New England Webcomics Weekend: Mar. 20-22
Wondermark — There come times, in this life spent staring into computer screens, where social activity is required to recalibrate one’s relationship with the world. Too easily are we led to believe, by that harsh white light from the monitor, that life outside is hostile, fragile, and prone to failure. Too soon do we give up our warm, genial humanity for some harsh, rasping simulacra more prone to pedantry and depravity than the smiling sun allows. Thus comes this. The first-annual New England Webcomics Weekend, a tri-day convergence of ...

strip for February / 13 / 2009: The New Printer
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — ... After moving about three tons of books (buy this book it almost took my foot yesterday) to the new TopatoCo office I found myself physically unable to make a comic last night, what with the hands feeling something like hockey pucks with cat turds stapled to them. Fortunately, I have talented friends easily within striking distance. If I can get enough finished this weekend, comics will return to normal next week. There is a thing happening soon.

Webcomics Weekend
THE BEAT — This should be fun: Fleen explains what’s going on, although we liked Unshelved’s description, as well: The accent will be on hanging out, with some additional focus on chilling.

Webcomics Weekend to hit Pioneer Valley
Blog@Newsarama — ... While the creators call this more a gathering than a convention, webcomics creators such as Steve Kurtz, Steven Cloud, R. Stevens (boy, that’s a lot of Steves) and a whole lot more are going to be in attendance for the March 20-22 New England Webcomics Weekend. And it’s free! You can read more about it here. ...

strip for February / 15 / 2009: Bestest Day Ever
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — Bestest Day Ever Looks like I might get back on track this week. There is a thing happening soon.

Webcomics Weekend 2009
COMIXTALK — ... There is a weekend coming up, and it is a weekend of webcomics. A “webcomics weekend”, if you will. The idea is a simple one: lots of people who are good at webcomics—reading them, writing them, drawing them, etc.—plan to convene in western Massachusetts from March 20-22. The place is western Massachusetts because it’s the home of ...

strip for February / 17 / 2009: Sideways
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — ... I thought it looked dumb the last time it was out. It just looks like you can't figure out how to put your hat on the right way, it really does. And that you hit people who read. Blah blah blah. Words. Here are some words about this comic, that demonstrates how "out of touch" I am nowadays. For those reading this who know me personally, we're almost there. And I'm sorry for yelling at you. For those of you who don't know me personally, hold on to your face. There is a thing happening soon.

Webcomics Weekend!
Shortpacked! —

Webcomics Weekend slated for March 20-22
The Daily Cartoonist — ... Comics, Jon Rosenberg - Goats, Jeffrey Rowland - Wigu, Overcompensating, Paul Southworth - Ugly Hill, R. Stevens - Diesel Sweeties, Kris Straub - Starslip, Chainsawsuit, Zach Weiner - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, David Willis - Shortpacked, Chris Yates - Reprographics and Jeff Zugale - Just a Bit Off Admission is free. Visit their website for more information. Related posts: Top Shelf ...

Appearances Update
The Adventures of Dr. McNews — ... March 20-22: The New England Webcomics Weekend: Oh my God, do you know how many webcartoonists are going to be at this thing? A lot. This is probably the closest to an actual webcomics convention anyone's gotten. It's not *really* a convention though. It's free and a lot less formal. But still, ...

[Comic 2-17-09] Oh, Hey! Surprise!
Something Positive by R.K. Milholland — ... has hit some unfortunate luck with a recent house fire. If you can spare a couple of bucks, she'd appreciate any help you can offer as she rebuilds ... well... her life. And if you can spare some time and you've not done so yet, give her comic a read. [image] On the home front here, I have two events coming up. March 20-22, I will be in Easthampton, Massachusetts, for New England Webcomics Weekend . If you're into webcomics, this is the event to attend. April 3-5 both Clarine and I will be in St. Paul, Minnesota, for ...

MegaCON or bust
COMIXTALK — ... I’m also seriously considering a trip to Massachusetts in late March for the 1st Annual Webcomics Weekend. It’s my chance to finally meet the luminaries of the webcomics world face-to-face. I won’t have anything for sale - I’m just going to network and (hopefully) hang out with other webcartoonists. ...

it's way cuter if mr. tusks does it. 'excuse me, but the inside of your mouth looks a LITTLE dry', he says. aww! mr. tusks!
Dinosaur Comics — ... February 19th, 2009: Karen Ellis suffered a house fire and lost pretty much everything. I'm mentioning this because her comic is good and you'll probably enjoy it (a journal comic that's interesting for the person who didn't write it! Nice) but also because if you've ever wanted to donate to her, now would be a good time! Also, have you heard about The Webcomics Weekend? It is friendly good-times hangouts with basically the entire cartooning part of the internet! Plus, Andrew Hussie will be ...

this comic continues the series of "comics in which immigration is used as a way to segue to robocop" found irregularly peppered throughout the historical record
Dinosaur Comics — ... February 23rd, 2009: Webcomics Weekend, you guys! I am getting more and more excited. It will be friendly good-times hangouts with basically the entire cartooning part of the internet!

hey, all the bill petersons out there in the world who read my comic and who are coming to terms with their lives! assuming you exist, big ups!!
Dinosaur Comics — ... February 23rd, 2009: Webcomics Weekend, you guys! I am getting more and more excited. It will be friendly good-times hangouts with basically the entire cartooning part of the internet!

it took a few tries to find a domain name like businesssuccessislifesuccess.com that wasn't already taken by some terrible person that i hope to never run into at a party
Dinosaur Comics — ... February 23rd, 2009: Webcomics Weekend, you guys! I am getting more and more excited. It will be friendly good-times hangouts with basically the entire cartooning part of the internet!

Megacon 2009
COMIXTALK — ... . Their booth was really well done, and their merch and books were flying off the racks. Ryan and Lar were a blast to hang out with, and I am looking forward to meeting them both again in a few weeks at Webcomics Weekend in MA. ...

She Meant Well, Really
QC RSS — YEAH COMIC WOO In other news, if you're coming to Webcomics Weekend you need to make sure to pre-register! There are literally HUNDREDS of people coming to this thing, it is gonna be INSANE. See you Monday.

[Comic 3-06-09] Life According to SP pt 6
Something Positive by R.K. Milholland — NEWW, Anime Detour, and Life [image] March 6, 2009 [image] Hey, kids! How's it going. First off, the business stuff: [image] If you're planning on attending New England Webcomics Weekend March 20-22 in Easthampton, MA (I'll be there, as well a ...

[Comic 3-09-09] The Bar Is Gone... Again
Something Positive by R.K. Milholland — NEWW at Capacity - what'll we do? [image] March 9, 2009 [image] So, for those of you who are inattentive - oh, who the fuck am I kidding? Those people won't read that. Well, here's my attempt. Last week outside forces required New England Webcomics Weekend to require registration for the event. Basically, they needed a solid headcount. Well, they reached capacity and fuckin' fast (funny how a free event with ...

News Briefs for March 12, 2009
The Daily Cartoonist — ... » I mentioned the New England Webcomics Weekend a while back. From what I hear, the response was so great, the hosts had to set up a registration system, which promptly filled to capacity. Good luck guys. Sounds fun. ...

strip for March / 15 / 2009: Change (In the Book of Face)
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — ... There should be no delays in this week's OC schedule, but Wigu will certainly be delayed a bit longer because of the Webcomics Bohemian Grove, which apparently is occuring in like four days, and I want to do what I can to help it go as smoothly and enjoyably as possible. ...

Boox and tripz!
Shortpacked! — ... I'm currently trying to build up a quick buffer, 'cuz this weekend I'm going to be in Massachusetts for New England Webcomics Weekend! Registration is already closed, so those who already planned to go and have registered, I hope to see you there! I, uh, feel weird mentioning my appearance in my blog since it seems like I should be, y'know, hyping it or something, but it'd be a bit meanspirited since the jaws of registration have already been closed. But my travel does affect my ability to be here and do things, so I figger I got to at least mention it. ...

strip for March / 16 / 2009: Spring Break 2009
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — Spring Break 2009 Oh goodness Webcomics Weekend is this Week! Crazy times. I guess we'll technically get to have two Spring Breaks though. And if you don't remember, Spring Break is the anniversary of when YHWH got trashed and made the universe. But as our tradition goes, here is the annual list of most commonly unknown facts about Spring Break. Spring Break was forgotten for almost 100 years between 1613 and 1813, when a rogue archaeologist in Greece dug up a the remains of a 22-year-old Neanderthal lady, who had ...

First look: Clever Tricks to Stave Off Death
Wondermark — ... If you’d like a signed or sketched-in copy, and/or would like to ensure that I make a few extra bucks from the sale, I’ll be offering a pre-order once I return from the New England Webcomics Weekend — where, by the way, I will be auctioning off this very advance copy to benefit our ...

You’re Killing Newspapers by Reading This
PvPonline — ... I just added a new item to the PvP store. It’s a shirt we’re going to have on sale at Webcomics Weekend and shipping out of our online store next week. So I thought it was safe to put this up for pre order. I think the design speaks for itself. ...

strip for March / 18 / 2009: Planning the NEWW
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — Planning the NEWW Oh goodness Webcomic Weekend is this Week! Crazy times. I guess we'll technically get to have two Spring Breaks though. And if you don't remember, Spring Break is the anniversary of when YHWH got trashed and made the universe. For the record, I have practically nothing to do with planning Webcomic Weekend. I got too many problems. That's all Meredith and Rich, with some help from Holly and the Eastworks crew. They deserve a billion thanks. And for the record, ...

Slash Print | Following the digital evolution
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — ... only available in Japan, where it sells for ¥99,750 — or a little over $1,000. E-devices | Joystiq reports that Sony appears to be working on a service for that will allow comics to be downloaded to the PlayStation Portable. E-devices | At Publishers Weekly, Ada Price talks with a handful of publishers about their early experience converting titles to Amazon’s Kindle. Conventions | The program schedule has been released for the New England Webcomics ...

Not Sure Which Gods
QC RSS — ... May do something simple for Friday's strip because of Webcomics Weekend. I hope to A) be more functional and B) see a bunch of you there. ...

Tiny old dude!
Shortpacked! — ... As such, he's kind of a fun toy to have around. Sometimes the simplest little guys are best for keeping yourself occupied. Getting back into vehicle mode is, of course, more involved, but so long as you remember to put the arm-kibble back before trying to reverse the autotransformation, it's not too bad. Ratchet's one of the best characters on the show, so it's nice to have a little portable version. I'm going on the road to Webcomics Weekend (12 hour drive!) so he may come with me. ...

strip for March / 19 / 2009: Everybody Be Cool
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — Everybody Be Cool Oh goodness Webcomic Weekend is this Week! Meredith told the newspapers that if everything goes right, we will do this again next year! So those of you who are all mad because you didn't get to register in time, will have another shot, provided the Mayans weren't two years off or you do something to piss off Jason Statham. In other news, remember this crazy good guest comic? Tim has finally got his site up and running. Go lookit! And I keep forgetting to mention ...

This weekend, it’s Webcomics Weekend
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — ... The gathering kicks off informally tomorrow at 8 p.m. with a pub crawl, which includes a couple of all-ages locations, before shifting into convention mode Saturday morning with registration, panels, live-drawing events, tabletop gaming, a charity auction, gallery show and more. The schedule can be found here. ...

for those not keeping track of t-rex's nicknames for his fists, they run as follows: knuckles and chuckles; rocco and choco: the twins! who! punch!; the chinese buffet; geraldine and geraldina; and now, plans b through c.
Dinosaur Comics — ... March 19th, 2009: Webcomics Weekend is this, um, weekend! Look at everyone who'll be there! And then some! It is going to be good times. Unfortunately registration is closed and it's at capacity with 700 guests coming, so if you haven't registered it is unfortunately too late. If you're there, you can recognize me as the handsome one who can't even shave his face without cutting it up why do I always rush that.

strip for March / 20 / 2009: Guest Comic by Kate Beaton
Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash — ... Kate's guest comic comes at a good time, since I'm helping with the Webcomics Weekend, and trying to make sure nothing goes wrong. Let's go, let's see what happens! ...

strip for March 20, 2009
Scary Go Round — [March 19th 2009] SGR at Webcomics Weekend If you're attending Massachusetts' most convivial event, the Webcomics Weekend , you will be able to get my books, t-shirts and totes at source, without all those ugly shipping charges, doubtless in some attractive combo deals. [March 16th 2009] A new story starts today! And I am conflicted and upset to report that Dr Ladysounds has opened up her own Twitter feed . [March 13th 2009] "The Estate" ends today. A new story starts on Monday that follows on from these confusing events and involves mysteries. Mysteries! Two new items in the shop that I am very ...

Convention Cookies
ComicMix — Conventions are an excellent place to catch a glimpse of your favorite celebrities, hear the latest gossip on your favorite shows, and buy as much awesome stuff as you possibly can. Conventions are not, however, renowned for their food. While finding an affordable and delicious balanced meal can be difficult when you are away at a con, you can certainly bring along something more exciting than a bag of chips and some stale licorice for snacking. So if you're going to the The New England Webcomics Weekend 2009 or Lunacon this weekend, here are two of my time tested favorite cookie recipes and an easy ...

A weekend of two mediums
THE BEAT — ... Up in Easthampton, MA, the New England Webcomics Weekend is taking place, a Woodstock like gathering of webcomickers from around the nation that we’re sure will plot a course to take comics to the 22nd century and beyond in no time flat. If we didn’t have all this other crap going on, we’d be up there for sure, plotting away with everyone else, but in the meantime, we welcome all reports. The Boston Phoenix ...

Overcompensate
Hark! A Vagrant — Hello! I was visiting my relatives for the past couple of days, there is a lot going on, Iain is moving back to Vancouver and all the Rankins have exams and things and baby Hannah has a mullet haircut and everyone says that they have to watch what they say or I am going to put them in a comic! Well here is the proof that they are half right. Did you notice I made a guest comic for Overcompensating? I figured I owed Jeffrey because every time I have a Topatoco related question he gets at least a hundred emails! And he and a whole bunch of people are busy at that Webcomics Makeout Weekend right ...

Trees & Hills travels to Webcomics Weekend 2009
Trees & Hills Comics Group of VT, NH & west MA — 50 more photos over at my Facebook page. Cat Garza, Megan Baehr, Colin Tedford and I dashed down to Easthampton, Mass. Saturday morning for the first annual Webcomics Weekend. Despite some predictions of doom (will they let us in?), everything seemed to work out fine. We saw lots of old friends and met some new ones. Hopefully, by next year this event will blossom into a real Web comics convention and summit … Trees & Hills would have loved to get a table to sell our comics, but only a ...

The Cross Hatch Dispatch 03/23/09
The Daily Cross Hatch — ... This weekend marked the first-ever New England Webcomics Weekend, featuring a spectacular variety of Webcartoonists, a huge number of attendees, and a pub crawl. ...

Slash Print | Following the digital evolution
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Chickenhare: The House of Klaus Conventions | Rick Marshall, Gary Tyrrell and Bob Weiner file initial reports about the first New England Webcomics Weekend. Retailers | Publishers assured attendees at this weekend’s ...

Guest contributor: Bobby Timony on New England Webcomics Weekend
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Eastworks Editor’s Note: Over the weekend webcomics creators and fans gathered for New England Webcomics Weekend. Bobby Timony, co-creator, writer and artist on the Zuda Comics strip The Night Owls, attended the event and agreed to share his thoughts on his ...

Webcomics Weekend: Online Comics Get Their Own Convention — Here’s What You Missed!
MTV's Splashpage — ... already knows that I spent the last three days in Western Massachusetts at Webcomics Weekend, the first-ever convention organized by — and specifically focusing on — webcomic creators and their work. The event was organized by “ ...

New England Webcomics Weekend 2009
tor.com / frontpage — ... This weekend I attended the first (and hopefully annual) New England Webcomics Weekend in Easthampton, Massachusetts. NEWW was organized by the denizens of the Eastworks building, a converted button factory which has been transformed into a wonderful workspace, and which houses some of webcomics’ most prominent studios, such as ...

puppyocracies OH MY GOODNESS WHO HAS THE BALANCE OF POWER AND SUCH A CUTE LITTLE NOSE
Dinosaur Comics — ... March 24th, 2009: Webcomics Weekend was great. There were tons of people there, oh my goodness. SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE. If you get a chance to go next year I really recommend it! I was on a panel with Randy, Rene, Chris, and Joey about how webcomics can get you in trouble and we shared secrets involving the POLICE.

Slash Print | Following the digital evolution
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — ... Conventions | Pablo Defendini, Rick Marshall, Gary Tyrrell and Rick Marshall again (this time for MTV’s Splash Page) offer more reports from last weekend’s New England Webcomics Weekend. Digital comics | TUAW covers the “Comics on Handhelds” panel at South by Southwest Interactive, which tackled, among other things, issues of lettering and format. “What we need to concentrate on is making the comic an enjoyable experience for the reader and not just a ...

Webcomics Weekend Part 1
COMIXTALK — Webcomics Weekend 2009 For those that didn’t know, I flew out to Northhampton, MA to partake in the first ever event. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some cool guys. Thanks to the power of the interweb, I was able to meet up with Jason Sigler and together ...

BRAINSTORMING: Digital Comics #10
Blog@Newsarama — ... Lee attended the first ever New England Webcomics Weekend last week in Easthampton, Mass. This is the first of several webcomics panels Lee recorded that weekend. Please excuse our amateur camera work and lack of any decent sound quality, this is indeed the first video I have ever produced. And I just noticed I missed an ‘r’ in Gary’s last name. Oh, well, I’ll catch it next time. ...

A Look at the First New England Webcomics Weekend
Comic Book Resources — New England Webcomics Weekend wasn’t intended to be a weekend-long extravaganza with dozens of cartoonists and hundreds of attendees, according to its organizer Meredith Gran. “I'd planned with a dozen or so of my cartoonist friends to meet in my town, go out for drinks, and invite any nearby fans to come join us,” she said. “But as soon as people got wind of this, it was a force that couldn't be controlled.” A lot of people joked that most webcartoonists were at the event, and a quick look at the attendees list revealed that wasn’t far off, as cartoonists from ...

PHD Comics: Tales from the Road - MD Anderson Cancer Center [del.icio.us]
A Whole Lotta Nothing — ... in Newfoundland (oh, and Labrador), Canada. Then Jorge will be at Webcomics Weekend , a super-blowout of the web's best comic artists, near UMASS-Amherst. Come on by or tell your friends that go to these schools! ...