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Re: Game of Thrones S3E9: The Red Wedding

xerexes — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:14:02 -0000

Or could you..... !?!?!?!

Re: Comix Talk for Monday, December 19, 2011

xerexes — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:14:06 -0000

Those are review blogs --- not at like Rotten Tomatoes or MetaCritic which are sites that aggregate all (or at least a lot of) reviews into some kind of average score. The idea is to get a broader sense than just one critic's review of something. I don't think it exists for comics let alone webcomics but it' a big web.

Re: Schlock Mercenary - The Muppets

xerexes — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:23:46 -0000

Couldn't agree more Howard. The movie was made with everyone who grew up watching the teevee Muppet Show in mind. But I was very happy to see my kids laugh and enjoy it on its own terms too. The chickens cover of Ceelo's Forget You was a pretty big hit for them.

Re: Pear-Pear Site Design Changes

xerexes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:29:54 -0000

on the archives page maybe you could add a title attribute to the images with a title of the comic it links to? That may go against the philospophy of the comic but I found the archives page a bit intimidating -- didn't know where to click.

-x

Re: ComixTalk+

xerexes — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:42:57 -0000

That doesn't work for everyone. Not sure why it does for some google ids and not others.

Re: ComixTalk+

xerexes — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:20:17 -0000

The only reason I didn't do that is b/c it's not official, right? I'd like google to add that itself.

Re: http://new.websnark.com/post/6827903989

xerexes — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:51:49 -0000

And here I thought YOU were younger than I. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING! (well I'm probably only a year or so younger than you, but!)

Re: http://new.websnark.com/post/6728010011

xerexes — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:50:13 -0000

Gary has incredible Fleentastic stamina for writing. I am staggering a bit this year but happy to still be included in his writing-about-webcomics company.

Discovering you and Wednesday on tumblr has made me remember I have a tumblr account too!

Re: READER Question: Organizing Webcomics

xerexes — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:40:02 -0000

As far as RSS I have about 25 in a comedy favorites folder and 25 in a story favorites folder I read first and then 200+ in a general comics category. I guess I find that setup a tough way to decide what to read next - I usually get through my 2 "top" folders but am daunted by the size of the everything else folder.

Re: READER Question: Organizing Webcomics

xerexes — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:50:58 -0000

I would definitely miss stuff I want to read if I didn't at least try to track them...

Re: READER Question: Organizing Webcomics

xerexes — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:50:36 -0000

So you focus mainly on update schedule - not content or your favorites?

Re: Comix Talk for Monday, February 28, 2011

xerexes — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:25:51 -0000

I'd feel safe guessing that Moby was officially involved or gave permission to use his music.

Re: Comix Talk for Monday, February 14, 2011

xerexes — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:26:35 -0000

Glad I'm not the only one taking this on. Good luck with your running this year Sean.

Re: Seven Habits sounds like a story about Nuns at first...

xerexes — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:28:25 -0000

Trademark is funny -- you have to aggressively protect yes BUT the main test for review is consumer confusion and one has to ask oneself if anyone would be confused between a self-help book, a Dilbert book and/or Howard's comic... (Famous marks also have dilution protection but that's more complicated)

So yeah I think you're probably right that having a lot of money for lawyers was part of the difference there.

Re: Hello world!

xerexes — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:09:40 -0000

A test comment here.

Re: COMIX TALK FOR MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY

xerexes — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:22:49 -0000

A little more on the Eisners (all info you can get by clicking on the link above) - the categories include:

• Best short story or single issue/one-shot
• Best continuing comic book series (at least two issues
must have been published in 2010)
• Best limited comic book series (at least half of the series
must have been published in 2010)
• Best new series
• Best publication for kids
• Best publication for teens
• Best anthology
• Best humor publication
• Best U.S. edition of foreign material
• Best U.S. edition of foreign material—Asia
• Best graphic album–new material
• Best graphic album–reprint material (not archival)
• Best reality-based work (graphic album or comic)
• Best webcomic (long-form stories published online in 2010;
webcomics must have a unique domain name or be part
of a larger comics community)
• Best archival collection (material must be at least 20 years old)
• Best writer/artist–humor
• Best writer/artist–drama
• Best writer (who does not also do the art on a title)
• Best penciller/inker or penciller/inker team (nonwriter)
• Best painter (interior art, not covers)
• Best cover artist (must be for multiple covers)
• Best coloring
• Best lettering
• Best comics journalism publication or website
• Best comics-related book (book about comics)
• Best publication design

A little confusing on the rules for eligibility and whether webcomics are eligible for all categories or just the best webcomic category:

Eligibility: Any comic, graphic novel/album, or comics-related periodical/book shipped to retailers or bookstores between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010 is eligible. Publications must not be more than 50 percent reprint material (except in the graphic album–reprint and archival categories); foreign material
reprinted for the first time in the United States is eligible.

Re: More Mini Comics from J. T. Yost

xerexes — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:22:04 -0000

It's always interesting to me to know whether something is real or fiction. Although even something "real" is still recreated when presented as a comic.

Wow - I get the connection between LW #1 and #2 now, but I don't think it was obvious from the mini itself.

Re: Comix Talk for Thursday, November 4, 2010

xerexes — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:41:59 -0000

thanks - finally (FINALLY) figured it out this weekend.

Re: From The Dark Comic

xerexes — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:58:18 -0000

Interesting - it reads a lot like a first draft of something but the art shows promise.

Re: Comix Talk for Thursday, November 4, 2010

xerexes — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:37:47 -0000

That seems to control which feeds it shows not what items in each feed. At least that's what I'm seeing. My current issue is that I'm seeing every item in a single feed whether I've already read it or not.

Re: How Do You Find, Track and Read Webcomics?

xerexes — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:41:03 -0000

T - do you use Google Reader to skim your Comics RSS feeds -- or another website or program?

Re: How Do You Find, Track and Read Webcomics?

xerexes — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:22:09 -0000

Two sites that are quite cool but didn't quite fit what I'm envisioning are ARCHIVE BINGE which allows you to set up custom RSS feeds for webcomics and IS IT FUNNY which allows you to vote on individual comics.

Re: How Do You Find, Track and Read Webcomics?

xerexes — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:19:36 -0000

I'm happy to add other options up there - in fact I'd really like to discover everything that's out there. I've tried googling this week and I really can't figure out an effective way to look for websites that let you find, track and read (with notice of new updates to the webcomic) - most searches just don't seem to find anything.

Re: Be Kind, Please Remind

xerexes — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:01:02 -0000

My kids and I made one of these over the weekend. Easy and fun project for them.

Re: Overlooked Press Release Cavalcade #2: Carpe Chaos Comics

xerexes — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:29:40 -0000

Thanks - I missed that.