Author: Glenn Hauman

2013 Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament Nominations Are Now Open!

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  • February 27, 2013

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Yes, it’s that time of year again, where we take the best webcomics and put them head to head to highlight the incredible diversity of work out in the comics world, to raise money for various comics charities, and to have fun while doing it– time for the Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament!

As usual, we always think we’ve gotten a good list together of webcomics– our directory lists three hundred webcomics right now which are going to the seeding round– but we always seem to miss a few newcomers, or strips that have just fallen under our radar for whatever reason. So we’re asking you: what strips have we missed? Just add them in comments below with links to the site.

Our criteria for including them in the contest are pretty simple and broad:

  • They have to be currently in production, by which we mean “has come out with at least one new installment since the new year”. Surprisingly, this knocks out a lot of comics.
  • No paywalls. You gotta be able to read it to compare and contrast.
  • No adult webcomics. We do May Mayhem for the R and X rated comics, this is for family safe material.

Get your nominations in quick, we’re closing the window at midnight Pacific Time on Thursday night and starting the seeding voting on Friday. And please, share this post far and wide so we don’t miss anyone!

 

TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE RETURNS

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  • February 26, 2013

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New Pulp Author Win Scott Eckert shared the cover and table of contents for the upcoming TOC: Tales of the Wold Newton Universe by Philip José Farmer and Others.

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe

A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself.

I am pleased to announce that Titan Books has settled on the final Table of Contents for the Wold Newton Anthology, Tales of the Wold Newton Universe. The book collects, for the first time ever in one volume, Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton short stories, and also includes tales by other writers.

The Introduction by Win Scott Eckert (coauthor with Farmer of the Wold Newton novel The Evil in Pemberley House) and Christopher Paul Carey (coauthor with Farmer of the Khokarsa novel The Song of Kwasin) will provide an overview of Farmer’s Wold Newton Family and Mythos. In addition, Eckert and Carey will provide brief introductions to the stories themselves, explaining why each entry is a Wold Newton tale.

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe is available for preorder at Amazon, AmazonUK, and B&N. As with all the Farmer books from Titan, there will also be an eBook version.

Contents:

Introduction by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey

The Great Detective and Others
“The Problem of the Sore Bridge–Among Others” by Harry Manders Philip José Farmer

“A Scarletin Study” by Jonathan Swift Somers III Philip José Farmer

“The Doge Whose Barque Was Worse Than His Bight” by Jonathan Swift Somers III Philip José Farmer

Pulp Inspirations
“Skinburn” Philip José Farmer

“The Freshman”   Philip José Farmer

“After King Kong Fell” Philip José Farmer

Wold Newton Prehistory: The Khokarsa Series
“Kwasin and the Bear God” Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey

Wold Newton Prehistory: John Gribardsun & Time’s Last Gift
“Into Time’s Abyss” John Allen Small

“The Last of the Guaranys” Octavio Aragão & Carlos Orsi

Wold Newton Origins / Secrets of the Nine
“The Wild Huntsman” Win Scott Eckert

Eddie Campbell’s Rules of Comics Comprehension

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  • February 25, 2013

http://www.tcj.com/campbells-rules-of-comprehension/

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Reading comprehension for comics, using Bryan Talbot and Bernard Krigstein as examples. From The Comics Journal.

LOOKS LIKE WE’VE GOT A MYSTERY ON OUR HANDS-THE ALL PULP PRINT BESTSELLER LIST FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2013!

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  • February 25, 2013

Welcome to the February 25, 2013 installment of All Pulp’s New Pulp Best Seller List, originally created by Barry Reese! Before we get to what you’re all waiting for, here are the rules by which this little list comes together.
1)    This list only tracks sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, face-to-face or anything else!

2)   
This list only tracks PRINT sales. Exactly how Amazon calculates these things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If we checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects sales ranks as of Monday morning February 25, 2013.


3)   In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within the last three months. So, since this list is being done on February 25, 2013, we are only looking at books published since November 25, 2012. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed. Also, keep in mind that for the most part, we are tracking sales from smaller and mid level press publishers who actively publish New Pulp material. We won’t generally track sales from Simon and Schuster or places like that — they have the New York Times Bestseller List for that. If one of the major publishers starts doing The Shadow or something, we’ll track that, but some publishers will not be listed here in order to keep the focus on the publishers actively working toproduce and promote New Pulp.

4)   
Like the name suggests, we’re tracking “New” pulp —not sales rankings for reprints of classic material. In order for something to qualify for this list, it has to be at least 50% new material that has not been printed in book form before.


5)    We are human. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let us know and we will make sure to remedy the situation.


6)    This information is garnered mostly from All Pulp, New Pulp, the Pulp Factory mailing list and a few other sites. If you think we might miss your release, let us know in advance — drop All Pulp a line and tell us when it’s beingreleased.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):

1) The Detective, The Woman, and the Winking Tree by Amy Thomas (MX Publishing, January 22, 2013) – 41,325

2) The City of Smoke and Mirrors by Nick C. Piers (Pro Se Productions, February 22, 2013 ) 54,207

3) Pro Se Presents 15 by Various (Pro Se Productions, November 29, 2012)– 137,513

4) Sherlock Holmes and Young Winston: The Deadwood Stage by Mike Hogan (MX Publishing, December 10, 2012) – 157,093

5) Sherlock Holmes and Young Winston: The Jubilee Plot by Mike Hogan (MX Publishing, February 18, 2013) – 166,834

6)  Danger in Cat World by Nina Post (Curiosity Quills Press, February 4, 2013) – 300,843

7) Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Volume 4 by Various (Airship 27, January 19, 2012) – 306,066

8) Monster Earth by Various (Mechanoid Press, January 18, 2013) -314,218

9) Pro Se Presents 17 by Various (Pro Se Productions,  February 21, 2013) -401,712

10) Ghost Boy by Various (Airship 27 Productions,) -479,640

Just missing the list were: Prohibition by Terrence McCauley (Airship 27 Productions, December 15, 2012) 548,568, Fourteen Western Stories by Lloyd Fonvielle (Lloyd Fonvielle, January 23, 2013) – 586,078,  and The Cestus Concern by Mat Nastos (Nifty Entertainment, January 4, 2013) – 690,460.

  
Although Sherlock Holmes is still consistentlyholding his own on the list, the numbers shown by other books on the list show that sales have not been as soft as in previous weeks, the top ten books all under 500,000 in the Amazon Rankings.

Pro Se Productions returns to the list, making a strong showing with Nick Piers’ debut novel as well as its latest issue of Pro Se Presents coming in at #8.  More interesting, however, is the fact that Pro Se Presents comes screaming into the top 3 in its last week of eligibility.

Another interesting aspect of the list, and this may simply be coincidence, but eight of the ten books on the list deal with Detectives and mysteries in some sense.  Not enough to call it a trend, but this week crime solvers definitely win out.

This week, Pro Se and MX Publishing share the Publisher lead with three titles in the list, with Airship 27 Productions listing two.  Mechanoid Press and Curiosity Quills Press each make the top 10 with one title.  And, if you have a grain of salt lying around, take it with this list.

Dick Tracy’s Watch: The Most Indestructible Meme in Tech Journalism

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  • February 25, 2013

http://techland.time.com/2013/02/11/dick-tracys-watch-the-most-indestructible-meme-in-tech-journalism/

The newspaper-comics cop got his smartwatch in 1946. We’re still waiting for ours. Joe Staton, get right on this!

Gender Through Comic Books | Canvas Network

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  • February 25, 2013

Ball State University offers “Gender Through Comics: A Super MOOC”, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Spring that examines how comic books can be used to explore questions of gender identity, stereotypes, and roles.:

https://www.canvas.net/courses/gender-through-comic-books

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Hiyo, Holmes! Westerns, Detectives, and More- The All Pulp Ebook Best Seller List for February 22, 2013!

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  • February 22, 2013

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Welcome to All Pulp’s New Pulp EBook Best Seller List, inspired by the work of Barry Reese! Before we get to what you’re all waiting for, here are the rules by which this little list comes together.

1)    This list only tracks Kindle sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, or anything else!

2)   
This list only tracks DIGITAL sales. Exactly how Amazon calculates these things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects sales ranks as of Friday morning, February 22, 2013. 


3)   In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within the last three months. So, since this list is being done on February 22, 2013, we are only looking at books published since November 22, 2012. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed. Also, keep in mind that for the most part, we are tracking sales from smaller and mid level press publishers who actively publish New Pulp material. We won’t generally track sales from Simon and Schuster or places like that — they have the New York Times Bestseller List for that. If one of the major publishers starts doing The Shadow or something, we’ll track that, but some publishers will not be listed here in order to keep the focus on the publishers actively working toproduce and promote New Pulp.

4)   
Like the name suggests, we’re tracking “New” pulp —not sales rankings for reprints of classic material. In order for something to qualify for this list, it has to be at least 50% new material that has not been printed in book form before.


5)    We are human. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let us know and we will make sure to remedy the situation.


6)    This information is garnered mostly from All Pulp, New Pulp, the Pulp Factory mailing list and a few other sites. If you think we might miss your release, let us know in advance — drop All Pulp a line and tell us when it’s beingreleased.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp Ebook Bestseller List as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):

1) The Cestus Concern by Mat Nastos (Nifty Entertainment, December 28,2012) 2,851

2) Fourteen Western Stories by Lloyd Fonvielle (Lloyd Fonvielle, December 18, 2012) – 19,877

3)Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Volume 4 by Various (Airship 27, January 19, 2013) – 36,849

4) Tier Zero by Henry Brown (Virtual Pulp, January 13, 2013) – 50,851

5) The Detective, The Woman and the Winking Tree by Amy Thomas (MX Publishing, January 22, 2013) – 55,094

6) Sherlock  Holmes and Young Winston: The Jubilee Plot by Mike Hogan (MX Publishing, February 18, 2013) – 59,839

7) Nefertiti’s Heart by A. W. Exley (Curiosity Quills Press, February 13, 2013) – 68,210

8) The Peacemakers Volume 2 by Various (Western Fictioneers, February 16, 2013) – 92,369

9) Finn’s Golem by Gregg Taylor (Autogyro, January 10, 2013) -109,618

10) Ghost Boy by Various, (Airship 27 Productions, February 16, 2013) 142,687

Just missingthe list were Monster Earth by Various (Mechanoid Press, January 13, 2013) – 184,665, and Legion I- Lords of Fire (The Shattering) by Van Allen Plexico (White Rocket Books, January 26, 2013) – 227,038.

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Although the Ebook list, like the print list of late, is dominated by Holmes, it’s interesting to see another genre making a decent play into the list- The Western.  Nifty Entertainment and Mat Nastos maintains a tight hold on the number 1 spot for a third week in a row with three new publishers making a showing on the list.

MX Publishing and Airship 27 lead the way this week with two books each, with Curiosity Quills, Nifty Entertainment, Lloyd Fonvielle, Autogyro, Virtual Pulp, and Western Fictioneers each getting one notch on their gun belt.  Until next time, readers, remember this list comes with a grain of salt…

Superheroes in your Sunday services?

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  • February 21, 2013

Catholic priest Humberto Alvarez from the village of Ojo de Agua in Saltillo, Mexico, wanted to reach the children of the community, and found a unique way to do so– by wearing tunics with pictures of Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man on them.

In an interview for the magazine “Zocalo” in Saltillo, the pastor told he made ​​the decision during a Mass at the Cathedral of Santiago in 2012. His decision was supported by the Bishop, but not by many faithful who decided to retire because they did not accept comic characters on a sacred site. This has not overshadowed his success.

His outfit comes complete with a water pistol filled with holy water, with which he shoots “jet blessings” to the faithful children.

While religious comics have been around for a long time for a variety of denominations, this is a new one on us.

The original article is at La Informacion, which has more photos of his outfits. We, of course, will be patiently waiting for DC and Marvel to send cease-and-desist letters.

SINBAD SAILS AGAIN!

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  • February 18, 2013
Art: Steven Wilcox

On their Facebook page, Airship 27 Productions announced that artist Steven Wilcox has signed on to do the interior illustrations to the second volume of “SINBAD -The New Voyages.”

Sinbad – The New Voyages Vol. 1 is still available.

You can find more of Steven’s work here.

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