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OK. This is the kind of stuff we used to watch as kids. Granted, it’s odd, and it may explain a great many things about my generation.

But… Yep. Still funny.

heh heh…

Croaker’s Gorge #2 is online, and the guys are feeling stuck in a rut!

There’s a couple of really great hi-res QT panoramas over at Boing Boing. One of them reminds me very much of the sorts of control rooms that were in Myst. (Don’t forget to go into full screen mode, and you will be pleasantly surprised at the amazing resolution…)

Thanks to Brit Steiner for the link!

I’m pleased to announce that the first mini-comic from WishTales Publishing Studio is Rag the Viking, co-created by my business partner Tom Dell’Aringa and me.

The cost, including shipping is $2.50 to the US, $2.75 to Canada and $3 anywhere else.

You can buy it now at the Marooned store page.

There’s nothing like getting back to basics. I’m sure, if someone really, really wanted to, they could do something charming like this in 3D. But for some reason, they don’t.

It’s worth studying: it’s so simple. Everything happens in one shot. British director Simon Tofield is not cutting in and out for reaction shots and action shots. He’s not zooming the camera around the set. He even decided to do it in simple black and white, and so what? It just works.

Animators take note. Settle down and focus on storytelling, and if you don’t watch out, you just might create something nice.

That Simon’s Cat site is brilliant. Lots of stuff to dig through, and it’s a great example of how to generate a ton of charming, engaging material from a very simple idea. Keep It Simple, Simon.

Link sent to me by UK author Jack Eason. Thanks, Jack!

The Webcomic List has announced their winner of the Best Webcomic of 2009. And the winner is… Moon Town!

Thank you, all. I’m honored!

See the complete list of categories and winners at the official Webcomic Awards website. or you can just read the list below.

Best Comic:

• Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell

Best New Comic:

• Moon Town by Steve Ogden

Best Gag-a-Day:

• Girls with Slingshots by Danielle Corsetto

Best Longform:

• Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell

Best Colour Art:

• FreakAngels by Warren Ellis

Best Black and White Art:

• The Abominable Charles Christopher by Karl Kerschl

Best Non-Traditional Art:

• The Dreamland Chronicles by Scott Christian Sava

Best Writing:

• Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell

Best Character:

• Digger of Digger by Ursula Vernon

All right. Moon Town book #1 is off to the printer. In a few days, they’ll be sending me some proofs, and if everything looks good, they’ll print ‘em up and send ‘em to me, where I can begin selling them to you. If all goes well, delivery is scheduled for FEB 25.

UPDATE: 2/5/10 – Got the proofs back. Unfortunately they were way too dark. I’m lightening them up, will resubmit, and let’s try this again. Stay tuned.