That’s a Wrap

You know what webcomics is missing these days? Malicious unauthorized cross-over comics.   I have no idea how accurate it is and it’s probably severely out of date but The Webcomic Cameo and Cross-over Archive should probably get wiki-ized.

Wish You Were Here In Templar, AZ

I’m re-reading Spike’s Templar, AZ and I just finished the first chapter.  It really is a fantastic bit of story-telling; a complete in and of itself short story which ends on a nice grace note for mainly central character Ben. I remember at the time that myself and a lot of readers were surprised at the broad world-building route Spike took after this first chapter.  I think I assumed this was a comic about Ben when Spike meant it to be a comic about the place.  I’m looking forward to reading it (and I have not read the most recent …

Strip Search Recap: Halfway Done

After today’s elimination show there are only six contestants left on Strip Search.  That’s another 18 episodes which is about 9 more weeks.  I guess that means we’ll have a winner in June or July (someone look it up on a calendar, okay?). Tavis won last Tuesday’s convention sketching contest and so he had the dubious honor of picking the contestants for the elimination show.  Without much to go on he picked Erika and Abby.  Check out the episode; spoilers after the break: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdTzRIOR-sY?rel=0]

Odori Park: Let’s Put On a Graphic Novel!

Odori Park by Chris Watkins has a tag line of “East Marries West.”  I’ve been an off and on reader since it started back in 2009, but definitely on again this year.  It’s very cute, slice of family life comic with a dash of culture clash thrown in.  I liked the very recent storyline where the main characters are inspired to create a graphic novel together: What I didn’t know until very recently was that Chris used to run Border Walker – a relatively old school webcomics site that featured some great talent.  In a recent blog post Chris mentions …