I don’t think Joel knows what he wants to do with Hijinks Ensue. It feels like 3 different comics stuffed into one box. I like the ones where it’s (semi?) autobiographical. Also I’ve been to the Schlitterbahn. And this ride is steeper than it looks. But none of it is as insane as this giant dome covered water park in Germany (h/t Kottke): [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMa_kAANGE?rel=0]
A few quick thoughts on Christopher Baldwin’s One Way, his newest webcomic project and another story with a large group of characters in a science fiction setting. His last webcomic Spacetrawler had a similar mix of elements and quickly became one of my favorites (and a whole lot of other people too). For me, the biggest difference at the outset between these two comics is the unlikeability of the characters in One Way. Initially I really hated each and every one of them, which does make it hard to identify with the story. However, by now Baldwin has earned a …
I’m not feeling all that amazing today but conscious enough to read webcomics and maybe clack on some keys. I noticed that Sinfest actually updated it’s website design. Still simple but certainly cleaner and with the benefit of newer artwork in the logo. Another thing looking at the Sinfest site reminded me of is that creator Tatsuya Ishida has kept his sparsely update “Notes from the Resistance” archives on the site all the way back to the first post in January 31, 2000 (not that far after the first comic was posted): January 31, 2000 Because man does not live …
Really enjoyed reading what’s posted so far for Titan by François Vigneault. It’s a bit unfortunate that it doesn’t quite have the standard reader friendly website design we’ve all gotten used to but it isn’t too difficult to read. Vigneault has constructed an immediately interesting world with a tension building scenario. Workers on Titan are genetically engineered for their environment but can no longer survive on Earth. Their livelihood is now at stake and management in the form of João da Silva has arrived to try and accomplish a turnaround of the local factory. Call it a company moon, I guess. It’s not …
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smYOZ9pk7RE?rel=0] Jamie Noguchi the creator of Yellow Peril talks about his writing process…
I strongly suspect people are going to look back on the hey-day of blogging like a strange fad that they won’t be able to fathom. As a form it’s shattered and reconfigured in so many ways — twitter; texts; social networking; medium and other community slash platform sites just to name what popped into my head right now. Oh and I’ve been busy. I realize I’m talking to a relatively empty (okay completely) “room” but these Internet posts, they live forever don’t they? (Or until the hosts go bankrupt or the technology go obsolete I suppose). So I got a …
Scholastic is kind enough to include me on its mailing list — given the dearth of reviewed books this year I’m not sure how long that will last. Their holiday card features a beautiful Kazu Kibuishi drawing of Christmas with Harry Potter. Best wishes to everyone for the new year — I find it hard to believe we’re moving from 2013 to 2014 (these still sound like science fiction years to my 20th century born ears) but there it is.
I backed STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary which was funded on Kickstarter in late 2011. Mostly because Dave Kellett, creator of Sheldon, is part of the team making it. A couple of years later and they are just about ready to launch it into the world. The updates on the project have been great, I’ve gotten to see many of the steps they’ve taken on the road to pulling everything together. The project has shared a lot of things with backers of the project already and it looks really, really good. You can see the trailer at the film’s website here. …
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