Author: Brad Guigar

Despite what felt like a lighter crowd, I had a tremendous weekend at Wizard World Philadelphia. I haven’t seen attendance numbers yet — and I haven’t ruled out wider aisles in Artist’s Alley playing into my perception — but Friday’s
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — Two Face foreshadowed in Batman trailer [COMICS BULLETIN] Harvey Dent makes a creepy appearance in this clip from the upcoming Batman movie. Go take a look.

Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — Bad Dads [NEWSARAMA] With Father’s Day this weekend and everyone desperately searching for the perfect last minute gift, Newsarama gives a nod to the fathers we all know and love
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… After the Hulk smashed the puny box office this weekend, he’s been in the center of some pretty interesting discussions. One ponders the villain in the expected third flick, and the
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — Renaissance Penguin? [PULSE] Jesse Aaron is one busy writer in comics. He’s working on Vertigo’s Western series, “Scalped,” and a pair of Hellblazer issues. He’s scripting Marvel’s Wakandian hero, “The
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — The butlers did it: Both of the major comic-book publishers seem to be positioning their parallel manservants to be A-list baddies. In the Marvel Universe, it’s faithful Avengers butler Jarvis,
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Taking stock of super-villains Human Flame: The last time we checked in with Human Flame, we were hearing reports about a Z-Lister who would kill JLA mainstay Martian Manhunter. Turns out, in Final Crisis #1, the Human Flame watches while
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — Supervillains to save JLA? It looks as if its up to the super-villains to save the Justice League. Actually, it’s a movie about a prison full of super-villains who try
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You’re probably already aware of the Orphan Works Act. In short, Google is behind a move to radically change copyright law so they, and others, can display cartoons (as well as other things) with no regard to copyright. Someone could
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — Un-“Wanted” [ENTERTAINMENT BUFF] The hero in the “Wanted” comics isn’t a hero at all. He’s a put-upon loser who becomes a supervillain after he discovers that his estranged father was
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… — Libra to step to the fore. [HERALD-DISPATCH] “I’m the only one who knows there was a war in heaven, and evil won. The multiverse takes a single breath like a
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It’s hard to believe, but Wizard World Philadelphia is upon us once again! I’ll be in Artist’s Alley all weekend, with copies of all three Evil Inc books, both Courting Disaster books and, hopefully, a few remaining issue of How
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Rounding up the latest news from the “black capes”… [TWCL] Who is the most messed-up villain ever? The Thunderbolt’s Swordsman? Joker? Kang? Make your case here.

Taking stock of super-villains Super Skrull Army: The last time we checked in with Super Skrull, he was receiving an Evil Inc Employee-of-the-Month honor for trouncing of the Illuminati and introducing a couple dogglegangers. As I foretold then, the appearance
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Rounding up the latest news from the “back capes”… [COMICLIST NEWS] Superman has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. Wonder Woman graced the debut issue of Ms. Magazine. And Batman has appeared on a number of magazine covers, most
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Rounding up the latest news from the “back capes”… [PULSE] The Joker’s wild and he’s narrating a bunch of stories this July featuring some of the biggest thorns in the side of the Dark Knight Detective! David Hine’s wild too.
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I haven’t posted any site notes in a while, so here’s a quick reminder of all the cool features this site has to help you enjoy Evil Inc to its fullest! First off, you’ll see a link to the Forum
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[COMICS BULLETIN The highly anticipated “Batman: R.I.P.” storyline is off to an explosive start, with BATMAN #676 selling out one day after arriving in stores on May 14. Now, DC Comics sends this issue, written by Grant Morrison with art
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Thanks to my friend Aaron Albert from About.com: Comic Books, I’ve got a few more photos to share from Emerald City Comic Con — mostly of the How To Make Webcomics panel. We’ll kick it off with a shot of
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Thanks to the readers who have helpfully pointed out that Chess King hasn’t been seen in malls since the mid-90s. And, yes, I happen to remember when this was all farms. What of it?

With Emerald City in the rearview mirror, here’s a complete rundown of all of the remaining convention appearances I’m planning. The conventions in blue are tentative. Wizard World Philadelphia: May 29 – June 1 Comic Con: July 24-27. Appearing with
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Taking stock of super-villains Green Goblin: Stormin’ Norman Osborn has been on a delicious slow burn since the start of the post-Registration Act Thunderbolts. With Warren Ellis taking the helm of the title, Osborn has been handled with tremendous aplomb.
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While we were taping the Webcomics Weekly podcast Friday night, Scott got word from Image Comics that the How To Make Webcomics book is sold out. I know I have plenty of books in stock to continue to ship orders
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What do you say after a weekend in which you were treated like royalty, hung out with some of your best friends and colleagues, and were surrounded by kind and supportive fans? “Thank you” doesn’t seem to touch it. First
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As we’ve mentioned on the podcast, a few typographical errors snuck through our editing system and into the How To Make Webcomics book. Our dedicated readers have been kindly pointing them out to us. And — no fooling — we’re
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EMERALD CITY COMIC CON IS THIS WEEKEND! I’ve been waiting to say that ever since ECCC 07 closed! In case you missed my previous post on the subject, here’s the low-down once again: It just doesn’t get better than the
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…for a special mission. E-mail me for details. Thanks to everyone who responded! I think this is work! I’ll have a full report later!

Webcomic creator Joshua Jericho, who does the vaunted WTH Comic, invited me to be a guest on his podcast, Chug-A-Freeze. Kind of. He asked my permission to use clips of my laughing during the Webcomics Weekly Podcast in his own
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It’s the first of May and that means that we are only ten days away from one of the Very Best comic conventions in the continental United States. Folks, it just doesn’t get better than the Emerald City Comic Convention.
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Fully 70% of the preorders for Evil Inc Vol. 3 have been shipped — including national and international orders, regular and Artist’s Editions. The remaining 30% are waiting for the arrival of Vol. 1 which sold out at the New
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By the end of the day Saturday, I had sold all of my copies of the How To Make Webcomics as well as all the copies of Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 1 and almost all the copies of Evil
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Fully 20% of the orders — national and international — have been shipped out as of this morning. The ever-helpful two-year-old was on-hand to entertain postal employees as they processed the packages. His patented “Thomas the Tank Engine crashes into
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As of noon today,the first salvo of mailings for the Vol. 3 preorders have been shipped. This includes everyone who ordered non-signed Vol. 3 and Vol. 2 books — both national and international. Orders that included Vol. 1 will be
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I’m officially a self-publisher! Thursday, a large truck rumbled down the street with two pallets of books. 500 copies of Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 2 and 1,500 copies of Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 3. Unfortunately, the truck was
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Saturday at NYCC started strong and remained crazy with very few lulls. I’m very happy I uploaded my files to Lulu and had a batch of the Vol. 3 books on hand. Lulu had them to me — and looking
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The 2008 New York Comic Con was my best convention appearance to date. I sold out of most of my merchandise, I met some amazingly nice people, I got back in touch with many good friends, and I generally enjoyed
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There’s no doubt in my mind that Ed Ryzowski’s effect on this strip has been a positive one. His colors have added a depth to this comic that is nothing short of phenomenal. Just look at what his touch added
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Come out and say hi to me at the New York Comic Con! This year, it’s going to be an especially great convention because it will be my first opportunity to present How To Make Webcomics to the public. And
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Thank you to all of the people who wrote an e-mail, posted on MySpace and Facebook, or otherwise took the time to wish me a happy birthday. 🙂 It was a very happy one, indeed, and I’m looking forward to
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Look up. Right now! Do you see it? Up there in the right-hand corner of the site? Isn’t that cool! Thanks to my pal Scott Kurtz, I’ve got a new way to help readers find my other comics. If you
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I’m thisclose to submitting my order to the printer for Evil Inc Annual Report, Vol. 3, and it just hit me… I forgot to tell you guys why this book is so important to me! This book marks my official
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Good gosh, I just looked at the calendar and saw that we’re about four weeks away from one of the biggest conventions of the year, New York Comic Con! This year, it’s going to be an especially great convention because
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As an added bonus (or is it additional punishment?), I also did another guest co-host stint with Comic Dish. We discussed the How To Make Webcomics book (and the fallacy of my trying to kill my co-authors) and do a
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I’m still reeling from finally seeing my copy of “How To Make Webcomics!” The book hit comic-shop shelves Wednesday and the response has been overwhelming. We’ve been aching for you guys to see the results of our work for months,
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Eric Burns, the fertile mind behind Websnark, has posted some very kind comments about Evil Inc as well as my other two comics, Courting Disaster and Phables. You can read them here.

Henchman Eric Moyers passed along this video of Wilbur the Cat. Now, I have to be honest, I’m not much of a cat person, but this short film made me chuckle. I never seen a cat sit like this. It’s
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You’ve probably noticed the ads for New York Comic Con. It’s hard to believe it’s right around the corner. I’m going to be there signing copies of How To Make Webcomics and, with any luck, Evil Inc Annual Report Vol.
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Big thanks to everyone who has already pre-ordered their copies of Evil Inc Annual Report, Vol. 3. At this rate, I’ll have the money to place the order very shortly. You have six options for ordering! You can get the
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This is the third installment of the series of graphic novels based on the daily comic strip, Evil Inc. This is not simply a collection of comic strips. Rather, I take the individual panels of the strips and lay out
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You may notice a new logo over the comics starting today — ones that look like the one to the right. When you click the “TRANSCRIBE THIS COMIC” button, you get taken to a place in which you can transcribe
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Today marks a brand new era for Evil Inc — one that I frankly never thought would happen. Starting today, we plan on bringing you Your Favorite Comic in living (or should that be loathing?) color. This started with a
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Today marks eight years of doing a daily comic strip for me. It’s kind of a big day for me because doing this is the one thing that I really dreamed about doing when I was a kid. It’s a
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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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At last! You can get the How To Make Webcomics book that you’ve heard us talk about on the Webcomics Weekly Podcast! NEWS FLASH: As of this writing, this book now ranks Number One on a couple of Amazon lists!
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David Malki’s wonderfully crafted movie about the lives of henchmen is complete, and it is tremendous! You know Malki from his comic, Wondermark. Also good stuff. If you enjoy this strip, you’re sure to get a charge out of the
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