Zoned Out
By Dan Long on February 5th, 2010Posted In: Comics
Feb 08
And so it begins…
Feb 03
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!
Jan 31
Awesome illustration work! There’s Batman, bears, and Pac Man goodness here. Check it.
Jan 20
Photograph your successful snowman hunt!
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 14
If It Were Syndicated (#ifitweresyndicated)
By Dan Long on January 14th, 2010Posted In: Front Page, The Rejection Collection
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.
