John Campbell vs. Kate Beaton: War of the Webcomics

… or “Two Artists Enter, Three Walk Out.” What?

On the SomethingAwful forums, I just read about a very interesting exchange that happened over this weekend. On his blog, John Campbell (Pictures for Sad Children) took a light-hearted jab at everyone’s favorite historical-based webcomic artist, Kate Beaton (of, uh, Kate Beaton):


Most webcomic artists would shrink away. However, there must be something in that Maritime water:

Eventually, someone had to step in to mediate. Who better than KC Green (Bee Power, Horribleville)?

Okay, so maybe someone else could’ve done better.

It’s very good natured and quite fun. Frankly, if more wars could be resolved through the power of webcomics … well, I can’t assure you that they’d be less bloody, but at least we all could get a good laugh out of it.

Check out the entire exchange at John Campbell’s blog. Don’t forget to look at the comments!

Sugarshock! review on ComixTalk

So why should you care about SugarShock!? (OK, that exclamation point next to the question mark looks uncomfortable cartoony. Just know that the “!” is part of the title.) Well, there’s robots, space travel, an all girl band, and an ADD-affected front-girl by the name of Dandelion. If that’s not enough to convince you, the webcomic is also written by a certain someone named Joss Whedon. But hark! What’s this? SugarShock! is also in the running for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic? Given my acidity toward the Eisners after last year’s award for Sam & Max, is there a chance I’ll be more civil this time around?

Probably not.

Anyway, check out my review on ComixTalk!

El Santo’s SugarShock! review