Rebecca Heineman (Sailor Ranko), John Lotshaw (Accidental Centaurs),  Robin Ericson & Ian Sampson (The Wotch) join us in this week’s webcomic and comic news discussion. We mostly talk about the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit, Nikola Tesla, the importance of characterization, episodic vs serial storytelling, and whether people come for the characters, or the creators. 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.

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Promo: Animation Aficionados

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Top Stories

Astronomer to unveil webcomic at Dragon Con
Original Source: Newswise

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Buzz

The Oatmeal succeeds in it’s goal to for Tesla museum
Original Source: NPR

The Oatmeal brand popcorn
Original Source: Oh Gizmo

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Business

What if Image made webcomics
Original Source: Robot 6

Image offer first 20 issues on Comixology for free
Original Source: Robot 6

Comicology sales by region
Original Source: Bleeding Cool

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Legal

Apple wins 1.05 billion victory over Samsung
Original Source: GiGaOM

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Education

Lessons from the comic book trenches
Original Source: Marketing Land

50 years of Cambodian Comics
Found via: Robot 6
Original Source: siewphewyeung.org.kh

Lessons webcomics can learn from comic strips
Original Source: Kleefeld on Comics

Is it the creator or character that wins your money?
Original Source: Robot 6

The Importance of Character
Original Source: Kleefeld on Comics

Why do foreigners (non-japanese) like manga
Original Source: Rocket News 24

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Tech

Apple’s trial victory may hurt Android in general
Original Source: GiGaOM

Comics on the Kindle Touch
Original Source: Kleefeld on Comics

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Tidbits

Happy Birthday Kleefield
Original Source: Kleefeld on Comics

10 things that makes spider man special
Original Source: USA Today

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Oddities

There something about Liefield
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
Additionally: Bleeding Cool

Google Maps find pyramids
Original Source: Smithsonian Magazine

Barack Obama leads among robots
Original Source: GiGaOM

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