By D-Rod on July 1st, 2009
Hey, folks! It’s July 1st and its time to remember to exercise your vote!! Voting for Shadowgirls helps us and helps you. We still have the Mother Hydra pdf available as a vote incentive. So please take a moment to try and send us into the top 10.
And also take a moment to say goodbye to a character who really surprised everyone. (Including me.) The relationship that developed between the Prime and Becka was one of those special happenstances. And I’m going to miss that big lobster man too.
See you on Friday!
By D-Rod on May 21st, 2009
Please join us as David Rodriguez and Dave Reynolds will be in the TGT Spotlight tonight live on TGT Webcomics. It appears that there is a chat room channel in there as well so you can mock us mercilessly over IM!
Don’t miss it!
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Register for TalkShoe here!
By D-Rod on May 19th, 2009
We’ve leaked some of our summer plans to Broken Frontier and they thought it was cool enough to spotlight! Swing over there and check out what we’re doing this summer for our convention special!
By D-Rod on May 12th, 2009
The newest webcomic to cross my screen out of the collective is Mysteries of the Arcana. I will admit that I did not know what to expect when I started, and it stayed that way for the whole run of the series so far. It’s called ” A tarot based romantic, fantasy adventure.” And I confess that if it means something beyond the frame used for each comic it escapes me, but the convention of presenting each page that way is fairly interesting. A young woman is transported to a fantasy world and is sucked into a fight against enemies of the realm. But that isn’t nearly as cool as the surreal cast of characters that keep tripping across the screen.
Mysteries of the Arcana is full of surprises and worth the time. Give it a look!
By D-Rod on April 21st, 2009
Today we’re doing something new on Shadowgirls and plugging a comic that has long been a friend of ours. And that is Rival Angels by Alan Evans (Albone). I actually received a copy of a convention special of Rival Angels at Wizard World Chicago and I was really interested even then. When I was a young lad, my father, brother and I would look forward to Friday Night’s Main Event from the WWF and watch it every Saturday morning too. There was nothing about wrestling that I didn’t know or wouldn’t watch. I EVEN watched G.L.O.W…which was this totally badass, all-female, wrestling show. (Oh Farmer’s Daughter, how I miss you.) And Rival Angels manages to invoke the best of that show and WWF and all the memories of Friday Night’s Main Event.
The series centers on a young Wrestler who’s been called up from the “farm league” to the Rival Angels league, named Sabrina Mancini (aka Ultragirl.) The owner of the Leauge thinks that Ultragirl has huge marketing potential and she plans to give her a big push. This has caused friction with some of the veterans and the 3 rookies that Sabrina is bunking with. The personalities of the characters are appropriately broad considering the subject matter and I found myself completely enthralled with Sabrina’s rise to superstardom in the league. (Not to mention her spunky asian roommate Sun “Lil Dragon” Wong. Who I suspect is related to Lindsey.)
While the out of ring stuff is interesting and makes you root for your favorite, what Rival Angels really captures is the feel of the ring. From the good announcer/bad announcer, to the managers, to the cheaters, the crazy moves the back and forth matches, out of the ring and the KICK OUT’S! Just when you think it might be over someone freaking kicks out at the end of the end of page and challenges Shadowgirls for most aggravating page endings!
Alan does a great job of capturing everything that wrestling is about. He has created larger than life personalities given them signature moves and factions and put them to work in the webcomic ring. Oh, and its all girl wrestling. ALL GIRL. So…yeah. That does it for me. It’s time for a return to G.L.O.W. and I give Rival Angels a thumbs up and hope you check it out too!
By D-Rod on April 13th, 2009
Some friends of ours are releasing their first hardcover collection and have a great deal going on. Check out the below release for more info.
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Continuing their push to spread the word about the release of Awakening Volume One, creators Nick Tapalansky and Alex Eckman-Lawn have partnered with Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS) to offer the release at a staggering 45% discount along with an exclusive 8 ½” x 11” art print, shown at right, signed by Eckman-Lawn.
“We’ve got a lot of love for the guys over at DCBS,” Tapalansky says. “They’ve always been firm supporters of indie books, offering as deep a discount as they can to try and get as many copies of books into the hands of readers as possible. The exclusive print is our way of saying thanks to them.”
“One of the best parts of this deal is that DCBS ships internationally,” adds Eckman-Lawn. “We’ve had people asking us how they can get their hands on Awakening in other countries since the first issue solicitation hit online. Now they can get the first hardcover at a ridiculously discounted price and an exclusive print!”
Follow the link to the DCBS page for Awakening Volume One to place your order and guarantee your exclusive print!
Awakening Volume One for only $10.97 with an EXCLUSIVE Print!
