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April 2007 Issue

April Cover Art


Department: Cover Art
Issue: April 2007 Issue

April Cover Art
Cover Art by Michael Lalonde, creator of Ornery Boy

Journey to Mt. Moriah by Scott, reviewed by D. Richard Scannell


Journey to Mt. Moriah by Scott deserves mention alongside better known webcomics such The Perry Bible Fellowship and A Lesson is Learned but the Damage is Irreversible. JtMM is a weekly experimental webcomic featuring both single-panel and four-panel comics done using ink and a variety of coloring mediums. There are no set themes or characters per se, though the comics can generally be considered dark humor, slice of life, or just plain weird.

Printing Without A Press: Part Two

By: Grant Thomas
Department: Features
Issue: April 2007 Issue

Last month Grant Thomas wrote about how to make a cover for your mini-comic by using a linoleum block. This month he presents another way to print up a simple cover using a printing technique called the collagraph.

Don't Make Me Choose: Sci-Fi Vs. Fantasy

By: David C. Simon
Department: Features
Issue: April 2007 Issue

The 2007 Web Cartoonist’s Choice Awards were not without their fair share of controversy, but one particular point of contention caught my eye and led me to write this article today: Should Gunnerkrigg Court have been nominated as an outstanding Science Fiction comic or as an outstanding Fantasy comic?

Days of Future Pissed

By: Michael Payne
Department: Reviews
Issue: April 2007 Issue

Michael Payne reviews Alan Foreman long-running webcomic, S.S.D.D.,and finds it anything but cute. To the contrary, the sprawling, aggressive world of Foreman's imagination is like a Molotov cocktail thrown directly at your computer screen.

Uku by Otto Germain, reviewed by Grant Thomas

By: Grant Thomas
Department: Reviews
Issue: April 2007 Issue

With Uku, Otto Germain has created a vivid world illustrated in a dream-like lush painted style which he filled with strange creatures and a mysterious meteor. Uku has no dialogue and so Germain's ability to move the story and develop his characters comes entirely from body language and facial expressions. An interesting and compelling new webcomic.

16 Panels That I Don't Think Work All That Well

By: Jon Morris
Department: Features
Issue: April 2007 Issue

Calamity Jon Morris is back with 22 16 Panels That I Don't Think Work All That Well.

Panels & Pictures: At The Margin


In this month's column, Derik A. Badman looks at that staple of comic books -- the margin. First, by examining how comics make effective use of page borders and next by considering how, if at all, webcomics address similar artistic choices.

Head Trips


This month Brigid Alverson talks to Evan Hayden and Ryan Sands, the proprietors of the blog Same Hat! Same Hat!! which features original webcomics as well as scanlations of some of the strangest manga you will ever see: gag manga that is more head-scratching than thigh-slapping and horror stories that turn everyday life inside out.