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Interviews and Podcasts

Wanted to spotlight a few podcast interviews and also podcasts novels.

First up, myself and a few of the other kids at TallTaleFeatures.com have been running the media circuit like greyhounds. You can check out the results here:

Tall Tale Features

And when you've got twelve empty dailies staring you down begging for penciling, the best way to survive the grindstone is to open up an awesome podcast novel. Haven't listened to one? Here's thee best place to start:

7th Son: The podcast novel trilogy by thriller novelist J.C. Hutchins

Ands that's about it for now. Hoping to have some books to give away next month. Be sure to pop by the bookstore:

Dog eat Doug » Book Store

Sequential Artists' Pub

Virtual pub that is. Although an actual pub for sequential artists would be lovely.

This will be an ongoing podcast. A roundtable format with some serious talent. Had to remind myself to say stuff as I was a bit caught up in listening to the other artists.

Check out this episode and if you can, listen in on the next one. If you listen live, you can chat along. That's a pretty cool feature for a podcast:

TalkShoe - Call - The Sequential Artists' Pub

Twitter anyone?

Anyone using twitter? If you are, come follow along:

Twitter

Promoting a blog (and comic strip) through social media is critical. However, unlike buying advertising, you really have to enjoy the social networks you use.

Quite frankly, I didn't see any point to twitter at first. But, like most things, I give it a fair shake before passing judgment. Glad I did.

The Legend Begins...

I've been looking forward to the launch of this comic for awhile now. And today it's here! So few strips have what I call the perfect storm: great concept, fantastic art, and superb writing. Now you can have all three and still miss the mark. But I felt the storm brewing ever since getting a sneak peek at the strip.

So go on over and check it out. And be sure to bookmark it. Or you can always reach it via TallTaleFeatures.com:

Legend Of Bill

I'm saving newspapers!

Well, maybe not me alone. But this article talks about how newpapers comics are helping grow readership in other countries. Gasp! What a novel idea especially since that's why comics were put into newpapers. Not that I'm stuck in the past. Quite the opposite.

I'm fortunate that DeD is both a webcomic and print comic. I don't see it as either. The web and newspapers are just two pillars in building the world of Dog eat Doug.

Still, stories like this warm my heart:

Can comics save the American newspaper? » The Daily Cartoonist