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January 30 2007

The deadline for the UK Web and Mini-Comix Thing Anthology is 23 FEBRUARY 2007.

What a gorgeous cover:

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Jim Cameron has posted up some of his absorbing diary comics from 1996.

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Paul HD has posted some art-in-progress from 'Zombie of the Great Unwashed' that Jason Cobley and he are doing for Accent UK on his own blog

Jose Munoz is the Gran Prix winner at Angouleme and, my God, his work is cool

Lots of comicky goodness over at Dave Taylor's blog

Nick Abadzis sketches.

A little taste of Scott Pilgrim Vol. 4

The legend of Scream continues to live on in the hearts of fans and horror enthusiasts of all ages. The dedicated Forum members are currently working to produce a tribute comic based on Scream and are looking for Artists and Writers to contribute to the cause. Join the discussion today in the Freaky Forum or check out the latest Fan Artwork & Stories. Be careful, it's Not for the Nervous!

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Paul Burke Writes:
Hey,
Just dropping a line to say Forbidden Planet International have a feature on their blog previewing six pages of my upcoming sci-fi noir comic, Hard Boiled Ed, as well as an interview with myself, artist Garry Brown and letterer Thomas Mauer.

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Alison Bechdel's blog is well worth a look:

A rejected Future Short that tickled my funny bone

Tom Spurgeon talks to Norwegian cartoonist Jason

Paul Gravett on Killoffer

The nominees for the 2007 Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards are now online. The
finalists for Outstanding Comic” include Phil and Kaja Foglio’s Girl Genius,
Tom Siddell’s Gunnerkrigg Court, Shaenon Garrity’s Narbonic, Nicholas
Gurewitch’s Perry Bible Fellowship, John Allison’s Scary Go Round and
Spike’s Templar Arizona.
Via: http://www.tcj.com/journalista/

Print on demand, do it yourself
Via: http://www.tcj.com/journalista/

Web-cartoonist Spike raised $3000 in 13 days (using a pre-order project) to
fund the first print collection of her web-comics. There's a lesson there
somewhere for small pressers in debt due to printing bills

Evan Dorkin interview
via: http://www.tcj.com/journalista/

This week’s Inkstuds MP3 podcast features a conversation with Red Eye, Black
Eye creator K. Thor Jensen. (Above: sequence from Red Eye, Black Eye, ©2007
K. Thor Jensen.)
Via: http://www.tcj.com/journalista/

Writing for Comic World News, Jennifer de Guzman offers a cold splash of water to aspiring cartoonists looking to et rich off of their funnybook properties.
Via: http://www.tcj.com/journalista/

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John Wagner talks about Battle Picture Weekly - first part of the transcript of a 2003 interview by former Tharg David Bishop

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