In this week’s webcomic and comic news discussion we mostly talk about what it’s worth to us when other people re-post our creative content. Thom Revor rejoins the show with Alex Heberling, Fes Works, and Marie Tary head this week’s show; with last week’s comics news brought to you by Dean Esmay, Jason Strawsburg, and Eric Kimball.
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Promo: The Geek Life
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Top Stories
Attack of the Comic Reposters
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: San Diego Reader
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Obituaries
Joe Kubert Dies at 85
Original Source: NY Times
Science Fiction Master Harry Harrison Dies at 87.
Writer and creator of many different classic properties, such as “Slippery Jim” DeGriz (the Stainless Steel Rat), Bill the Galactic Hero, and the story “Make Room, Make Room” which was adapted into the movie “Soylent Green”, passed away at the age of 87.
Original Source: Michael Own Carroll
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Buzz
Oatmeal’s Latest Fundraiser To Save The Tesla Tower
Original Source: Forbes
Additionally: The Oatmeal, IndieGoGo
Comic Panda Interview
Original Source: Robot 6
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Business
A look around the digital first comics landscape
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Publishers Weekly
Infographic on Kickstarter success and failure
Original Source: Wired
Magazine Sales in Free Fall
Original Source: iCv2
EEF and Librarians weigh in on Google copyright case
Original Source: Paid Content
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Education
Kleefeld On Webcomics #72: Get Your Learnin’ On
Original Source: MTV Geek
How do draw hands and feet
Original Source: Webcomic Alliance
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Tech
Adapting Operation Ajax for the iPhone small screen
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: Publishers Weekly
Square offers merchants a monthly fee option
Original Source: GiGaOM
Twitter rolls out expected restrictions to API use
Original Source: GiGaOM
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Tidbits
David Cronenberg Insults comic books and superhero movie fans
Original Source: The Mary Sue
Hunger Games beats Harry Potter to become Amazon’s best selling series
Original Source: Paid Content
Paramount ramping up animation slate (including film based on Penny Arcade strip ‘New Kid’)
Found via: The Beat
Original Source: Variety
The cost of a logo
Original Source: Huh Magazine
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Oddities
Aragones, Adams, Batiuk And More Appear Exactly How You Think In ‘Naked Cartoonists’
Original Source: Comic Alliance
This Real-Life Iron Man Built His Own Bionic Arms!
Original Source: MTV Geek
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Things that make us cry
Is that the best DC can do?
As mentioned earlier, the great Joe Kubert, artist for DC Comics of the silver age Hawkman, Tor, and his co-creation, Seargent Rock, as well as the founder of the world-famous Kubert School of Art, passed away at the age of 85. There were many heartfelt remembrances and condolences printed, posted, and spoken.
But DC has once again taken this opportunity to make a mockery of their own past.
Published on the DC Blog was the following:
“We are saddened to learn of the death of our colleague and friend Joe Kubert. An absolute legend in the industry, his legacy will not only live on with his sons, but with the many artists who have passed through the storied halls of his celebrated school. His latest work on BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL was among his best, and we are so honored to have worked side-by-side with such an unforgettable force in both comics and in life.” – DC Entertainment Executive Team
Mark Waid, currently the force behind the new webcomic host Thrill bent, had this to say about it:
Fire whoever wrote that. Please.
When I die, I pray that my DC-written obit doesn’t include a link to a Comixology FLASH sale.
seriously, please get DC’s Kubert obit fixed immediately. It’s vulgar and classless. Joe deserved better.
DC eventually amend it later on, with a “personal” response from DC publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee.
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