First Issue Review #69: Zenoscope’s Alice in Wonderland #1 (2012)
This is not your father’s Alice in Wonderland… Well… actually… it might be…. Hoo boy…. We asked for a proper Zenoscope, and Zenoscope did not disappoint…. or does it? Ellipsis.
EpiGuide’s EpiCast #12 – June Webserial Recaps & News
Our new EpiCast goes back to the basics: recaps of the latest webserial installments, and news (and plenty of discussion) related to the world of webfiction and online publishing.
Webcomic Beacon #346: Comic News & Discussion for June 9th, 2013
Monty Rhode joins Terence, Ben Carver, and Fes Works for another week of comic news & discussion! This week: Joe Schuster Award Nominees, branding one’s comic, DC² and DC² Multiverse, Sean Delonas and Bill Day, and more!
Webcomic Beacon #345: Penny Arcade’s Strip Search 2013 (Part 1)
Mary Cagle returns to the show to discuss the first half of Penny Arcade’s Strip Search! We only are talking about the series up to the 5th Elimination episode, (Episode #16) if you are worried about spoilers in this episode.
Webcomic Beacon #344: Comic News & Discussion for May 28th, 2013
Monty Rhode joins Kittyhawk, Ben Carver, and Fes Works for another edition of the newscast! Comic News & Discussion this week: The 2013 Reuben Awards, Kindle and Fan Fiction, Yahoo buying Tumblr, and more!
Webcomic Beacon #343: Going on Indefinite Hiatus… or Simply Quitting Your Comic
A sad but very real possibility for most webcartoonists. That’s right, you’ve gotta know when to fold ‘em, and put your webcomic on an indefinite hiatus… or… to simply quit. An absolutely enlightening discussion.
Comic of the Week: Simply Sarah by Sarah Skye
I’m not typically one for slice of life style comics, or anything that deals with relationships or drama, but the art helped pulled me in for a closer look. I ended up reading back to a truth or dare party.
Breaking Into Podcasting (Anime Detour 2013)
Recorded at Anime Detour 2013 with John Paul and Fes Works. All about making your own podcast and getting into the podcasting industry.
The Business Side of Making Comics (Anime Detour 2013)
The Business Side of Making Comics panel recorded at Anime Detour 2013 with Randy Milholland, Lee & Lisa Blauersouth, Gerbil, and Fes Works.
Breaking Into Webcomics (Anime Detour 2013)
Breaking into the webcomics industry panel recorded at Anime Detour 2013 with Randy Milholland, Lee Blauersouth, and Fes Works.
The Artistic Side of Making Comics (Anime Detour 2013)
The Artistic Side of Making Comics panel recorded at Anime Detour 2013 with Randy Milholland, Lee & Lisa Blauersouth, Gerbil, and Fes Works.
WCBN Editorial – Theory and Practice of Story Vectors – by Eric Kimball
Let’s talk about a certain class of story. A story where there is a protagonist aka hero and antagonist aka villain. Where the story is told from a single perspective of following the conflict between the hero and the villain.
Crowdfunding Picks for the Week of June 9, 2013
Let’s try something a little different here on The Webcast Beacon Network. Let’s take a look at a few crowdfunding projects going on, to give you a heads up on, a direct you to some projects we have an eye on.
Site News: Registered User Purge… SORRY!
I apologize in advance if you got caught in the deletion (People with names, posts, or avatars were likely spared), but I had to do the purge to get rid of a huge number of spam accounts, and for website security and stability.
Accepting Webfiction for Readings on Webfiction World!
If you have your own writings that you’d like to offer up for readings, you may submit the first chapter or two of an on-going, or completed, story; as well as one-off stand-alone works. We are looking at things that would take 15-25 minutes to read, which is about 3000-5000 words.
Welcome New Affiliate of The WCBN, EpiGuide’s EpiCast!
EpiGuide is the webfiction, weblit, webserial… online fiction writing community that brought you WeSeWriMo. With their podcast, EpiCast, they discuss many degrees of writtings found online, with a predisposition to webfiction.
So please welcome WCBN’s first new affiliate under the new website: EpiGuide’s EpiCast!
Website Design Upgrade!
New look (coming VERY soon, if not here already)! So be patient with us during the change over. We’ll be working on bugs, broken links, and tightening the layout.
Let us know if anything is broke!
Webcomic Beacon Newscast: Comic News & Discussion for April 14th, 2013
We discuss Apple forcing a company in removing content, with vague parameters; New York to ban Cosplay?; and a follow-up on the jailed Palestinian Cartoonist.