Did an informal presentation @ Hackerspace.sg today on Cambodian comics and web comics.
I ran through some basics on Khmer comics (primarily using the powerpoint presentation from my talk at BICOF) and am starting to develop some notes for a general presentation on webcomics: how I use ‘em, what they’re good for, where they are going. Possibly for the next BarCamp I attend.
For your amusement and my future reference, some notes:
One of the first and best ever web comics: http://slowwave.com/
Early web comics portal with mixed success: http://www.serializer.net/
Successful ‘mainstream’ web comics, mainly making money off merchandise:
http://www.scarygoround.com/
http://www.questionablecontent.net/
http://www.americanelf.com
Migrating from zines/printed comics to the web – last printed comic
http://www.qdcomic.com/index/cover4.htm
Web comics in English/Khmer/translation – my early strategy – 3 interlinked blogs (ouch)
http://web.archive.org/web/20030612004236/http://www.qdcomic.com/
Current strategy – using WordPress tags to manage language and content more efficiently
http://www.qdcomic.com/ (still revising!) Including ‘value added media’ / i.e. Fast Food – June 12, 2003 [English] [French] [Indonesian] [Note] [Song]
History of WebComics discussion:
http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue050912/history1.html
http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue051212/historypart2a.html
WebComics opportunities:
‘Infinite Canvas’ approach: http://www.dresdencodak.com/
Value added strategy: Rice Boy has a wiki! http://www.rice-boy.com/see/
Current portal: http://www.comicslifestyle.com
From discussion:
Collab comics: http://comicsrehab.wordpress.com
A classic: http://www.xkcd.com
Comic Book Reader programs (one example)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdisplayex/reviews/
What’s appropriate for sexuality/sensuality in comics? Dylan Horrocks’ ‘Secret’ blog exploring these issues: http://thepornographyofeverydaylife.blogspot.com
What I’m researching (more ASEAN comics): http://comics.storykitchen.com/
A surprise: Burmese Comics – English and online! http://www.buddhistmythology.net/ (Thanks @yanoak !)
Cheers to @yanoak @preetamrai @cerventus @stephanfeb + artists-in-residence for showing up and letting me road-test both presentations. From the queries and discussion I can see there’s a lot more ground to cover, and a lot of good comics to share. (I’d enjoy doing something for BarCamp SG but I simply can’t fly out every weekend. Maybe Bangkok?)
It was great to see a functional and friendly ‘hackerspace‘. (Hope to check out BangSpace next.) Kudos to Preetam for making landing and presenting so easy, and thanks to the Hackerspace crew for making me feel so welcome! (Dang, we need something like this for Penhville!)
OK, here’s a short video tour around the venue now that everyone has left.
Postscript: Preetam's writeup of the talk. Tags: webcomics,singapore,hackerspace,hackerspacesg,comics
