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Pizza Island Ends, Kate Beaton Steps Back from Regular Updates for ‘Long Term Projects’
Filed under: Indie
The Brooklyn comics studio Pizza Island recently disbanded, with its creators -- Kate Beaton, Domitille Collardey, Sarah Glidden, Meredith Gran, Lisa Hanawalt, Deana Sobel and Julia Wertz -- parting amicably and scattering as fa... [read more]
‘Octopus Pie’ is a Nicktoonish Ode to Twenty-Something Life in Brooklyn
Filed under: Webcomics, Opinion
When I was nine years old, Nickelodeon introduced my brain to the Nicktoon, and my brain never looked back. I spent sick days watching the dystopic adventures of Rocko's Modern Life. I wrote my college thesis with Hey... [read more]
‘Strong Female Characters’ Inspires Strong Female Fan Art, Animation
Filed under: Webcomics, Humor, Art, Culture
Strong Female Characters is a new team of scantily-clad, ultra-violent super-heroines composed of Georgia O'Queefe, Queen Elizatits, and Susan B. Assthony. Created by Kate Beaton, Meredith Gran and Carly M... [read more]
SEXISM IS OVER: Kate Beaton’s ‘Strong Female Characters’ [Webcomic]
Filed under: Webcomics, Humor, Culture
Cartoonist Kate Beaton has created another characteristically hilarious webcomic lampooning the popular treatment of female characters in mainstream American comics. Called Strong Female Characters, the strip i... [read more]
Muammar Gaddafi, Kevin Costner, And New Zealand In Today’s Twitter Report
As he tends to do, Warren Ellis offered up his thoughts on Muammar Gaddafi this morning, and he summed up the Libyan leader's response to protests there better than anyone else in the Twitter Report feed.
Although there was some lighter buzz today about the Kevin Costner "Superman" reports, the Knicks' [read more]
‘Mad Men’ Finale, ‘The Walking Dead’ Anticipation, And ‘Red’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Monday mornings in the Twitter Report feed aren't going to be the same now that "Mad Men" Season 4 has concluded. Last night's finale received mixed reactions from Gene Ha, Jon Favreau and Steve Lieber, but AMC's definitely planted the seeds of anticipation for "The Walking Dead" among them.
In other [read more]
TWITTER REPORT: The End of ’24,’ Continued ‘Lost’ Reactions And ‘MacGruber’
TV shows are dropping like flies this week. Yesterday, "Lost" dominated tweeting, and today it was "24."
Movies popped up too, though, with Jock showing off an "Losers" tribute to "Ocean's Eleven" and a couple up webcomics creators speaking up about "The Last Airbender." Of course there were some day-to-day work [read more]
Fan Favorite Comic Creators Create Their Own Pokemon Alter Egos
Filed under: Gaming, Galleries, Art
Pokémon can evolve into scary realistic things when put into the hands of the right artists, and a cabal of creators including Meredith Gran of "Octopus Pie" and Aaron Diaz of "Dresden Codak" has [read more]