additionally: Comic Accelerator
Amazon launches its first graphic novel—and pays you $5 to read it
Also in exciting news for comics creators: If you haven’t already heard, AMAZON[dot]COM has started its own publishing house, known as AMAZON STUDIOS.
Original Source: The Beat
Former Marvel COO Bill Jemas tells us how to wake the F#ck up
Original Source: The Beat
Amanda Palmer ‘Can’t Afford’ To Pay Her Backup Band?
Original Source: PrefixMag
Viz Media debutes Mature Manga series on vizmanga.com
For whatever reason, “mature” often seems like code for “porn” here in America, but in this case that appears not to be the case at all.
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Viz
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Thom Revor heads the show with Fes Works; with thanks for last week’s comics news brought to you by Dean Esmay, Jason Strawsburg, and Eric Kimball. Sorry for the lack of updates on The Webcast Beacon Network this week. We’ve been moving servers!
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Top Stories
Blind Ferret sites hit with malware virus
Original Source: Sohmer’s Twitter
Additionally: lezgetreal.com
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Buzz
Mark Millar, others team up to take down online bully
Original Source: DC Women Kicking Ass
Additionally: Archive of some of the trolling
Zombies bring Diamond back from the dead
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
Ustream shuts down Hugo streaming
Original Source: CNN
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Business
Authors caught sockpuppeting
Original Source: Paid Content
Additionally: Op-Ed, Are sockpuppets really that bad?
Apple is about device Amazon is about service
Original Source: GiGaOM
‘Cerebus’ Creator Dave Sim Contemplates ‘Career End Point’ And Economic ‘Doomsday Scenario’
Original Source: Comics Alliance
Additionally: Moment of Cerebus
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Ben Carver (Animation Aficionados) and Sarafin (Asylum Squad) join us in this week’s comic news and discussion. Some of the news we discuss covers David Gallaher and Steve Ellis’
new company and digital comics, Dave Gibbons on Comic Sans, and is it really HTML5 that is going to change things? Thom Revor heads the show with Fes Works and Marie Tary; with thanks for last week’s comics news brought to you by Dean Esmay, Jason Strawsburg, and Eric Kimball.
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Top Stories
David Gallaher and Steve Ellis on their new company and digital comics
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
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Buzz
The mob has spoken: Creators trump characters (mostly)
Original Source: Robot 6
Fire destroys Cerebus negatives before they could be digitized
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
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Education
Intro to Kickstarter Photography
Original Source: Instructables
Dave Gibbons on Comic Sans
Original Source: Creative Bloq
Additionally: Connare briefly talks about the font
Innovation the most abused business word
Found via: Slashdot
Original Source: Computerworld
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Tech
Making Tablet friendly websites
Original Source: Media Post
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As of now, The Webcast Beacon Network is no longer hosted on, nor affiliated with The Rampage Network; but we thank them for the years of hosting they had provided. We are now utilizing the services of Hiveworks Comics!
More changes will happen in the coming months, including the combination of WebcomicZ and the WCBN, leading up to the 5th anniversary!