My Webcomics Weekly brush with greatness.
It’s time for a long overdue “Thanks” to the cats at Halfpixel.com. For those of you who don’t know, HalfPixel is a group of four outstanding and successful Webcomics fellas. Their recently published book “How to Make Web Comics” has been an invaluable resource to us here at the Saturday Bulletin. The book, which we highly recommend to any aspiring Webcomic, is the brainchild, or is it brainchildren, (somebody wiki this for me) of Dave Kellett (Sheldon), Brad Guigar (Evil Inc.), Kris Straub (Starslip Crisis), and Scott Kurtz (PvP). You can order it thru Amazon, Borders etc, but if you want a signed Artist edition, contact one of the aforementioned Webcomic meisters. This work is stuffed, packed, jammed (or jellied if you prefer), and littered with first rate information. Moreover, this isn’t just speculation, but hard won experience donated freely (well, ya gotta pay for the book, but it’s worth far more than the asking price) from four successful professionals in the industry. It hardly gets any better than that.
AND, the lads ALSO produce a podcast. They started this last year around August. I only recently discovered this treasure trove and have been playing catch up. Topics of discussion range from Webcomic how-to’s, to Print vs, Web, to appearances at Comic Conventions. There are a myriad more topics. They will also answer particular questions that are either written or phoned in. I can only speculate on the number of queries that they get. (Stop snickering, it’s an actual word). IMAGINE MY SURPRISE then, when I was listening to the back log of Webcomics Weekly podcasts and I heard my name and the Saturday Bulletin mentioned. I’d forgotten that I’d even written in a question. I was sitting at work listening to Webcomics Weekly #48 – Sicky Magoo, and was about to change to some Leon Redbone when at 43:40 (30 minutes left) I heard them announce a question from “Jerry Tracy” at the Saturdaybulletin.com! Let the hooting begin! It may not sound like much to some, but to me it was more fun than a hatful of ferrets! With the amount of questions that they get, to single mine out was like winning a webcomic lottery. Hot DAMN! They answered my question (on monetizing a site with advertising) at great length. I really appreciated that. I’d also like to mention that when that podcast aired, there was a grand spike in visits to the Saturday Bulletin. OUTSTANDING! So to Messrs. Kellett, Guigar, Straub and Kurtz, I say MANY MANY THANKS and extend to you a Laurel and Hardy handshake. You guys are to be thanked, appreciated, and lauded. Well, maybe not lauded. Too ecclesiastical. But from us here as The Saturday Bulletin, we’re grateful for all you’ve offered and done. CHEERS LADS!


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