Zoned Out
By Dan Long on February 5th, 2010Posted In: Comics
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| Feb 3, 2010 | Edmund on Woody After Hours |
| Jan 14, 2010 | If It Were Syndicated (#ifitweresyndicated) |
| Dec 16, 2009 | Guest Strip: Calamities of Nature! |
| Sep 23, 2009 | Guest Strip: JEFbot! |
By now you know that Edmund makes his way around places. Lots of places. Next week, he happens to be stumbling into the world of Woody After Hours, drawn and written by fellow TNP Press webcomickers Paul and Ben, respectively. The webcomic is in a late night talk show format, and Edmund is finding himself there next week to tell the host Woody about his adventures so far. Keep an eye out for it, starting Monday!
| Feb 8, 2010 | Edmund on Woody After Hours |
| Jan 14, 2010 | If It Were Syndicated (#ifitweresyndicated) |
| Dec 16, 2009 | Guest Strip: Calamities of Nature! |
| Sep 23, 2009 | Guest Strip: JEFbot! |
| Aug 24, 2009 | Guest Art: FMyLife |
| Dec 3, 2009 | Cool Comic: Wondermark |
| Nov 2, 2009 | Halloween Video: The Skeleton Dance |
| Oct 7, 2009 | Funny Cartoon: Arj and Poopy |
| Jan 20, 2010 | The Contest Continues! |
| Jan 14, 2010 | If It Were Syndicated (#ifitweresyndicated) |
I realize snow has been scarce since the contest was announced, so get creative! There are no rules, remember that (i.e., it helps if it’s made of snow, but it’s not 100% required). NO RULES. So make it with something else! Or wait for it to snow again before February 12th.
In addition to winning cool stuff, all entries will be displayed in a gallery (with your permission), with links to your blogs if applicable.
Click the hunter to revisit the contest details!
| Jan 9, 2010 | New Wallpaper and CONTEST |
On Twitter last night, several webcomickers played with an idea that poked fun at the state of syndicated comics today- most of which is cliche, broad, and trite. No offense to the few good ones, but it’s no secret that today’s newspaper comics page leaves much to be desired, to a large majority of readers. This is mainly due to the familiarity of old comics started in the early 1900s and the profitability of “safe,” broad comics that appeal to the widest audience, which usually comes at the cost of risk and/or originality.
There is an ongoing print vs. web debate on sites like The Daily Cartoonist, where webcomickers argue that online comics are the future of the medium (that print comics are going to die with newspapers), and syndicated comickers hold to their belief that people will always want a printed page of comics that syndicates have chosen for them.
In a little jab by webcomickers, a trending topic on Twitter was “#ifitweresyndicated,” where webcomickers watered down their comics to syndicate standards and posted the resulting comics.
Here is my submission, if Edmund Finney’s Quest to Find the Meaning of Life were syndicated now (click each to view larger):
And here, after 25 years of being syndicated:
And finally, nearing my retirement:
…that is, if I didn’t have my son and/or grandson take over my comic once I stopped.
I should also mention that this whole concept was started by Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content.
| Feb 8, 2010 | Edmund on Woody After Hours |
| Feb 3, 2010 | Edmund on Woody After Hours |
| Jan 31, 2010 | Dan Hay Art |
| Jan 20, 2010 | The Contest Continues! |
| Jan 7, 2010 | Vintage Ad Browser |
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