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Covering and Promoting Creativity and the Creative Process Since 2007. Webcomics, Comic News, Tropes, and Webfiction.
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Webcomic Beacon: Writing a comic with no end in sight. | David Barrack (Grrl Power) joins Fes Works , Mark Savary, and Alex Heberling to talk about writing one's comic without any plan in sight. We also have a few episodes we are planning, and may be looking for guests for those. Including writing comics WITH an end in sight; as well as deciding to end your comic, and how one would go about doing that. Cover: Rich Lauzon (Space Pest Removal) Promo: The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue Music: I Don't Know by John Caspi and The First Gun Notes: Did you see the result of the 2012 Webcomic Blind Date? Well be sure to see the submissions here! ADDITIONALLY: Are any cartoonists interested in doing something for April 1st this year? I was thinking about pairing people up to write the "end" of each other's comics. So for the April Fools Day episode, every participant's comics would "end". Email us at webcomicbeacon@gmail.com if you want in! | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Issue reviews I, Vampire #1 (2011) | A look at DC Comics' New 52: I, Vampire #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue crew is here to let you know what we think! Please join Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher, and Marcus A. Do know that while this show is also available as a podcast, you miss out if you don't watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway. Remember that we abridge these issues, and the show is by no means a substitute for reading it yourself. If any comics we review pique your interest, there are MANY places to pick these up! We highly recommend you check out your local comic book shop first, as that is the BEST experience for reading comic books. Otherwise there are many sources online to read and buy comic books in a digital format: DC Comics on Comixology, Marvel Digital Comics, IDW Publishing on Comixology, Dark Horse Digital, Comixology, and Graphicly. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Issue reviews Superman #1 (2011) | A look at DC Comics' New 52: Superman #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue crew is here to let you know what we think! Please join Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher, and Marcus A. Do know that while this show is also available as a podcast, you miss out if you don't watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway. Remember that we abridge these issues, and the show is by no means a substitute for reading it yourself. If any comics we review pique your interest, there are MANY places to pick these up! We highly recommend you check out your local comic book shop first, as that is the BEST experience for reading comic books. Otherwise there are many sources online to read and buy comic books in a digital format: DC Comics on Comixology, Marvel Digital Comics, IDW Publishing on Comixology, Dark Horse Digital, Comixology, and Graphicly. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Webcomic Beacon Newscast for February 19th, 2012 | Trying something new with the Newscast format! Starting with strict news reporting in one segment, then discussion in another section. Give a listen then give us some feedback! Kelly Turnbull (Manly Guys Doing Manly Things) joins in on the discussion this week with Thom Revor, Alex Heberling, and News Researchers Eric Kimball and Jason Strawsburg bring you this week's edition of The Webcomic Beacon Newscast! Read all the news of the past week below. Some news not discussed in part, or at all, on the show. Break Promo: The Geek Life ___________________________________ Top Stories Entertainment Software Rating Board launches PSA with Penny Arcade art. Original Source: Times Union ___________________________________ Buzz Interview with Doug Tenapel and Ethan Nicolle Original Source: Making Comics! (Part 1 | Part 2) Jhonen Vazquez to make Digital comics for DC Original Source: Comics Beat Interview with Jeff Parks and Erika Moen Found via: Comix Talk - Original Source: Comics Alliance The Secret of a 24 hour comic (Boulet Darkness interview) Original Source: Washington Post Onizumi makes Female Superheroes as V****as (NSFW) Original Source: Onezumi ___________________________________ Business Gary Friedrich case spurs debate about convention sketches Original Source: Robot 6 Additional Commentary (Sean Gordon Murphy) Marvel execs talk Ghost Rider lawsuit after fandom explodes. Found via: Blastr Neal Adams Addresses the Comic Book Industry about Gary Friedrich Found via: Steve Niles - Original Source: Bleeding Cool There will never be another “Watchmen” Original Source: The Escapist How to Co-Create Comic Books A look at the dynamics between a writer and artist for comics Original Source: Parkerspace ___________________________________ Education Scholastic Webinar with comic greats Found via: Comix Talk - Original Source: Go Raina! How to write a Pitch Original Source: Making Comics! Commandments of Color Theory Original Source: Graphics.com ___________________________________ Tech Telecoms must give shareholder a vote on net neutrality Found via: Slashdot - Original Source: Business Week Are Marvel bootlegs an inside job? Found via: Bleeding Cool - Original Source: Robot 6 - 4th Letter .HTAccess Tricks Original Source: Designer Daily ___________________________________ Tidbits John Allison has introduced a subscription model for Bad Machinëry Not really. It’s a donation module called a subscription model Found via: Fleen - Original Source: Scary Go Round Webcomic artists uses version control software to produce automated "making of" videos of his workflow Original Source: Boing Boing Webcomic Marketing vs Salesmanship Original Source: MTV Geek ___________________________________ Oddities What Webcartoonists Actually Do Original Source: Imgur Kevin Smith’s “Comic Book Men” a good argument against Comic Book Shops Source: Comics Alliance - And the response (Comics Alliance) ___________________________________ Discard Pile “When is it not pirating?” and/or “When is piracy understandable?” Found via: Robot 6 - Original Source: 4th Letter How Subjective is Ownership of an Idea? Original Source: The Comic Age Rich Stevens to break being vegetarian to eat a pound of bacon per a $666 pledge on his Kickstarter Original Source: Fleen Spike at Templar, Arizona releases first glimpse of the upcoming Smut Peddler collection Found via: Fleen - Original Source: Iron Spike Betty Marries Veronica Original Source: Comics Alliance Taking the Stand, the People vs. George Lucas Documentary Original Source: Film Ink | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Webfiction World: Monsters | SGL (Tales of the Big Bad Wolf) joins Greg X. Graves to talk to you about MONSTERS! Reading: Tales of the Big Bad Wolf: Little Red Riding Hood: Chapter 15a by SGL, read by Fes Works Music: Set Me Free (Uplift Remix) by Jackal Queenston (Conquer) *320k, Bass-boosted MP3 available for purchase. Notes: Article on Chinese web-it writers that have been profitable for a while now. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Issue reviews Voodoo #1 (2011) | A look at DC Comics' New 52: Teen Titans #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue crew is here to let you know what we think! Please join Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher, and Marcus A. Do know that while this show is also available as a podcast, you miss out if you don't watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway. Remember that we abridge these issues, and the show is by no means a substitute for reading it yourself. If any comics we review pique your interest, there are MANY places to pick these up! We highly recommend you check out your local comic book shop first, as that is the BEST experience for reading comic books. Otherwise there are many sources online to read and buy comic books in a digital format: DC Comics on Comixology, Marvel Digital Comics, IDW Publishing on Comixology, Dark Horse Digital, Comixology, and Graphicly. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Issue reviews Batman: The Dark Knight #1 (2011) | A look at DC Comics' New 52: Teen Titans #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue crew is here to let you know what we think! Please join Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher, and Marcus A. Do know that while this show is also available as a podcast, you miss out if you don't watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway. Remember that we abridge these issues, and the show is by no means a substitute for reading it yourself. If any comics we review pique your interest, there are MANY places to pick these up! We highly recommend you check out your local comic book shop first, as that is the BEST experience for reading comic books. Otherwise there are many sources online to read and buy comic books in a digital format: DC Comics on Comixology, Marvel Digital Comics, IDW Publishing on Comixology, Dark Horse Digital, Comixology, and Graphicly. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Issue reviews Teen Titans #1 (2011) | A look at DC Comics' New 52: Teen Titans #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue crew is here to let you know what we think! Please join Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher, and Marcus A. Do know that while this show is also available as a podcast, you miss out if you don't watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway. Remember that we abridge these issues, and the show is by no means a substitute for reading it yourself. If any comics we review pique your interest, there are MANY places to pick these up! We highly recommend you check out your local comic book shop first, as that is the BEST experience for reading comic books. Otherwise there are many sources online to read and buy comic books in a digital format: DC Comics on Comixology, Marvel Digital Comics, IDW Publishing on Comixology, Dark Horse Digital, Comixology, and Graphicly. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Issue reviews Green Lantern: New Guardians #1 (2011) | A look at DC Comics' New 52: Green Lantern: New Guardians #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? The Webcomic Beacon Presents: First Issue crew is here to let you know what we think! Please join Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher, and Marcus A. Do know that while this show is also available as a podcast, you miss out if you don't watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway. Remember that we abridge these issues, and the show is by no means a substitute for reading it yourself. If any comics we review pique your interest, there are MANY places to pick these up! We highly recommend you check out your local comic book shop first, as that is the BEST experience for reading comic books. Otherwise there are many sources online to read and buy comic books in a digital format: DC Comics on Comixology, Marvel Digital Comics, IDW Publishing on Comixology, Dark Horse Digital, Comixology, and Graphicly. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Webcomic Beacon talks Heavy Metal with Hal Hefner | Hal Hefner (Gates) with Kevin Bryce joins Fes Works and Melissa Kaercher talk about HEAVY METAL! This includes discussion of the magazine and the original Heavy Metal movie. Walk also talk about Hal's webcomic, presented by Heavy Metal: Gates. The Gates webcomic also has a musical soundtrack for it, provided by Kevin; whom also performed two live digital, musical interludes for this episode of The Webcomic Beacon! Cover: Hal Hefner (Gates) Promo: Animation Aficionados Music: Provided by Kevin Bryce. (First track spliced over original, in post. Second was the live version.) Special Heads Up: Did you see the result of the 2012 Webcomic Blind Date? Well be sure to see the submissions here! Also, The Webcomic Beacon Newscast has a new format, so please check out the latest episode and see what you think! | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
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