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Webcomic Beacon #68 – Teamwork (part 2) and more B.S.

Cover by Neil of Dasien

The members of Crossoverlord (Crossoverlord): Neil Purcell (Dasien),  Remus Shepherd (Indefensible Positions), Lewis Lovhaug (lightbringer), and Al Schroeder (Mind Mistress) joins Fes, Tanya, and Mark to discuss working together on a crossover comic. The topic changes to conventions as Tanya was calling in from the Opus Fantasy FestivalJohn Peters (Gypsy!) takes a break from Opus and briefly joins the decussion.

Milestones: Minos the Minotaur (100 strips), Maximum Ultra (100 strips).


 

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Thanks to George for recording the sites mentioned on the show: Mechagical Girl Lisa A.N.T., Crossover wars, Sparking Generation Valkyrie Yuuki, Penquicon, Anthrocon, Microcom, Fallcon, Wapsi Square, Blank it, Beaky Awards, Dan and Mab’s Furry Adventures, Plastic Gurl, School Spirit, Yahoo groups, Peter is the Wolf (NSFW), The World Explodes.

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Webcomic Beacon #52 – Cameos!

Cover by Ron of Magical Misfits!

This week KAM (of The KAMics) and Hogan (of the Cameo and Crossover Archive) join Tanya and Fes for hosting duty! We talk about cameos! … that’s basically it. Join us next week for our One-Year Special on Sunday, 30th,@ 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT)!

Milestones: Between Failures (2 years)


 

Sites Mentioned on the Show: Blade of Toshubi, Halloween Cameo Caper, Rogues of Clwyd Rhan, Purple Duck Mambo, Loxie & Zoot pool party image (NSFW), Naked November, Angry D. Monkey, The Whiteboard, Jenny Everywhere Global Comic Jam, Guest Strip Project, E.H. Joes: Real Canadian Heroes, Paranoia High, Emergency Exit, and Alice’s Restaurant.

Thanks to Dungeon Warden for taking notes this week!

Webcomic BACON! Yes we have an idea for a communal webcomic project. Check out our official forum for more details and to let us know if you are interested! Invested parties will be encouraged to come on a show to brainstorm!

Next Episode:

ONE YEAR “SPECIAL!” (not really special)
Sunday 30th, @ 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT)

Webcomic Beacon #42 – The Crossover Wars

Fes and Aaron are talking about Crossovers and The 2007 Crossover Wars! Hogan of The Cameo & Crossover Archive, Reinder of Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan, and Gothia of America Gothic Daily all join us today. Mike of Prepare to Die comes on later to talk about the WAGON Webcomic Battle card game!

Don’t forget the Strip Fight.org Weekly Ringside Update! Aaron Brassea came in first for Round 174: “Arch Enemy”. Vote now for Round 175: “Death”. The deadline to get your entries in for Round 176: “Volcano” is September 22nd!

Mark Savary talks about Pirates, as September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day! He looks at The Wannabe Pirates, Pirates vs. Ninjas, and Sails Of Blood!

Milestones this week: Ripeville (200), Insert Comic Here (2 Years), Girly (600), Commissioned (4 Years), Anders Loves Maria (200 + 2 years)! For the Beacon Searchlight we give our first impressions on Jovian Luck (mistakenly referred to as “Space Heist” on the show). Do you have a milestone to report? Would you like us to give our (positive and/or negative) impressions on your comic? Send a notice to us at WebcomicBeacon@gmail.com.

Scott Bevan of White Ninja Comics introduces our show this week!


 

Sites mentioned: The Gigcast, Framed, The Framed Great Escape (mostly missing), Clan of the Cats, Elf Life, College Roomies from Hell, Drunk Duck, Magical Misfits, Life and Death, The KAMics, Chronicles of the Witch Queen, Project A.D.A.M., Invasion, Repository of Dangerous Things, Mind Mistress, Jenny Everywhere, Evil Overlords United, Cameo Comic, The Volet, Treasure Hunters, Pimpette & Associates, Candi, Jenny Everywhere and the Crossing Over Worlds, Halloween 2008 Cameo Caper, Angry D. Monkey, Oh, and I should mention that the cover is adapted from The Crossover Wars website. The Quasi-Official Song for Talk Like a Pirate Day can be found here by Tom Smith.

Next Episode: We will be talking about Putting Ads on your Webcomic with Tony Piro of Calamities of Nature! Please join us LIVE on Sunday the 21st at 3pm Eastern (-5 GMT DST)! E-mail us or CALL IN (with a phone) and leave a voicemail at 1+320-310-0922.