Webcomic Beacon Newscast: Comic News & Discussion for May 20, 2012

This last week’s news is brought to you by Thomas Revor, Alex Heberling, Jason Strawsburg, and Marie Tary! Sorry for the audio issues in this episode!

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Promo: Lapfox Trax

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Top Stories

Josh Neufeld receives Knight Wallace Fellowship
Original Source: Webcomic Overlook

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Buzz

John Allison creates a comic cookbook in Bad Machinery
Original Source: Robot 6

NY Times talks about rage comics
Found via: Daily Cartoonist
Original Source: New York Times

Why we need gay comics
Found via: Bleeding Cool
Original Source: Huffington Post

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Business

Creator of Thanos talks about lack of financial compensation by comic companies.
Original Source: Hero Complex

Facebook needs to rule the world
Original Source: GiGaOM

Harry Potter and the Rights Management of Digital
Original Source: Paid Content

Comic translator convicted of possessing child pornography… after police seize his collection of Japanese manga cartoons
Original Source: Daily Mail

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Education

Opening Tabs on a schedule
Found via: Comix Talk
Original Source: Life Hacker

Digital Branding of Websites
Original Source: graphics.com

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Tech

Comcast’s data cap an opening salvo on net neutrality
Original Source: GiGaOM

Mobile company censorship blocks legitimate sites
Original Source: GiGaOM

India’s net-censorship law – webcomic edition
Original Source: Boing Boing

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Tidbits

“Who believes in you” – Thoughts from Jim Henson
Original Source: The Beat

Want to draw an issue of Daredevil? Write a fan letter
Original Source: The Out Housers

Sampling of the 100 idea that change film
Original Source: The Atlantic

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People

Best-Selling RPG ‘Pathfinder’ Comes to Comics
Original Source: Mtv Geek

Cartoonist Christine Larsen debuts short story collection
Original Source: Comic Book Resources

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Oddities

My Little Comic Book Ponies
Found via: Geek Syndicate
Original Source: Jodi Moisan

The Hub Hopes Men Will Start Calling Themselves “Belly Bros” and “Care Dudes”
Original Source: Cartoon Brew

Webcomics in cookie form
Original Source: Comics Alliance

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