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Comment on 2012-05-14 by DerikB

DerikB — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:04 +0000

I think there’s a lot that can be done with responsive web design and web/digital comics. There are some major issues though. For epubs in particular (or other ebook formats) not all readers effect the standards the same way (kind of like browsers but it seems worse) and images in particular seem poorly handled.

And do this with comics you really need flexible layouts for the comics themselves. If you have a four panel comic and each panel is a separate image, then you have a ton of flexibility, but it you have a crazy manga layout, there’s only so much you can do to reformat. A classic Franco-Belgian BD layout would also reformat well. In a weird way it may lead back to the type of old layouts that were designed for reformatting (the case with both newspaper strips and F-B BD).

Comment on 2012-05-14 by Haverholm

Haverholm — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:09:22 +0000

Looking forward to reading your Wonder Woman post (got it saved for when the kids are asleep), but I’m almost as curious to hear of your responsive epub experience.

That particular learning curve might be to comics artists as 3d animation was to classic animators in the late ’90s; just a new way of wrapping your mind around the same old craft, but a method you need to learn…

Comment on 30 Days of Comics by Tweets og pantomime

Tweets og pantomime — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:26:58 +0000

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Comment on 2012-03-19 by Grant

Grant — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:54:53 +0000

Looking forward to another MadInkBeard comic! My site has been pretty quiet, too, because I’m finding that blogging detracts from my comic production.

Comment on Exit by Nabiel Kanan by DerikB

DerikB — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:03:01 +0000

He had a webcomic running on his website, but then the website changed to be “coming soon” and has stayed that way for a long time.

Comment on Exit by Nabiel Kanan by Eat the Babies!

Eat the Babies! — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:46:36 +0000

I love Nabiel Kanan’s work overall. He has a style that’s all his own. It’s emotive but clear. His characters are a bit stiff but in a way that I strangely like. I really love his work. I wonder what’s happened to him? I can’t find any signs of recent work from him, since, i think, Drowners or Now & Then, which is really a bummer.

Comment on Comics Books 2011 by DerikB

DerikB — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:32:36 +0000

Probably was you Domingos, I’ve gotten a lot of recommendations off your site/posts/comments. I haven’t read Les Hommes-loups yet either. It was out of stock when I ordered Par les Sillons.

Comment on Comics Books 2011 by Domingos Isabelinho

Domingos Isabelinho — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:28:03 +0000

I think that I gave you the _Par les sillons_ tip, Derik… I think that _Les hommes loups_ by Dominique Goblet went with it at the time too, but I’m really not sure about any of this. (I still did not buy that last one, by the way…)

Comment on Webcomics 2011 by Kleefeld On Webcomics #45: Fragmentation

Kleefeld On Webcomics #45: Fragmentation — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:46:59 +0000

[...] but I can mostly understand why people like them. Derik Badman, in trying to come up with his “Best Webcomics of 2011” noted that he found it difficult because there were so many different types of webcomics, and he [...]

Comment on Comics Books 2011 by tymothi

tymothi — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:41:56 +0000

Interesting… Sadly, no iPad here.