Archive for May, 2008

DeD featured on Comics.com

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Dog eat Doug is the featured comic today on comics.com. Check it out:

Comics.com Home Page

Lots of Comic Goodness

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Our first official day of “Tall Tale Features”. You can check out this post to learn all about it. Trust me, you will love these cartoonists:

Tall Tale Features » And Away We GO!!

I’m saving newspapers!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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

New Level of Giddiness

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Yes, I am man enough to admit I get giddy. With good reason. Just checked out the website for Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book”. It’s just too long a wait. At least I can stare longingly at the illustrations for now.

And from a designer’s standpoint, I love the site. Designed by Tony Greer. He’s the kind of designer I’d love to have work on my sites.

Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book

ToonSeum Exhibit

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Did I mention this yet? If you’re in the Pittsburgh area, be sure to check it out. I will be heading down there someday soon.

ToonSeum Exhibit Will Focus on Kids in Cartoons

Designing the New DeD

Sunday, May 25th, 2008
The refreshingly new DeD site is under way. Lot’s to do as this is a multilayer redesign. First off, getting rid of the “home” page. No reason the comic shouldn’t be on the front page. So that means merging two databases. So far so good.

Then comes the uncluttering. After four years a lot of scraps of code pile up. I’m cleaning it all up and getting back to basics.

That means focusing on what the blog is about and why people like reading it. Or more to the point, focusing on giving a people a reason to read it.

And I’ll be streamlining promoting the blog. I’ll try out one new method at a time and really give it a go before adding something else.

One example is:

Entrecard

Anybody have any experience with it?

The Legend Begins…

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

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