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Webcomics Nation
Webcomics Nation was a webcomic hosting and automation service launched on July 29, 2005 by Joey Manley. Unlike Manley's previous webcomic sites, Webcomics Nation was based on user-generated content and relied on online advertisement revenue, which increased in viability in the second half of the 2000s. Webcomics Nation quickly became Manley's most financially successful website, and encouraged him to turn his Modern Tales sites partially free as well. Manley began merging Webcomics Nation into Josh Roberts' ComicSpace in 2007, but this process took longer than hoped and Webcomics Nation eventually closed down in 2013. Concept Though Joey Manley was well known for creating a family of webcomic subscription services (consisting of Modern Tales, Serializer, Girlamatic, and Graphic Smash), he stated that he mainly focused exclusively on the subscription business model because online advertisement rates were low and bandwidth was expensive in the early 2000s. When online advertis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenshot
screenshot (also known as screen capture or screen grab) is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer display. A screenshot is created by the operating system or software running on the device powering the display. Additionally, screenshots can be captured by an external camera, using photography to capture contents on the screen. Screenshot techniques Digital techniques The first screenshots were created with the first interactive computers around 1960. Through the 1980s, computer operating systems did not universally have built-in functionality for capturing screenshots. Sometimes text-only screens could be dumped to a text file, but the result would only capture the content of the screen, not the appearance, nor were graphics screens preservable this way. Some systems had a BSAVE command that could be used to capture the area of memory where screen data was stored, but this required access to a BASIC prompt. Systems with composite video output could be conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comics Journal
''The Comics Journal'', often abbreviated ''TCJ'', is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing reviews of the products of the mainstream comics industry, the magazine promotes the view that comics are a fine art, meriting broader cultural respect, and thus should be evaluated with higher critical standards. History In 1976, Gary Groth and Michael Catron acquired ''The Nostalgia Journal'', a small competitor of the newspaper adzine '' The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom''. At the time, Groth and Catron were already publishing ''Sounds Fine'', a similarly formatted adzine for record collectors that they had started after producing Rock 'N Roll Expo '75, held during the July 4 weekend in 1975 in Washington, D.C. The publication was relaunched as ''The New Nostalgia Journal'' with issue No. 27 (July 1976), and with issue No. 32 (Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paywall
A paywall is a method of restricting access to content, with a purchase or a paid subscription, especially news. Beginning in the mid-2010s, newspapers started implementing paywalls on their websites as a way to increase revenue after years of decline in paid print readership and advertising revenue, partly due to the use of ad blockers. In academics, research papers are often subject to a paywall and are available via academic libraries that subscribe. Paywalls have also been used as a way of increasing the number of print subscribers; for example, some newspapers offer access to online content plus delivery of a Sunday print edition at a lower price than online access alone. Newspaper websites such as that of ''The Boston Globe'' and ''The New York Times'' use this tactic because it increases both their online revenue and their print circulation (which in turn provides more ad revenue). History In 1996, ''The Wall Street Journal'' set up and has continued to maintain a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Trotman
Charlie Spike Trotman, also known as C. Spike Trotman, (born November 18, 1978) is an American cartoonist and publisher known for creating the long-running web comic ''Templar, Arizona'', and for publishing the ''Smut Peddler'' anthologies of what she describe as "ladycentric porn". She is the founder and owner of Iron Circus Comics, an indie comics publisher which Forbes described as "a powerhouse of the indy landscape." Early and personal life Growing up in her hometown Potomac, Maryland, Trotman was a fan of ''Bloom County'', ''Calvin and Hobbes'', ''The Far Side'', ''Power Pack'', and ''Excalibur'' comic strips in the Sunday ''Washington Post'' newspaper. She attended Spelman College (1996–2000) achieving a bachelor's degree in Fine and Studio Arts, then attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2000–2001). Her work centered on relationships and culture, and erotica. She also self-published on the web. She married Matt Sherridan, the author she collaborated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey is an English writer known for his work in webcomics and the British small press. Biography Goodbrey became known as a creator of experimental digital comics and hypercomics. He is the inventor of the Tarquin engine, an Adobe Flash script for creating infinite canvas webcomics. Cartoonist Scott McCloud has used the Tarquin engine for the creation of some of his comics. His recent works include ''Iron Man 2020'' for Marvel Comics. Goodbrey currently lives in Welwyn Garden City where he lectures in Narrative & Interaction Design at The University of Hertfordshire. His work was featured in a group exhibition at Pump House Gallery in London in September 2010. Bibliography * ''Six-Gun: Tales of an Unfolded Earth'' (Hyperfiction) * ''I Bleed Scorpions'' (British small press comic) * ''Mr. Nile - The Illustrated Bastard'' (British small press comic) * ''Brainfist'' (webcomic) * ''All Knowledge is Strange'' (webcomic) * ''The Last Sane Cowboy and Other Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayetano Garza
Cayetano 'Cat' Garza (born October 15, 1972) is a comic artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and musician in the United States. He is best known for his experiments with webcomics. Garza has been published in various anthologies and publications. He is considered by Scott McCloud, author of ''Understanding Comics'', as a pioneer in the area of web design and interface for online comics. Garza is featured in McCloud's sequel to ''Understanding Comics'', '' Reinventing Comics'', and on his website. He has also been featured in '' Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning'' by Steven Withrow. Biography Garza was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley in the city of Harlingen, Texas on October 15, 1972. His interest in comics stems from a day in his early youth when, as a six-year-old child, his mother bought him his first comic, an issue of '' The Flash''. In second grade he sold homemade comics with a cast characters that included the likes of "Glue Man" to his classmate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hart (cartoonist)
Tom Hart (born October 8, 1969) is an People of the United States, American comics creator best known for his ''Hutch Owen'' series of comics. Career Tom Hart began making mini-comics while living in Seattle in the early 1990s. Like many of his colleagues including Megan Kelso, David Lasky, Dave Lasky, Jason Lutes, Jon Lewis, and James Sturm he was an early recipient of the Xeric Foundation grant for cartoonists. His Xeric-winning book, ''Hutch Owen's Working Hard'' was 56 pages and self-published in 1994. His next book, ''New Hat'', was published through Canadian publisher Black Eye Productions in 1995. Black Eye then published his next book, ''The Sands'', in 1997. Hart returned to the Hutch Owen series and published a first collection of stories with Top Shelf Productions in 2000. Later books in the series have also been published by Top Shelf. ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine has called ''Hutch Owen'' "A devastating satire [which] feels like a scalding hot poker cauteriz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Langridge
Roger Langridge (born 14 February 1967) is a New Zealand comics writer, artist and letterer, currently living in Britain. Biography Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' series ''The Straitjacket Fits'' (written by David Bishop), a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane asylum with a cast of characters who realised they were in a comic strip and burst from the edge of the frame. He had previously been a regular artist for the 1988 issues of the Auckland University Students' Association's magazine Craccum. His cartoon style proved perfect for the series and he continued to work for the ''Megazine'', in addition to a series of comedy books dedicated to his Buster Keaton-inspired character ''Fred the Clown'', which he wrote and drew as a webcomic before self-publishing the material as small press titles. These were collected as a single volume by Fantagraphics Books in 2004. His work on Fred the Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Hernandez
Lea Hernandez (born March 11, 1964) is an American comic book and webcomic creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style, and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports. She is the co-creator of '' Killer Princesses'', written by Gail Simone and published by Oni Press; and the creator of '' Rumble Girls'' from NBM Publishing. Career She did art for comics published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics: '' Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher'' (a one-shot), and ''Transmetropolitan '' (two two-page shorts). She also did art for three issues of The Hardy Boys manga-style series at Papercutz. Hernandez published several webcomics at Modern Tales and was the original editor of Girlamatic. In 2002, Hernandez created the short webcomic ''Near Life Experience'' for Modern Tales. Hernandez has written several short stories for collections of science fiction and fantasy. She was a vice president for General Products, USA (the U.S. marketing arm of Gainax) from 1989–1990 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kochalka
James Kochalka (born May 26, 1967, in Springfield, Vermont) is an American comic book artist, writer, animator, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal. Largely autobiographical, Kochalka's cartoon expression of the world around him includes such real-life characters as his wife, children, cat, friends and colleagues, but always filtered through his own observations and flights of whimsy. In March 2011 he was declared the cartoonist laureate of Vermont, serving a term of three years. Early life and early career Kochalka grew up in Springfield, Vermont. He attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and has an MFA in painting. His first published comics work was around 1994. He has cited by cartoonist Daniel Clowes as being a key inspiration in leading him "towards a whole world of comics that enever knew existed." Kochalka strongly believes that simplicity is desirable in comics and says that "craft is the enemy", and has had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beta Test
A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve the software or fix software bugs still present in the software. There are several models for such a life cycle. A common method is that suggested by Microsoft, which divides software development into five phases: Pre-alpha, Alpha, Beta, Release candidate, and Stable. Pre-alpha refers to all activities performed during the software project before formal testing. The alpha phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain several known or unknown bugs. The beta phase generally begins when the software is deemed feature complete, yet likely to contain several known or unknown bugs. Software in the production phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, as well as speed/performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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