Steve Orlando (Octobriana Kickstarter) and Peileppe (Octobriana Fan Blog) joins Fes and Mark to discuss Octobriana! Her original creation and origin has much debate. However, Octobriana herself was essentially designed as an uncopyrighted comic heroine, of sexual expression and underground rebellion, from behind the Iron Curtain.

* Peileppe said he forgot to talk about the Czech artists : Bohumil Konecny, Zdenek Burian – that were the true artists behind the book “Octobriana and the Russian underground” back in the 70s). Also that he should have mentioned Karel Jerie (www.kareljerie.cz) who has drawn a remake of Octobriana.

Cover Art by: Marychain (Deviant Art Page). Milestones: Nothing Happened Today (1 yr), Pure and Hidden Truth (100), and The World According to Geek (100),

Gyspygirl Press and Amya

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Broadcasting LIVE on Sunday, March 21st, @ 3pm Eastern:
Linkara of Atop the 4th Wall will be on the show!

Thanks to Witchiebunny, our announcer! Show notes: Jenny Everywhere episode, Octobriana Wikipedia Entry, Octobriana and the Russian Underground, Posuer Ink, Penguicon, Linkara and Atop the Fourth Wall, The World According to Geek, Shaun Bryan

(Cover art will be updated later)

Jennie Breeden (The Devil’s Panties) and Gina Biggs (Red String) join Fes, Tanya, and Mark to discuss their webcomics, experiences, and romance. I very fun episode to listen in on with plenty of laughs!

Think Before You Think and Walking the Lethe!

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Broadcasting LIVE on Sunday, February 7th, @ 3pm Eastern:
We’ll be talking about… TBA

Thanks to Witchiebunny, our announcer! Show notes: Future potential topics for the Webcomic Beacon,

Megan Rose Gedris (Roslarian.com) joins Fes, Tanya, and Mark to discuss her webcomics! Particularly her artistic variability of YU+ME , and her old-school styling of I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space! Milestones include:  The Pit of Despair (100) and Autumn Lake (1000)!

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Unamused Comics, Walking the Lethe, and Gypsygirl Press

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Broadcasting LIVE on Sunday, February 28th, @ 3pm Eastern:
We’ll have Jennie Breeden of The Devil’s Panties on with us!

Thanks to Witchiebunny, our announcer! Show notes: Art Rage, Manga Studio, Anders Loves Maria, Scary Go Round, Girly, Garanos, Penguicon,

We are already booked for a couple months, and there are A LOT of ideas. I can’t say when we’ll be getting to any of them in particular, but I’m trying my best to plan ahead as much as I can.

(1a) Video Game comics are hard to pin down on who we’d want to have on… as there honestly aren’t that many GOOD ones that I know about. Two people I WANTED to get to come on (particularly for parody comics of VG characters/worlds), but they couldn’t come on for assorted reasons.

(1b) GAMER comics are even harder to pin down because you have the Penny Arcade clones, and again some are just not that great anyway…. So as far as finding a guest for this topic, it’s kinda hard, though I would love to go into this topic.

(2) MANGA-like comics are another topic we’ve not really gone into. I would love to get some people in on this show, though I’d want to find great and original content. Not merely parodies or similarities to established, commercial series. Part of me looking for people for such a show is to find those that are really breaking the stereotype of their art style.

(3) Cyberpunk, Steampunk, or whatever, those are some good ideas to look into. I kinda have someone I’m already talking to about such a show… I don’t think they are necessarily a “big” comic, but they’ve shown an initiative in the subject in pointing out comics other than their own. There is another person I’d like to get on the show for something like this, but it be a feature (if I can get them) of them, and not so much a genre show.

(4) Sprite and/or Pixel comics…. (A) Find me some critically good ones that don’t use copyrighted, commercial characters from video games. or (B) Point me to the most popular of the ones of the copyrighted, commercial characters from video games, for a different show topic.

(5) “Fantasy” comics has been mentioned, but that is incredibly vague… especially when people usually mean “Medieval” or “D&D-esque” or “Tolken-esque”. So I’d be lookjing at SPECIFIC types of fantasy as show topics. Easier to discuss.

(6) Superheroes – Again, another WIDE subject. I do have plans to break down TYPES of superheroes for shows. Like Magic/Supernatural, Science/Science Fiction, Radiation, Mutation… makes it easier to talk about.

(7) “G-Rated” comics we’ve already discussed on one show. Might look into that subject again though.

(8) LEGO comics are something we’ll get into in the summer I hope.

(9) CGI comics are something I’ve been trying to do, but I can’t seem to get the person I want on. Oh well, I’ll be looking at a couple others next…. summer maybe.

(10) “Non-Norm” Romance or GLBT Comics is something that we may get into. Might be touching on that a bit in a couple coming episodes, but probably not as a focus. For many “non-maintream” (so-to-speak) comics, I try not to isolate them or present them differently than “mainstream” styled comics. I would like to present them just like any other comic… but that’s hard to do.

(11) Adult/Porn comics… again, this may come back as a show topic. Though we’ll likely look in different places, to not overlap what we’ve already covered.

(12) Blaxploitation comics were mentioned, but I’m not even sure that’s a big genre.. as I only know of one comic…. may need to be tied into another inclusive topic if we cover it.

(13) Photocomics. Yes, I want to have another Photocomic episode. I’m pretty sure I know who I want to get.

(14) Transgender Comics… Like #10, but this is already in the works for a revisit… but moreso as a kick-off to a look into “Misappropriated Genres”.

(15) Furry comics. We already had a GREAT episode on furries, but I don’t think we went into the comics as much. Though I think most of us know the kinds of layers of furry comics we could get into. This show would be a look into the non-sexual ones… those would be saved for a more appropriately themed episode, if we do it.

Any other feedback on these ideas (or others) would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Jillyfoo (Demon Eater) and Nate (Jazz and Jess) joins Fes, Tanya, and Mark to discuss Self-Insertion, Mary Sues, Canon Sues, and Anti-Sues. Some debate rages on about what characters may fall prey to which category, as well as bringing up the flaws in writing things as such. We also put a bit of hate into Twilight… because it’s so deserving of our disrespect.

Cover Art by: W. C. Pope. Milestones: Supernormal Step (1yr), Dead Winter (300), The Wanna Be Pirates (2yrs), Zortic (10 yrs)

pH Factor Emporium, Alone in a Crowd, and Gypsygirl Press

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Broadcasting LIVE on Sunday, February 21st, @ 3pm Eastern:
Featuring Megan Rose Gedris of YU+ME and Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space!

Thanks to our announcer, Witchiebunny! Show notes: The Dish podcast, The Zombie Hunters, Least I Can Do, TV Tropes, The Crossover Wars, The Planet Closest to Heaven, The Escapist Webcomic Contest (Ends Feb 28th), Penguicon, and The Webcomic List Awards!