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Bumblejumper wrote:Methinks that Mimi the waitress is about to get hit by a bus . . .

Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is really a train.

Scott McCloud wrote:I considered using Illustrator as a source to get the slick look in Zen Dating and The Right Number, but decided that was just one step too many.

C'mon Scott -- come clean!
You're using Mr. PicassoHead to draw this strip!

http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
~DON

Great story, great art.
Very cinematic -- without the obnoxious 'Hollywood ending' -- I enjoyed it immensely.

Scott has proven he can do the superhero bit -- I like his subtle work best.
Looking forward to the multimedia extravaganza he has planned for Mimi's Last Coffee!
~DON

Why don't you ever see a movie about two ugly people falling in love? I know this is simply opinion, but I'd say Barfly with Mickey Rourke and theatrically soused Faye Dunaway made a pretty ugly couple. I haven't actually seen About Schmidt , but the promos showed Jack Nicholson and a hot-tubbing K...

I've posted another month's worth of strips. If you read the entire last set I posted, you can start here to pick-up where you left off: http://joiningtree.netfirms.com/monsters/strip25.htm Otherwise, you probably ought to start at the beginning: http://joiningtree.netfirms.com/monsters/ The artist ...

Heh-heh-heh... I was simply going to say any comparison to a classic like that is fine with me -- but I did a quick search to see the format (haven't read one of those strips in years) and I was AMAZED at how closely the rhythm of my strip matched Dave Berg's! Witness: http://www.biblioforum.de/humo...

My thanks to those who've already taken a look and left a message on the board or sent a private email. The more input I get, the better the output. What we did waaay back then it looks so old to me now. I'm just in love with the concept (I'm a big classic horror fan and always loved Charles Addams'...

Inspired by everyone else making headway in the online comic arena, and the incredible support and feedback of the ZWOL forums, I decided to begin my personal foray into webcomics by revisiting an idea a collaborator and I undertook almost ten years ago. http://joiningtree.netfirms.com/monsters/ I'v...

Interesting comparison... Wonder Woman, maybe... but Shazam? Hmm. Okay. Actually the heroines name is Jennifer... just to be a bit picky. Sorry about the name, but I'll bet you'll start to see that become a common mistake -- the project name is what got me: "CANADIANA" = CANA-DIANA. Where I get the...

I posted this is another forum with a seemingly parallel discussion, but think it's appropriate here as well...

A free-host with whom I've had pretty good luck is http://www.netfirms.com/

I agree with the other comments made -- high quality comic with classic overtures. The vibe I get so far is a cross between DC's Captain Marvel (SHAZAM!) and Wonder Woman... heck, even your heroine's name is "Diana."

Can't wait to read more. Compliments to the penciler.
~DON

I thought the creative folks in this forum might be interested in the contest based on the infamous illustrative inventions of Rube Goldberg.

http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/contest.htm

Keep thinking BIG...
~DON!

This would make a great interface for a Memento -like-comic. Where the reader is droped into the middle of a plot, and would literally have to put the story together. It made a similar impression on me, but I think it would make good stop-off points in a longer detective story. Standard art panels ...

The easy answer to this question is 'whatever someone is willing to pay for it' -- and nowhere is this more accurate than when using a tip jar or donation-based payment structure for content. There's a great article this week in the ClickZ newsletter about just this subject. I've linked to the 'prin...

DON when I saw your banner I came with a great idea to make money of web comics. :) Do a long format detective or mystery story, and when there are only a few pages left put up a banner like that except with a higher price. In effect holding the ending hostage. Of course, it would ruin the flow of ...

I saw the "banner" topic and thought it might be fun to share this link:
http://www.internetbumperstickers.net/i ... age_25.gif
Seemed appropriate to the web commerce/micropayment ideal.