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The Week in Villainy: Taking stock of super-villains — Dark Reign: Hawkeye: Of all the villains who have assumed the mantle of replacement Avengers under Norman Osborne, none are having a tougher time with the transition than Bullseye, who now
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If everything goes according to plan, Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 4 will be arriving in time for my appearance at Wizard World Philadelphia June 19-21. So I’m going to leave pre-orders up until then to allow everyone to take
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My friend, Jonathan Rosenberg, is announcing pre-orders for his new Goats graphic novel, Infinite Typewriters.” From the press release: The first of three Goats collections from Del Rey, Goats: Infinite Typewriters features beautifully reproduced full-color comics from 2003, 2004 and
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Super Villain Attacks Cincinnati’s Real Life Superhero. Your Move, Shadowhare [IO9]: When you build a real-life superhero team, you’re only asking for trouble from a real life supervillain. The “Consortium of Evil” has placed a bounty on Shadowhare’s identity. And
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I am opening up preorders for the fourth volume of the Evil Inc Annual Report — IN COLOR! That’s right, colorist Ed Ryzowski has gone back into the archives and colored the strips leading up to the beginning of his
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If you’re going to be making a special trip to your comic shop this Saturday for Free Comic Book Day, you’ll want to be sure to pick up the special Blackest Night giveaway. According to Major Spoilers, the issue will
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In response to yesterday’s post on Len Wein’s upcoming 2-issue stint on JLA in which he plans to bring back Plastic Man, Evil Inc henchman David Oakes, the Lord of Legoland, has submitted a short story about the Lego Plastic
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The Evil Inc faction at SpyBattle.com has grown to a healthy size in just a few days, but there’s still room for you. Everyone who has requested an invitation to join has been invited, and we’ve amassed a ludicrous amount
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In a recent interview with CBR, comics legend Len Wein talked about his upcoming two-part JLA stint (on sale in June). Therein, we find this exchange… Wein: “… I’m also bringing back one of my favorite characters, Plastic Man, just
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If you’ve noticed the new ads running on the Evil Inc site, you’ve probably already guessed that I’m welcoming a new sponsor. SpyBattle is a text-based browser game in which you play a spy in a futuristic world. In this
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Enjoy this podcast from the Webcomics Weekly archives. It was taped mere minutes before Adsdaq booted a bunch of webcomics from its roster. So the discussion of its usefulness is academic at best. However, there’s also a great discussion about
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While we were at Emerald City Comic Con, the Halfpixel crew taped another live podcast. This time, our audience was estimated at about 450, and we spoke about everything from webcomics basics to copyright to the benefits of self-publishing. Since
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Evil Inc henchman, Mike Ciccotello, has relaunched his ultra-clever comic strip, SchoolHouse Daze. Mike’s a good guy and he’d been retooling his comic for an awful long time, gearing up for today’s relaunch. This is a good time to jump
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One of the best conventions on the calendar is upon us once more! The Halfpixel crew looks forward to Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington, every year the way a five-year-old looks forward to Christmas. All four of us
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The inaugural New England Webcomics Weekend was an unadulterated success. It was the first ever comic convention for webcomics only and it obliterated my expectations. Beyond the sheer awesomeness of the weekend — and besides taping what may have been
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The inaugural New England Webcomics Weekend was an unadulterated success. It was the first ever comic convention for webcomics only and it obliterated my expectations. Beyond the sheer awesomeness of the weekend — and besides taping what may have been
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Was Chris Eliopolis doing a cool Webcomics Weekly shout-out in today’s Misery Loves Sherman? Who cares. It’s an awesome strip either way. 🙂

Live from the New England Webcomics Weekend! Brad, Dave, Scott and Kris talk newspapers, webcomics, and more — LIVE to a packed room of webcomic readers and fanatics. This episode is, hands down, the favorite episode so far of all
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A few, quick updates from the weekend that was NEWW… (1) In my excitement, I neglected to upload the Saturday strip. Ed had it colored in plenty of time, I simply dropped the ball. It is up now, and it
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Webcomics Weekend, in Easthampton, Mass., is this weekend! It’s going to be a tremendous meet-up of some of the very best in webcomics. And me. All four Halfpixelites will be in attendance: Dave Kellett, Kris Straub, Scott Kurtz and me.
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The cover of Hulk #10 grabbed me from across the comic shop. I have to admit, I can count the number of issues of that title I have read on one hand. And that goes all the way back to
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For those of us who have been working in the comic-strip business for the past several years, there has been no truer friend in journalism than David Astor. (That’s him, second from the left, in the photo above. Sitting right
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The vaunted Death Ray Weekly comics blog is featuring an interview with me in their weekly podcast. You can hear for yourself what it sounds like when I try to hook up to Skype using a Dixie Cup© and a
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Charlie Gavin, who produces the stellar Silver Age webcomic, interviewed me recently. The results have been posted on his site. Recently I had the chance to do a little email interview with cartoonist and author Brad J. Guigar, responsible for
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I do. Well, I did. And it was jaw-dropping good. I’ll do a full review a little later, but right now, I’m still trying to get my head around it.

Well, it all started when my boys got a Wii from the grandparents for Christmas. If you’ve been following my Twitter feed, you already know I’m a Wii-Bowling Jedi. And, thanks to the patient tutelage of my six-year-old, I’ve become
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The Harvey Award nominating process is officially open. You can download a form here and either e-mail or snail-mail it to the Harvey Awards organizers. Only comics professionals (and I assume this includes webcomics pros) can nominate a comic, so
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Katsucon 15: Print, Web, or Both: What Should a Comic Artist Do? from kaiki on Vimeo.br> Once again, courtesy of Eric Raehn, here’s another video of a panel from Katsucon. I’m not on this one, but my Halpixel pals, Dave
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New York Comic Con 2009 from Brad Guigar on Vimeo.

Katuscon 15: How To Make Webcomics: From Sketch to Posting and All Points in Between. from kaiki on Vimeo. Courtesy of Eric Raehn, here’s a video of a panel I moderated at Katsucon last weekend. The topic was “How To
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One of the many things I celebrated while I was at Katsucon was my nine-year anniversary doing a daily comic strip. This is the only thing I ever wanted to do professionally since I was a little kid. And you
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My trip to Katsucon last weekend was worth all the stress that I went through to get there. I must be the only mook who thinks he can rent a car without a major credit card. When I laid my
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I can finally announce something that has been in the works for a couple months now. Webcomics Weekend, in Easthampton, Mass., is being announced for March 20-22. It’s going to be a tremendous meet-up of some of the very best
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Quick review of details for Katsucon in Arlington, Va, this weekend: I’ll be hanging out with two of my Halfpixel pals, Dave and Kris. We’re planning to do a fan meet-up at a nearby restaurant Saturday night at 8:30 p.m.
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Switched.com posted a report about Marvel making the big move to iTunes. Below it, they pretty much said, “Hey, this is cool and everything, but there’s already a whole slew of comics optimized for the Web and mobile devices, and
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Check out the often-imitated-never-duplicated Webcomics Weekly Podcast, featuring Scott Kurtz, Dave Kellett, Kris Straub, and myself. If you love listening to cartoonists talking shop, this is a must. You can keep up with the latest updates via our RSS feed.
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Here are a few photos from my weekend at New York Comic Con. I did quite a few interviews, including this one with the Village Voice, and the Secret Identity podcast. As a matter of fact, if you head over
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On the Thursday before New York Comic Con, I took the train to New York to tape the Superfan Roundtable, a radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio that discusses the Howard Stern Morning Show, which I have been listening to
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Check out the often-imitated-never-duplicated Webcomics Weekly Podcast, featuring Scott Kurtz, Dave Kellett, Kris Straub, and myself. If you love listening to cartoonists talking shop, this is a must. You can keep up with the latest updates via our RSS feed.
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As many of you know, Courting Disaster accompanies a sex-advice column in the Philadelphia Daily News. The columnists did a bonus column for Valentine’s Day, so there are two — count ’em, two! — bonus comics to share this week.
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Fresh off my high from New York Comic Con, I’m appearing at Katsucon in Arlington, Va, this weekend. Better still, I’ll be hanging out with two of my Halfpixel pals, Dave and Kris. If you life on the Right Coast,
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I’ve donated the original art from this strip (above), matted and framed, to benefit Frankford Friends School in Philadelphia. The retail value of the art is $200, but they’ve started the bidding at $50, so bid now. As with all
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I’ve got two trips to the Big Apple in the next few days, and I’m major-league excited about both. First, I head out tomorrow to tape the Superfan Roundtable — a show dedicated to the popular Howard Stern Morning Show
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Vericon IX Webcomics Panel from Kris Straub on Vimeo.

If you, like me, have been sitting on the sidelines of the City of Heroes / City of Villains world, feeling left out because you own a Mac, it’s time to rejoice. CoH is releasing a verison for Mac. From
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By now, you’re more than well aware of the tremendous talent of Ed Ryzowski, who collaborates with me in providing the colors for Evil Inc. Recently, he has been experimenting with applying some painterly effects in his work and he
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Vericon 2009 from Brad Guigar on Vimeo.

Newsarama has a preview of the Kobra one-shot on their site. From the solicitation: Who is Kobra? After his death, Kobra’s terrorist organization has been in disarray, with different factions and false leaders vying for control. Now a new figure
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As a huge fan of Howard Stern and a regular listener to his daily morning show on Sirius Satellite Radio, I’m really excited to have been invited to be on the Superfan Roundtable Show next Thursday at 7 p.m. EST
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Videos from the Webcomics panel at Vericon, held at Harvard University, have already begun to surface on Youtube. And a few photos have been posted on Flickr. This may be the signature photo for the entire discussion, though. Kris and
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As you read here first, Marvel’s offering a villain-themed series this year: Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil. Newsarama has a preview. [NEWSARAMA]: Marvel has released a preview of Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #1. The solicitation
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So Trinity does it to me again. I had completely fallen away from the story. The blue villagers… the screwed up characters… the plot threads dropped never to be seen again… the discordant art styles… I had finally made a
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Did I say that my convention season was going to be kicked off in New York? HA! Lies! All lies! It turns out that the new start of the convention season is going to be at Harvard University this weekend,
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Sad news for the super-villain community: Ricardo Montalban, known for playing Star Trek’s Khan, has died at the age of 88. [E! Online]: Ricardo Montalban, who presided over TV’s Fantasy Island as the all-knowing, vaguely mysterious Mr. Roarke, and menaced
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The unofficial kick-off to the convention season starts in just four, short weeks. New York Comic Con is coming up Feb. 6-8, and, for me, it can’t get here fast enough. I’ll be at my booth in the Small Press
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[Christian Science Monitor]: The rest of the publishing industry may have its worries, but in comic-book land, things are looking rosy. According to an article in USA Today, total sales of comic books were “strong” in 2008, while the graphic-novel
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…Not for me. But I came awfully close. Two weeks before Christmas, I was called into a meeting and told that management was planning more lay-offs, and I was on the list despite my ten years with the company. Now,
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It’s hard to believe that we’re careening headlong into the new convention season already. For example, I’ll be promoting my booth in the Small Press Area of the New York Comic Con next month. But before that, I’m going to
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Newsarama has a preview of Final Crisis: Secret Files. From the solicitation: Finally, the secrets of this year’s most talked about event can be revealed! Witness how Darkseid’s death shattered the Multiverse, creating continuity ripples throughout the DC Universe! Submit
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During a routine perusing of the DC Comics Message Board, I stumbled across a reference to an Evil Inc cameo in Top Ten, Season Two #3. On Page 15 / Panel 3, in the upper right-hand corner, are Dr. Haynus
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Evil Inc sadly notes the passing of a woman whose voice personified evil itself, Eartha Kitt. Whether she was rasping “Santa Baby,” or purring at Adam West’s Batman as the quintessential Catwoman, you just knew she was up to no
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[CBR]: The Top 25 were revealed a little while ago, so now we’re filling in picks #100 to 26, five battles at a time! Check back each day to see which battles were revealed that day, all the way until
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My friend, Chris Flick, has honored me as the King of Puns in today’s Capes and Babes. Thanks, Chris!

OPEN MEMO TO NEWS ORGANIZATIONS: As an unofficial spokesperson for the Super-villain Community, I would like to respectfully request that you use the term pyramid scheme when reporting on the Bernie Madoff financial fraud story. The term you’re using —
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Ed Ryzowksi, the very talented man who colours this strip, has posted a video of how he transforms this strip into the full-spectrum, technicolor masterwork you see every day. It’s simply stunning to see it gradually take form in front
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The solicitations for Secret Six #5 promise that we’re finally going to learn the mysterious identity of the crime boss known only as “Junior.” That gives us a little less than three weeks to do a little Vegas-style odds-making. SS#4
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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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I’m resurrecting this thread from August because I just now figured out how to make those little icons appear for those of you using Internet Explorer! The plea remains the same: I get tons of traffic when people “Stumble” the
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Since we’re knee-deep in a parallel-Earth storyline — which is confusing enough — I’m not going to break the action up with a week of Christmas strips. So, in the spirit of re-gifting, here’s a link to the Christmas strips
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One more story from visiting the family over Thanksgiving week. My wife’s grandmother was doling out dollar bills to my 6yo son. She asked him if he could count them. “One, two, three, four, five,” said the boy. “Very good!”
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Victor Buono would be proud. As you may know, some of the villains that appeared on the Batman TV show from the 60s were created solely for the tube — instead of being developed from the comic. King Tut was
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Gail Simone’s Secret Six has lived up to expectations completely in its second run, with more phenomenal characterizations, tight art, a fascinating villain (Junior), and a serious plot hook. In case you’re late to the party: The gang has found
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Can I share a little story about my friend, Dave Kellett? Dave very kindly sent me a thank-you gift recently. Being the joker he is, he addressed it to “BRAD ‘SWEETCHEEKS’ GUIGAR.” When it was delivered, I was upstairs, working
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Watchful henchman Michael passed along this gem: A five-piece wooden block set for the preschool mad scientist. It looks beautifully carved, with each letter of the alphabet representing a facet of professional villainy. A complete list of the images represented
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Check out Weregeek by the fabulously talented Alina Pete for a very funny cameo by Yours Truly — and my Halfpixel cohorts. Ms Pete does my cameo justice a suitably foul pun. Well played, Ms Pete! 🙂

If you’re like most people, you’re fully in the swing of buying presents for the upcoming holidays. But you’re not most people, are you? No, although you’re on a tight budget, you still pride yourself on choosing unique and thoughtful
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Special thanks to the Webcomic Overlook, which included Evil Inc in its compilation of Webcomics’ Greatest Trivial Moments under the category of Best Pun of the Year. The winning strip was this doozy from a couple months ago. I humbly
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So, I didn’t announce it because I didn’t want to advertise that there would be nobody guarding the homefront, but I spent the entire week last week on a tour of the upper Midwest, visiting my family and my wife’s
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The Week in Villainy: Taking stock of super-villains Dr. Doom: The Doctor is IN. Like many villains from the Golden or Silver Ages, the good doctor has seen his character flirt with campy disregard. But in the recent Death of
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Although I am remiss in not posting this sooner, James Robertson, covering the Baltimore Comic Convention for the American Observer did an outstanding piece on webcomics in October. Thanks, James!

I’m going to be making my final appearance of the year this weekend at PhilCon in Cherry Hill, NJ. The event is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill. I’ll be in the Dealer’s Room Friday from
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[NEWSARAMA]“Everybody needs somebody sometime,” goes the classic song. And perhaps that’s true for supervillains as well. But what happens when Dr. Doom, the armored monarch of Latveria, decides to team up with the other supervillains of the Marvel Universe? This
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[UGO] It’s Wednesday. You just plopped down twenty (or more) of your hard earned dollars for this week’s crop of comics. You get home, anxiously awaiting “me time.” You head for the toilet and open up this month’s latest issue
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Newsarama has posted a 5-page preview of the next installation of Secret Six. [NEWSARAMA] The hunt is on as some of the world’s most dangerous killers are getting paid ridiculous chunks of cash to bring down the Secret Six. But
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If you’ve been following my Twitter feed, you know that this has been an interesting Halloween for the Guigars. When my kids announced that they were both going to be Spider-Man (one black, the other red-and-blue), I decided to build
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From the Greystone Archive: Halloween The Henri David Ball is a Philadelphia tradition. Its a citywide costume ball thrown by Philadelphia jeweler Henri David. The money raised during the night supports AID charities. The costumes worn (and barely worn) during
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From the Greystone Archive: Halloween I told you about the Transylvania University / Rafinesque storyline. In 2004, I revisited the story with a sequel. I failed to capture the lightning of the first story, but it was still an awfully
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I’ve done a miserable job of preparing a con report for Baltimore Comic Con — which was a tremendous convention for the entire Halfpixel crew. However, arch-henchman Michael Tolosa has recorded the Halfpixel panel from the weekend and posted it
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My Halfpixel pals — Scott, Kris and Dave — and I have some exciting news: We’ve acquired the rights to Webcomics.com. This is the next logical step from our popular How To Make Webcomics book. We will use the site
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Steady C-lister Solomon Grundy gets his own solo title in January. From the DC solicit: FACES OF EVIL: GRUNDY #1 Written by Scott Kolins & Geoff Johns Art by Scott Kolins Cover by Shane Davis & Sandra Hope The marsh
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The Week in Villainy: Taking stock of super-villains Hush: In Detective Comics 849 we get the Big Reveal that Hush has taken his plastic surgery to new heights: He has made himself over to look like Bruce Wayne. Moreover, on
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Newsarama has a five-page preview to Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns. From their site: The prelude to “The Blackest Night” begins here! They come from a place of great anger and hatred. They are the Red Lanterns and
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From the Greystone Archive: Halloween This was one of the all-time best Halloween storylines. I’ll put this up against any comic’s Halloween stories. It takes place at Transylvania University — which really exists in Kentucky. The story quickly becomes a
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From the Greystone Archive: Halloween Halloween 2001 was uneasy. The month before, we had suffered all of the fright we could handle. That’s why Mac decided to throw a party — to get out of a rut. In the excitement,
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From the Greystone Archive: Halloween All month I’m going to be highlighting Halloween storylines from years past. This first one is from the very early days of Greystone Inn. Mac and Argus discover the rowhouse they share is featured on
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Starting today, “Evil Inc” will begin appearing in front of 800,000 more people. The Trend, circulated throughout the suburban areas of Philadelphia, covers eight counties within the Delaware Valley. The Trend is a weekly publication, and it will run six
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I’m stealing Kris Straub’s Slipcast to give you guys and early report on Baltimore Comic Con last weekend. Enjoy!

From Baltimore… Kurtz asked the nebulous question, “What are webcomics?” and answered it himself, saying “Webcomics are found in caves, right next to gems and guarded by hobbits.” A group of fans joined the panel already in progress, and brought
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The comic-convention season is almost over, but I have two big ones before the end of the year — one of which is coming this weekend! Baltimore Comic Con: Saturday and Sunday. Appearing with my How To Make Webcomics co-authors,
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The International Society of Super-villains open up the mailbag to find the following: I have my one year review coming up. At this time my bosseseses will offer me a raise [or not, or fire me, one of the three].
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