Comments on: The (Autobio?) Borg Of Art http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/ the webcomics blog about webcomics Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Fleen: Your Favorite Faux-Muckrakers Since 2005 » http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-70534 Fleen: Your Favorite Faux-Muckrakers Since 2005 » Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-70534 [...] Being able to reach not just a given number of eyeballs, but the right eyeballs, is what gives some of these sites what you might call premium pricing. If I want to pitch a new webcomic about women, for women, I’d be far better off using a PW button ad on Planet Karen than Penny Arcade, even if the prices were the same and I could get exponentially more impressions at PA. [...] [...] Being able to reach not just a given number of eyeballs, but the right eyeballs, is what gives some of these sites what you might call premium pricing. If I want to pitch a new webcomic about women, for women, I’d be far better off using a PW button ad on Planet Karen than Penny Arcade, even if the prices were the same and I could get exponentially more impressions at PA. [...]

]]> By: Mike Russell http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-68084 Mike Russell Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:05:10 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-68084 Shameless, shameless self-plug: "CulturePulp" (which I'm currently <a href='http://webcomicsnation.com/culturepulp/' rel="nofollow">re-posting</a> 5 days/week in Webcomics Nation from my original <a href='http://homepage.mac.com/merussell/iblog/B835531044/C1162162177/index.html' rel="nofollow">blog archives</a>) is more of a pop-jounalism comic -- but the cartoonist (i.e., me) is very much a character in the thing. Shameless, shameless self-plug:

“CulturePulp” (which I’m currently re-posting 5 days/week in Webcomics Nation from my original blog archives) is more of a pop-jounalism comic — but the cartoonist (i.e., me) is very much a character in the thing.

]]> By: Shishio http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67992 Shishio Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:33:50 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67992 Also, while we're talking about autobiographical webcomics, I think it would be cool to see a collective featuring them. Also, while we’re talking about autobiographical webcomics, I think it would be cool to see a collective featuring them.

]]> By: DAJB http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67615 DAJB Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:54:55 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67615 Lee Munday's "The Lumbering Dead" is an excellent example of a comic written and drawn by a male creator and which - while obviously fictionalised - is clearly based very heavily on real life experiences. Painfully funny and yet, by avoiding the "daily punchline" format, it gives a far more accurate representation of "life as it is lived" than perhaps any other slice-of-life/diary-style comic, including - dare I say it - most of those by female creators. It's online at my website but, before I'm accused of simply self-promoting here, I promise I have absolutely nothing to do with its creation. (I just happen to love it!) If I've whetted your appetite at all, you can find it at: http://www.brokenvoice.co.uk/lumbering%20surround.html Lee Munday’s “The Lumbering Dead” is an excellent example of a comic written and drawn by a male creator and which - while obviously fictionalised - is clearly based very heavily on real life experiences. Painfully funny and yet, by avoiding the “daily punchline” format, it gives a far more accurate representation of “life as it is lived” than perhaps any other slice-of-life/diary-style comic, including - dare I say it - most of those by female creators.

It’s online at my website but, before I’m accused of simply self-promoting here, I promise I have absolutely nothing to do with its creation. (I just happen to love it!)

If I’ve whetted your appetite at all, you can find it at:
http://www.brokenvoice.co.uk/lumbering%20surround.html

]]> By: Shishio http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67471 Shishio Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:07:02 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67471 Since you expressed interest in seeing autobiographical comics by males, I will say that I write One-liners, which I consider autobiographical, but not strictly so. It's not a complete account of my life or anything. I only share funny stories from my life, or those I have heard from friends and acquaintences. Everything else is too boring or personal to share. It's not 100% true, either, but it's close. The characters in the comic bear no resemblance to their real life counterparts, this was a deliberate decision on my part in case anyone ever changed their mind about being in my comic. Also, the places all the stories take place in rarely resemble where they actually took place, this is because I cannot be bothered to spend my life looking for reference photos. And of course, my memory is not perfect. I have a good memory of events, but not everything that was said. So sometimes it's necessary to make up dialogue to establish context. Lastly, a few strips are entirely fictional. So, to get to the point, what I am saying is that I try to keep the comic as true as possible, but some deviations from the truth are necessary. And sometimes, I choose to deviate from it for the sake of humour. - http://www.one-liners.net/ Since you expressed interest in seeing autobiographical comics by males, I will say that I write One-liners, which I consider autobiographical, but not strictly so.

It’s not a complete account of my life or anything. I only share funny stories from my life, or those I have heard from friends and acquaintences. Everything else is too boring or personal to share.

It’s not 100% true, either, but it’s close. The characters in the comic bear no resemblance to their real life counterparts, this was a deliberate decision on my part in case anyone ever changed their mind about being in my comic. Also, the places all the stories take place in rarely resemble where they actually took place, this is because I cannot be bothered to spend my life looking for reference photos.

And of course, my memory is not perfect. I have a good memory of events, but not everything that was said. So sometimes it’s necessary to make up dialogue to establish context.

Lastly, a few strips are entirely fictional.

So, to get to the point, what I am saying is that I try to keep the comic as true as possible, but some deviations from the truth are necessary. And sometimes, I choose to deviate from it for the sake of humour.

- http://www.one-liners.net/

]]> By: Anne http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67465 Anne Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:33:53 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67465 Awww! I miss y'all too--working at home is great, but there are no fun webcomics folks to run into here! Awww! I miss y’all too–working at home is great, but there are no fun webcomics folks to run into here!

]]> By: jeffrey rowland http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67462 jeffrey rowland Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:31:43 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/22/the-autobio-borg-of-art/#comment-67462 We miss you Anne! We miss you Anne!

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