News Archive for: May 7, 2001 to Apr 28, 2001
Check out the little rant that Mr. Pease has posted on his site this morning regarding advertisements and web sites (specifically webcomic sites). I know it's not a fully-reasoned debate on the issue, but it sums up how I, too, feel on the matter pretty handily.
New week, but the storyline just keeps going. Nothing to add about it at the moment, but if you can just be patient with it for a little bit, it's building to a point.
For those who do not know, Kevin's the author of one of my favorite online comics, Absurd Notions, so I was extremely pleased that he decided to send me something for the No Contest. And not just any comic, but the opening of a conversation, in comics, about comics. He's got some more to say (as you can tell by reading the strip), and then I've got some stuff to say, and then we'll see what happens next. AND I'd like to invite all other webcomic authors to join in the discussion! Comics are a form of communication, after all.
I didn't get any complaints the last time I put Mr. Bowie in Zwol, so I'm doing it again.
And I don't usually like to let the cat out of the bag early, but I'd also like to mention that this week's No Contest comic is a special one from Kevin Pease of Absurd Notions. Watch for it!
Sorry about the larger file size for Monday's comic (about twice the size as usual), but on the web, color = larger file = longer download time. Hopefully, you found it to be worthwhile. I'm certainly pleased with the result.
This week's No Contest comic came to me from Desmond along with wonderful note about how he wasn't aware that there even were online comics prior to stumbling into my David Bowie series back in January (proving that placing a celebrity guest-star in your comic can boost readership!). Since then, he's rediscovered an enthusiasm for the form and today's comic is part of a series that he's pitching to a student newspaper.
Not to give too much away, Desmond says: "The basic premise is that Pipkin is the only stick-figure in a world of more elaborate people. (Even Veblen, the other character in this particular strip, is significantly odder-looking than the extras in the rest of the strips.)"
Cool. See? Making comics is what it's all about.