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Harvey Pekar RIP

Harrvey Pekar the author of American Splendor has passed away at the age of 70.  Rest in peace[ READ MORE ]

Taking the plunge!

I’m thinking of finally putting my money were my mouth is and creating my own webcomic.  GASP!  A critic doing something rather than carping on about others work.  I’m slightly worried as I’ve got the feeling I’ll get slammed[ READ MORE ]

Small press; Big talent.

Well my bus and train journey into London added half an hour and a metric tonne of frustration to the journey. So when I arrived promptly at the ICA I was underwhelmed with the initial turn out.  At this point the other Comica festival goers varied from the chronically hip (chin strap beard and Sandinista [ READ MORE ]

Comica is coming!

Have you got your program for the Comica festival yet.  If not get it from the site.  There’s some excellent events lined up from the 5th to 26th November in London.  So if you can get into the capital I’d recommend checking it out. I’ll be going along to the ICA Nash rooms on Sunday [ READ MORE ]

Gone with the blastwave but back with a new URL

If you’re a long term fan of Kimmo Lemmeti’s post apocalyptic vision you can breath a sigh of relief.  Blastwave is back. For those of you that have followed Kimmo’s domain problems, the original domain is gone for good following a ridiculous hike in prices but have no fear blastwave is here[ READ MORE ]

History in the making

I’ve just found a great site for webcomic readers Archive Binge, which allows you to catch up on the back history of your favourite webcomics in a simple RSS feed.  Thanks to Lifehacker for the tip[ READ MORE ]

Is Zuda Comics X factor for the funny papers?

Zuda comics are taking an innovative approach to publication, they’re asking the audience.  The competition is staright forward the visitors to Zuda rate the comics and the winner gets published.  Now there is the danger of the lowest common denominator winning out and leaving us with yet more sub par x-men clones.  However we readers [ READ MORE ]

News round up

Well a lot can happen in four months. First off Aaron Diaz, author of Dresden Kodak, has gone Pro. A major step for any comic artist. So get over there and show your support with some loose change if you’ve ever been a reader and his work on Hob readily deserves our aid. More of [ READ MORE ]