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Webcomic Beacon Newscast for May 27, 2012
Chris Hazelton (Misfile) joins in on this week’s news discussion! This last week’s news is brought to you by Thomas Revor, Eric Kimball, and Jason Strawsburg!
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Top Stories
The Oatmeal controversy over Tesla vs Edison
Original Source: TechFlash
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Buzz
Faith Erin Hicks interview
Original Source: Comics Reporter
DC and Marvel Jockey For Media Spotlight with Gay Storylines
Original Source: Hollywood Reporter
Additionally: The Beat
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Business
Bad Machinery goes from Web to Print
Original Source: Comic Booked
Iron Skys creators are pro file sharing. The distributors not so much
Original Source: GiGaOM
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Business
Mark Andrew Smith on Sullivan’s Sluggers, Kickstarter and the future of print distribution
Original Source: Robot 6
Mark Waid makes his comic available for filesharing
Original Source: Comic Book Resources
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Tech
Pakistan shuts down twitter over “everybody draw Mohammad day”
Original Source: Washington Post
Qwiki an interactive slideshow format
Original Source: GiGaOM
Changes in WordPress on the way
Original Source: Paid Content
The problem of page bloat
Original Source: GiGaOM
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Tidbits
Neil Gaiman advice to graduating students
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
Penny Arcade to be made part of Munchkin game
Original Source: Steve Jackson Games
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Oddities
Marvel and 1928 Jewelry Co. Launches Superheroic Jewelry Collection
Original Source: Comics Alliance
Snowflame Knows No Pain!!
Original Source: io9
See parts 2, 3, and 4 of The Webcast Beacon Network at Penguicon 2012!
At Penguicon 2012, several of the Webcast Beacon Network members join up to entertain you! Mark Savary, Fes Works, Michael Dellheim, Alex Heberling, and Jim Hanson (Formerly known as Adam Smithee) are here to talk at you for about an hour; in a 4 part video (or podcast). Also joining us on the show is Joe Foo (Desmond’s Comic), Laura and Erika (Sidekick Girl), and Ahmed Fahim (Silent Pirate)!
karisomeheaven submitted
I think the image speaks for itself. Poor Zee.
No matter how many spells she cast, Zatanna could not run away from herself.
Doctors don’t perform surgery on themselves. Magicians should not try the “cut a woman in half” on themselves.
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I am, apparently, “The Playboy”, aka the “Random Gentle Sex Master”.
…. I take issue with several of the questions, because most are all binary (yes/no), so I was forced to incorrectly answer some questions.
