Author: Brad Guigar

I like to check out the ads that pop up on my site. I enjoy knowing who’s supporting me — and knowing what kinds of comics and businesses are trying to reach my readers. That curiosity was paid off Big
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In case you haven’t heard enough of my sounding off on comics-related issues, Sam Charette was nice enough to ask me to guest-co-host Comic Dish this week. We discussed the upcoming death of Batman, the death of Heath Ledger, the
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The second Courting Disaster book is now available! Compiling about two years of Courting Disaster comics, this book has a slick, glossy cover and full-color printing on every page. It’s way cooler for your sweetie than chocolate, so get on
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The first convention appearance of the year is rolling around, and it’s gonna be cool for several reasons. I’m going to be a guest at Katsucon 14 is Feb. 15-17 in Washington D.C. First off, it’s my first anime convention.
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The New York Times is reporting that Heath Ledger has been found dead in Mary Kate Olsen’s Manhattan apartment. Police are saying it’s an apparent suicide. UPDATE: Both the AP and New York Times are backing off earlier claims, including
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Since the comic-convention season is near, here’s a complete rundown of all of the convention appearances I’m planning for the upcoming year. The conventions in blue are tentative. Katsucon (Washington, D.C.): February 15-17. **Celebrating 8 years of daily cartooning!** New
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Somebody pick up a copy of the Charlotte Observer today (Thursday). I think they’ve started running my Courting Disaster cartoon, but I’d love some confirmation. It’s running on their Web site, but that doesn’t guarantee they’re printing it. Oh… and
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The first convention appearance of the year is rolling around, and it’s gonna be cool for several reasons. I’m going to be a guest at Katsucon 14 is Feb. 15-17 in Washington D.C. First off, it’s my first anime convention.
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Bill Barnes, artist and co-writer of Unshelved was kind enough to invite me to sign copies of Evil Inc books at his booth at the American Library Association midwinter conference. To say that Bill is a class act and a
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Taking stock of super-villains Usually, when I review a comic in this space, I like to focus on the bad guys. After all, when you do a comic about a corporation that’s run for super-villains by super-villains, it’s kind expected.
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When I first started working on a daily comic strip, I labeled my files “Week 1_1, Week 1_2,” and so on to Saturday’s file (“Week 1_6”). The next Monday started with “Week 2_1” and so on. When I got to
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The WCCA Awards are now accepting nominations. I was nominated last year for best superhero comic. Just sayin. 🙂

This thing made me laugh out loud all the way through. Thing is, I think the actor playing Mr. Fantastic does a better job than Iaon Gruffudd. His name’s probably easier to spell, too. Thanks to Comics Alliance for bringing
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Bill Barnes of Unshelved has been nice enough to invite me to join him at his table at the American Library Association midwinter meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philly. I’ll be there Sunday from about noon ’til 3:30
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Just a quick site note. You must register to take part in the discussion. This also allows you to post questions in the forum — which I might choose to promote to the main CD page for wider consideration. Registration
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Several alert readers have noticed a certain similarity between the above comic (in the syndicated Pickles by Brian Crane) which ran on Dec, 24, and the Evil Inc comic from Dec. 17… Of course, my dedicated henchmen were concerned about
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Y’know how you see something you’ve been working on in another context and it brings the reality of the situation into sharp focus? That just happened to me when I saw the How To Make Webcomics book promoted on the
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Comixpedia has named the Halfpixel crew — Scott Kurtz, Dave Kellett, Kris Straub and me — in their annual People of Webcomics List for 2007. From their pouty lips: All four of these creators came together to create a new
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I remember back in the day, when I was starting out with Greystone Inn, I participated in all of those “Top Webcomics”lists. If I put the voting buttons on my site, encouraging people to vote for me, I could easily
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The Year Without A Santa Claus is my all-time favorite Rankin-Bass Christmas special. There’s just no beating the charm of the hopelessly dated plots, proudly corny character designs, and jerky stop-motion animation. But the real reason Year Without stands apart
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A while back, a longtime reader commissioned an original illustration based on the popular cover to the first Justice League International. On the cover, characters from Evil Inc are paired with members of my previous comic strip, Greystone Inn. I
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I generally don’t do holiday-themed strips. It’s not that I’m a scrooge. Rather, because my comics get reprinted in newspapers on a delay, it makes it really hard to match up the holiday with the appropriate week. However, I just
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I just finished Countdown: Arena #1 and it’s time to spread some props. I’m really enjoying this series way more than I thought I would The concept is… well, it’s another twist on a pretty tired concept. It’s another Contest
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Bidding has opened on the parking space previously used by Silver Age Rogue, Trickter, who met his demise in Countdown to Final Crisis #22. Savvy readers knew that either Pied Piper or Trickster were being set up for a dirt
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Time for a quick reminder of all the new features I’ve added into the site. Top of the list is my e-mail subscription system, which emails the daily comic and recent blog posts to you free of charge. Just enter
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When a cartoonist of the caliber of Dave Kellett comes out with a collection of strips, it’s a cause for celebration. Kellett’s work on Sheldon is among the very best to be found anywhere — Web or print — in
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Please join the staff of Evil Inc in congratulating Super Skrull, recipient of this week’s Employee-of-the-Week award. As predicted by Your Favorite Nemesis, Super Skrull blasted his way back into the Marvel Universe, posing as Black Bolt to infiltrate the
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As we head into Thanksgiving next week, here’s a chance to look back into the archives and see one of my favorite storylines from “Greystone Inn.” This storyline was an opportunity to hit all of the things I love about
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Taking stock in super-villains Salvation Run 1: The villains of the DC universe all take a huge leap in VQ ratings this week as Salvation Run 1 hits newsstands today. The first issues of the seven-part Salvation Run looks to
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I’m very sorry to announce that I’m not going to be attending Phil-Con in Philadelphia this weekend as previously announced. Unfortunately, I’ve come up against a scheduling conflict that I simply can’t rectify. Please accept my apologies if you were
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I gotta tell you, I’m just not feeling the new run of Suicide Squad. I’ve been through the first two issues, and I’m completely lukewarm. There’s a couple reasons. For starters, I’m getting thisclose to being over Amanda “The Wall”
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Please join the staff of Evil Inc in congratulating Superboy Prime, recipient of this week’s Employee-of-the-Week award. In Tales from the Sinestro Corps: Superboy Prime #1, SP finishes the job he started on the Teen Titans’ Risk in Infinite Crisis
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Three members of Blank Label Comics are ending their partnership with Blank Label Comics to form a new collective, Halfpixel, along with the creator of PvP, Scott Kurtz. Dave Kellett, Kris Straub and I will become members of the new
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As you may have noticed, Evil Inc is coming to you a little different these days. I’ve moved to a new host (thanks for everyone who has taken the time to report site bugs, by the way), and this move
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If you’re seeing this post, it means you’re seeing this site served from its new host. I’m really excited about this, but I need a little help hunting bugs. Please give the site a little test drive if you have
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Sam Charette, host of the sharply done Comic Dish podcast, took a few moments to interview me about Greystone Inn, Evil Inc, Courting Disaster, Phables, and the Weekly Webcomics Podcast. Needless to say, we covered a lot of ground. Check
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The big BLC train pulls into Bethesda, MD, this weekend with my two Webcomics Weekly pals, Dave Kellett and Kristofer Straub, and I appearing alongside Howard Tayler and Dave Willis. Click on the image to the right to get a
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If you’re not aware of the new Halfpixel storefront, Halfpixelstuff.com, you may be missing out on some great opportunities to get some really choice swag from the creators of PvP and Starslip Crisis (my Webcomics Weekly pals, Scott Kurtz and
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Baltimore Comic Con I’m going to be in Baltimore this weekend for the Baltimore Comic Con. I’ll be in Artist Alley with copies of both Evil Inc Annual Reports and the Courting Disaster books. If you’re interested in buying original
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Switching Sides It seems like everybody’s switching sides these days. In the Marvel Universe, a group of Avengers have gone underground to form an illegal resistance to the Meta-Human Registration Act, and a group of villains have formed a legal
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Get "Evil Inc" in your daily newspaper! It already appears in several college papers and a few daily newspapers such as the Philadelphia Daily News (Circulation 190,000). To add yours, just do the following: College Newspapers I provide "Evil Inc"
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A real corker Thanks to eagle-eyed reader Amy Raudenbush, we now know what Evil Inc’s fly-headed fiend drinks when he imbibes.

A quick storyline note… Right off the bat, let me clear up some confusion that new readers may have had with Tuesday’s strip. The two characters in the last panel are call-backs to an earlier story arc that became somewhat
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2007-2008 Convention Schedule Here’s a list of the conventions I’m planning to attend this year. I’ve also listed the conventions (in grey italics) that I’m considering, but haven’t committed to. 2007 Baltimore Comic Con: Sept. 8-9 SPXpo (Bethesda, Md): Oct.
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Cast your vote! What’s this memorial service all about? Cast your vote on the forum! Got a theory that doesn’t fit the multiple-choice options? Here’s your chance to show off your Evil genius!