T Campbell rejoins Eric Kimball and Alex Heberling for this episode of the Webcomic Beacon Newscast. We may not have been able to go over all articles in depth, but everything is linked to for your own convenience.
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News
Project Wonderful Adds Achievements
Original Source: Blogic Wonderful – via: ComixTalk
Penny Arcade Optioned for Movie (Sorta)
Original Source: Hollywood Reporter – via: The Daily Cartoonist
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Tech
Twitter and Photobucket Merge
Original Source: GiGaOM
Companies Focusing on Gamification Growing Rapidly.
Original Source: GiGaOM 1, GiGaOM 2
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Biz
Published Author Walks Away from Publisher to go Independent
Original Source: Collective Ink Well
Deviant Art Posting Can Lead to Mainstream Success
Original Source: USA Today – via Bleeding Cool
The Value of Platinum Studios Drops Despite Positive News
Original Source: Hot Stocked – via Bleeding Cool
Facebook Stores Good for Digital Impulse Buys
Original Source: GiGaOM
Non-Superhero Comicbooks Increase in Sales
Original Source: ICv2 – via Comics Beat
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Discussion
Mark Waid on Comics
“The audience doesn’t know what it wants. If it knew what it wanted, it wouldn’t be an audience. It just knows that it wants to be entertained somehow, and that’s a perfectly reasonable expectation. I wish we were better at it. The 50,000 hardcore fans of periodical print comics that we have left, the ones we haven’t and can’t drive away, seem to indicate with their buying patterns that they’re interested only in nostalgia, which is terrifying. And I understand why publishers cater to that; they’re kinda forced to, given that the print distribution system is targeted SOLELY TO THOSE 50,000.” – Mark Waid
Original Source: Sotocolor Graphics, Inc – via Robot 6
DC Will Release It’s Digital Comics on the Same Day as Print
Original Source: DC Comics – via ComixTalk
DC Promises Price Parity on Digital and Print
Original Source: The Comics Beat
Darkhorse to Offer Free Digital Comic Through Comic Book Stores
Original Source: Comic Book Resources
The Funny Junk vs Oatmeal Battle
Original Source: Ars Technica
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Tidbits
Why Copyright is Bad for Culture
Original Source: The Guardian – via: ComixTalk
Stories About Copyright Now Added to the Webcomic Beacon Drinking Game
Hack Your Business is the Advice to Large Media Companies
Original Source: Anil Dash – via: GiGaOM
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Oddities
Super Putin
Original Source: io9
Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft in Virtual Sweatshops
Original Source: Comics Beat
An Amphibious Ice-Cream Truck
Original Source: MTV Geek
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