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Sin Titulo Finale

by Xaviar XerexesOctober 20, 2012March 8, 2020

Cameron Stewart finished Sin Titulo this week after five years of work. I won’t say it was a perfect ending, given the ambitious reach and metaphorical nature of the story, I think it might have been impossible to construct an ending that was perfect for everyone. It was exciting, and a bit of a twist for me at least. It also nicely synced back up to where Stewart begun in the very first page of the comic. Above all I really enjoyed the art work, the panel composition, the visual power that Stewart built into this work. It’s a traditional …

SPX SPX SPX!

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 10, 2012

Imagine that scene in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels where Steve Martin runs around screaming “Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma” and that’s how I always say SPX to myself. I do hope to get out to it for at least some of the weekend. SPX has put together another fine bunch of panels and guests for its programming, I’d be churlish to complain (if I were though it does strike me as a less “fun” programming schedule than in other years). And of course a massively cool list of artists at the tables with probably way more great books than I could carry. …

Illuminate!

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 10, 2012

I never checked out Hijinks Ensue in years past — its appearance and visibility came in a time when my webcomic reading list was overloaded, disorganized and I was in no mood to check out every new flashy bauble that came along. Still I knew I ought look at, as it seemed plausible that I would like it. I added it on Comic Rocket this year but I can’t do the archives, too big, too topical and sometimes FEAR OF AN ARCHIVED PLANET is what’s holding me up from actually reading the dang thing. So I just plunged in to …

Three Panel Soul

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 9, 2012

Matt and Ian are webcomic pioneers and their second webcomic, Three Panel Soul is an impressionistic chronicle of twenty-something post collegiate life. A little bit of relationships, a little bit of work, mix in some video-games and other cultural bits, all layered over realistic yet deeply stylized artwork and you’ve got a consistently interesting, often highly entertaining observational comic. Frankly I wouldn’t be wrong in calling it a journal comic but it bears only the faintest resemblance to the stereotype of that genre. A fairly recent one from the archives captures a particular flavor of angst of early adult life …

Three Panels Open

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 7, 2012

In addition to being an immensely talented writer, Warren Ellis is an immensely generous person. He’s created countless opportunities to pass on the work of other creators to his own base of fans and readers. Three Panels Open is another idea in that vein: THREE PANELS OPEN is an open invitation. Perhaps you’d like to do one. A comic that is three panels in duration and 640px wide. I’m only going to run the ones I like best, I’m afraid. However, there’s no time limit on submissions. You can email the image to warrenellis@gmail.com, and please include your name and the website …

PBS Loves Some Homestuck

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 7, 2012

Entirely justified praise for the webby webcomic, MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLK7RI_HW-E?rel=0] And now Homestuck: The Game — a kickstarter for such an idea raised almost 850,000 dollars. [kickstarter url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game width=550]

KickStopped? When The Starting Goes Bad

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 7, 2012

Kickstarter is easily one of the bigger stories of the year in terms of Internet ecology, webcomics, even the larger arena of culture generally. Recently there have been several stories (especially this NPR story) on what happens when a funded Kickstarter project at some later date does not deliver on its goals. Enough bubble and squeak online that Kickstarter itself addressed the issue. I think for the most part when I’ve backed projects on Kickstarter I had a good sense that the creator(s) was going to deliver on it. I’ve never backed a project that is more of a pre-order …

PYTWYTMTFT

by Xaviar XerexesAugust 18, 2012

Jamie Noguchi has probably been waiting for years to use this line in real life. Or perhaps he already has…??!??! I am doing the catch-up thing, re-reading the excellent Yellow Peril webcomic — a longer post surely to come later on.