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I laughed. The writer's block portion today asks if we've got any re-occuring dreams. The answer is 'yes', but they're a little rarer now, to my infinite relief.
On Saturday, I sat down to talk about art and webcomics. I have a job which is conducive to lots of short-term breaks, which is perfect for webcomics or news articles and bad for long term concentration. Perhaps that's why I've read almost all of the 'big name' webcomics and many of the smaller ones from beginning to end. There are some really obvious ones; Penny Arcade has been going on for more then a decade. When they began, it was just two guys, and now they're basically their own business. They have an office with Chris Straub and Scott Kurtz of PvP, who are just the other comic artists while they also possess a credible bunch of other staffers and they're responsible for the PA Expo (PAX) and PAX East. Megatokyo is another big one, though their star has faded somewhat due to a sluggish posting schedule. Megatokyo fans have been called the most forgiving of all webcomic fans, but Fred Gallagers pencil art is really pretty impressive.
There are others, though, that I feel are almost sublime in their excellence, though. Some more obvious then others. I've praised Pictures for Sad Children several times in the past. The story of Paul who is a ghost is maybe one of the most surreal, bleak stories in web comicdom while possessing a really pointed sense of humor. After that, it's a bit more hit and miss, since there's no longer a central narrative to give the comic a long term sense of character or perspective, but it still manages to be spot on way more often then it's off. I feel like I'd be remiss if I didn't push a few other comics, though.
Nedroid.com is another surreal comic with a more minimalist design. As it progresses, the artist shows a pretty considerable degree of sophistication. It's also a riot. I'm also a really big fan of Three Panel Soul, when it updates. Ian McConville and Matt Boyd, formerly of Mac Hall, collaberate on this comic which has really shown their growth as both artist and writer. In one interview in particular (1), Matt expresses his desire to trim the verbage on the comic as much as possible to allow direction and art to do the lifting. Matt's the writer, who by his own admission, would submit huge blocks of text to be converted into webcomicry. Between the both of them, though, they manage to generate haiku-like comic art in three panels.
1 : http://www.alltern8.com/library/comics_and_graphic_novels/ian_mcconville_and_matthew_boyd_part_1/l-5416.html - page 3
On Saturday, I sat down to talk about art and webcomics. I have a job which is conducive to lots of short-term breaks, which is perfect for webcomics or news articles and bad for long term concentration. Perhaps that's why I've read almost all of the 'big name' webcomics and many of the smaller ones from beginning to end. There are some really obvious ones; Penny Arcade has been going on for more then a decade. When they began, it was just two guys, and now they're basically their own business. They have an office with Chris Straub and Scott Kurtz of PvP, who are just the other comic artists while they also possess a credible bunch of other staffers and they're responsible for the PA Expo (PAX) and PAX East. Megatokyo is another big one, though their star has faded somewhat due to a sluggish posting schedule. Megatokyo fans have been called the most forgiving of all webcomic fans, but Fred Gallagers pencil art is really pretty impressive.
There are others, though, that I feel are almost sublime in their excellence, though. Some more obvious then others. I've praised Pictures for Sad Children several times in the past. The story of Paul who is a ghost is maybe one of the most surreal, bleak stories in web comicdom while possessing a really pointed sense of humor. After that, it's a bit more hit and miss, since there's no longer a central narrative to give the comic a long term sense of character or perspective, but it still manages to be spot on way more often then it's off. I feel like I'd be remiss if I didn't push a few other comics, though.
Nedroid.com is another surreal comic with a more minimalist design. As it progresses, the artist shows a pretty considerable degree of sophistication. It's also a riot. I'm also a really big fan of Three Panel Soul, when it updates. Ian McConville and Matt Boyd, formerly of Mac Hall, collaberate on this comic which has really shown their growth as both artist and writer. In one interview in particular (1), Matt expresses his desire to trim the verbage on the comic as much as possible to allow direction and art to do the lifting. Matt's the writer, who by his own admission, would submit huge blocks of text to be converted into webcomicry. Between the both of them, though, they manage to generate haiku-like comic art in three panels.
1 : http://www.alltern8.com/library/comics_and_graphic_novels/ian_mcconville_and_matthew_boyd_part_1/l-5416.html - page 3
