Thursday, May 05, 2005

Whispered obituaries and cooperative guerrilla marketing

Well, I guess it's kind of a slow news day. Which is good on two levels. One, I'm in a slow mood and two, I can catch up on all the news I've neglected over the last couple of days.

To start with Fans, after over six years, is finished. I never followed it but if you like a good obituary, drop by The Living Comic.

PVP was seven years old yesterday, which prompted Websnark to link to the very first one.

Whispered Apologies is one of those great little ideas that only the internet could have spawned. Ryan North and Joey Comeau, of Dinosaur Comics and A Softer World respectively, have come together to put dialogue and narration to comic strips submitted by other artists. The results are interesting, to say the least.

Over at Voices In My Hand, Bill Charbonneau has come up with another unique promotional idea. Now fans of the irreverent single panel cartoon can download and print off a Voices In My Hand flyer. Then they can post the flyer around the on any corkboard or public noticeboard they can find. It's a great idea and one we might just steal ourselves. Of course, Frank would probably want a cast iron guarantee it was going to work before he'd be bothered putting in the effort - he's very busy you know.