The Beacony source for weekly news & links of webcomicky happenings!

News:

►Daily Cartoonist – 4 years old on Oct 5, 2009 – http://dailycartoonist.com
► Cartooning for Life: interview with Bob Mankoff - Cartoon editor of the New Yorker, discusses his love of cartooning and the nature of humour
► Art & Story – Your Comic From The Ground Up – New series on how to create a comic (web or print): Part 1 – previsualization, Part 2 – Thumbnailing
► The Podcast Awards are now open for nominations until October 18, 2009.  Nominate your favorite podcast today.

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The Beacony source for weekly news & links of webcomicky happenings!

First off, if case you missed it:
► 24 hr comic day is today

Major webcomic Blog posts:

► Notes on Time Management by Darc Sowers
► Webcomics and the Economics of free by Abby L.
► What Character Arc Really Means by James Hull

Features and Fixtures:
► None

Other News:
► The 250 comic Strip quarterfinalists for the Amazon Comic Superstar contest
► The Webcomics Readers Choice Awards are accepting nominations during the Month of October

Net-Twits:
None

Webcomic-to-Print Releases:
► “Oy: Year One” now only $4.99 at Amazon.com
► The Glass Urchin Vol 1

* Listen to our latest episodes or check the archives! *

Don’t forget we broadcast LIVE on Sundays at 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT, DST)

Next show is on October 18th with Jenny of The Zombie Hunters!

The Beacony source for weekly news & links of webcomicky happenings!

First off, if case you missed it:
► Brad Guigar offers Evil Inc. FREE to college newspapers.

Webcomics.com:
► Copyright, Trademark, and Patent Defined. (originally found through Webcomics.com)

Features and Fixtures:
► Nothing to report this week

Other News:
► The Webcomic List Awards Forum Discussion Thread
► Webcomic Readers Choice Awards  Blog Post (Webcomic Planet)
►Collection of Pencil tests
►Simplfied Creative Commons license
►ICv2 Inverview: Berkeley Breathed – On Bloom County, the Future of Strips, and online comics

Net-Twits:
Some advice for would be freelancers

Webcomic-to-Print Releases:
► WAR now available for preorder

24 Hour Comics Day News:
► 24 Hour Comics Day is on the 3rd of October. Will you be participating? The Webcomic Beacon will be! We’ll be doing a 24 hour LIVE broacast! (See here for more details!)
► Tell us your favorite episodes of The Webcomic Beacon AND The Gigcast in our forum! We plan to rebroadcast some classics!

* Listen to our latest episodes or check the archives! *

Don’t forget we broadcast LIVE on Sundays at 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT, DST)