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Resources: Comic shops, webcomics, and useful links

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    #32
    joe6pax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭joe6pax


    [Edit]What did my mother say? If you don't have anything nice to say? :rolleyes: Seriously though, If you have a serious point to make feel free to post it but mindless abuse isn't on.. Sorry..

    -Gambler[/edit]


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    #33
    KamikazeBananze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭KamikazeBananze


    First post. Might as well make it this one.

    VG Cats-very very funny most of the time, slightly disturbing other times. If you're easily offended, many of these aren't going to be funny for you.


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    #34
    rcaz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    ctrl+alt+del One of my favourite webcomics.

    h4xx0r3d My very own webcomic :D It's not up to much yet (4 comics and an extremely boring site), but I'm working on it! ;)


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    #35
    pauloc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭pauloc


    Web Site launch on the 29th of July, in the mean time if you would like a copy of our catalogue e-mail your address to sales@themazecomicstore.com


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    #36
    pauloc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭pauloc


    Fysh wrote:
    Having spent over an hour trying to find and collate the information about the various stores I'm aware of, I give you the following list. Note that large bookstore chains like Waterstones and Eason's now have small graphic novel/comic sections so they may be worth checking out. I've not listed them because : a) they're very easy to find, and b) their selection has been, in my experience, too small and inconsistent to be worth relying on.


    Dublin

    Sub City
    Address : 2, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2 (opposite Central Hotel)
    Phone : 016 771902

    Forbidden Planet
    Address : 5/6, Crampton Quay (between O'Connell Bridge and the Ha'penny bridge on the South side of the river)
    Phone : 016 710688
    Email : fpdublin at eircom.net

    3rd Place
    Address : Crow Street, Dublin 2
    Phone : 016 336964

    Crow Corner Comics
    Address : Crow Street, Dublin 2
    Phone : 01-6336964
    Email : info at irishcomicshop dot com


    Cork

    Other Realms
    Address : Paul Street Shopping Centre, Cork City
    Phone : 021 4222224
    Fax : 021 4279508

    Vibes & Scribes
    Address : 3, Bridge Street, Cork City
    Phone : 021 4505370


    Galway

    Sub City
    Address : Corbett Court, Eyre Square Shopping Centre, Galway
    Phone : 091 565994


    (Another note : I am fully aware that this is an incomplete list. There's a bookshop in Galway whose details I can't find that sells comics, as well as a comic shop in Dublin. If anyone has info on these, or even additional details like websites or email addresses for stores already listed, please reply and add them)

    The Maze Comic Store
    Listowel,
    Co. Kerry.
    068 23778
    http://www.themazecomicstore.com


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    #37
    Timans
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Timans


    i may have missed it but i dont think anyone posted

    www.peanuts.com

    i amk shocked/appaled.. :D

    peanuts is genius!


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    #38
    iguana
    Registered Users Posts: 12,916 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    Limerick

    The Gathering
    Gerald Griffith St,
    00353 61 315133


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    #39
    Draco
    Subscribers Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Draco


    www.asofterworld.com

    Can be wonderfully bizarre.


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    #40
    Zoton
    Registered Users Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Zoton


    http://www.getyourcomics.com/

    Found this site recently but haven't used them yet so can't report whether they're good or bad. Prices seem pretty decent, and delivery is free in Ireland.


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    #41
    nekothekitty
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭nekothekitty


    Does anyone have any links for art resources and tutorials? How to draw hands, how to colour stuff on the PC, stuff like that.


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    #42
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Not sure how many people will be interested in this, but I've set up a LiveJournal community for Irish Comics in conjunction with Pádraig Ó Méalóid of Irish Sci-Fi News.

    Not too sure what we'll be doing with it just yet, but keep an eye on it if you're an LJ user. There's a comprehensive list of Irish webcomics in the profile page.

    (Since I'm posting, I might as well add that the Irish Comic Challenge now has a proper URL of www.irishcomicchallenge.com)


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    #43
    TheBatman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭TheBatman


    Found a free online database thingy which I found to be useful.

    www.comicbookdb.com

    Covers, Descriptions, Reviews. Not to mention the fact that if you register, they allow you to catalogue/view your own collection with them. Which then allows you to view you cover gallery an access reports on the data you entered. Its all free at the moment and the site just passed its first birthday (Which is irrelevant but whatever). Worth a look if you like that type of thing... Which I obviously am given that you'd think I owned the site. But I dont. Just have alot of free time in work.:)


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    #44
    qwertplaywert
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭qwertplaywert


    desprictions are very short...but still good for a complete dataase project


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    #45
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    This may be of interest for artists and also for people looking for artists:

    Irish Comic Artists blog.

    Declan Shalvey and Will Sliney both throw their work up there, and it's impressive to behold...


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    #46
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Dresden Codak

    From what I've read so far, one of the best (if not the best) webcomics I've ever seen. Fantastic writing and artwork, and both are hugely diverse.


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    #47
    Jack B. Badd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭Jack B. Badd


    Fysh wrote:
    Dresden Codak

    From what I've read so far, one of the best (if not the best) webcomics I've ever seen. Fantastic writing and artwork, and both are hugely diverse.

    Oooooooohhhh...physics-y! :)


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    #48
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    I can't believe I didn't see this linked...

    Dr. McNinja! :D

    More cool ones:
    -Gone With The Blastwave, funny post-apocalyptic war soldiers.
    -Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, single panel hilarity.
    -Beaver & Steve, odd adventures of a Beaver and a Dinosaur Lizard thing.
    -Toothpaste For Dinner, simple but funny.
    -Perry Bible Fellowship, hilarious comic, often genius.
    -Cyanide & Happiness, crude and disturbing, but funny.
    -Thingpart, some very funny strips too.
    -XKCD, nerdy and geeky but damn good.
    -Raymondo Person, crazy.


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    #49
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    BopNiblets wrote:
    I can't believe I didn't see this linked...

    Dr. McNinja! :D


    eh? What are you taking about? I've pimped my boy Chris in several different posts on this board.....most recently in the web cartoonist choice thread.


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    #50
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    I'm talking about not seeing it linked in this stickied thread!
    Can't read every post on boards.

    Check this out, one of the panels I coloured. :p


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    #51
    imachinecomics
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭imachinecomics


    THE WIND begins, free online comic Please visit our book of guests and enjoy THE WIND, in www.imachinecomics.com
    demo2.jpg


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    #52
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    My friend just forwarded me this webcomic, Khaos Komic. Its really nice comic but be warned if you have issues with yaoi/gay themes in any way don't click - and if you are homophoic and do click that link, read it, then come back here and make some stupid ass comment i will have to hurt you :D .

    What i really liked about this comic is that you can download the old strip the artist did and compare them to the current comic and its really great to see the progression they made art and storytelling wise.


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    #53
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    "the angst of being a teen the thrill of being a boat" it's teen boat

    A new issue of teen boat is debuting at MoCCA and to celebrate the first 3 issues are being put up over at webcomicsnation. This book won the best debut ignazt award at SPX 3 years ago.


    and for those who haven't yet seen it civil war redubbed


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    #54
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Nobody Scores!

    Found this through the guy who does Dresden Codak.

    Also, does anyone know what happened to I Am A Rocket Builder? I know it was supposed to go on hiatus or something but I remember reading the whole archive in one go a while ago and really liking it, but now when I check the site there's no sign of the archive now...


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    #55
    rudie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭rudie-


    my favorite daily strip is savage chickens, mega comic than never fails to amuse http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/index.html

    i make sure to check it every day
    modern classic...


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    #56
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    Not sure if this has been linked here but fontifier offers to make font of your handwritting for $9 - given that the industry standard fonts from comic craft cost between $50 and $1000 thats a pretty nice deal - unless like me you have awful hand lettering

    My friend Alec has a little write up on it over on his blog


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    #57
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    cover_1_persimmon_horiz.jpg
    Man, I love everything on ACT-I-VATE but I esp adore this comic.


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    #58
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    Saw some work from these guys at MoCCA - very cool work check their site for free comics! Transmission X


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    #59
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    Bunch of people always asking about computer colouring demos and the artist of Khaos komic has posted a nice video showing the digital colouring of a page - its a little fast if your trying to see every button they push but still a very good demo.

    Update: another video by the same artists - tiny bit slower - nice examples of inking with flash


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    #60
    sprinkles
    Registered Users Posts: 4,510 ✭✭✭sprinkles


    What are the best sites to buy from? - Sorry if they've already been posted but most of the previous posts seem to be for online comics rather than stores.

    Cheers
    SP


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    #61
    ztoical
    Registered Users Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    sprinkles wrote:
    What are the best sites to buy from? - Sorry if they've already been posted but most of the previous posts seem to be for online comics rather than stores.

    Cheers
    SP

    Yeah this thread is mainly rec'ing web comics, this one covers print comics, thou its just reveiws/comments on them. There has been a couple of posts on here regarding buying online but for the life of me i can't remember where they are.

    Are you looking for back issues, monthly floppies, graphic novels, licensed manga [ie manga in english], or non-licensed manga [ie not translated into english]? I'd rec different sites for each.


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