Posts Tagged ‘blog: reader participation’.

Coloring contest winners!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the coloring contest -- we had 53 entries, which is a ton for a contest that only ran for seven days, and I've now made the acquaintance of many very skilled colorists, which will be a great asset moving forward into new projects. The final decisions were difficult, but we had to take into consideration thematic concerns, what the strips would… Read more...
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Wondermark leaves The Onion; joins MCT Campus syndicate

In late 2006, the satirical newspaper The Onion launched a comics page in its print edition (currently available free on newsstands in 10 metropolitan areas). I was thrilled to feature Wondermark on that page in every market, and for about two and a half years, the comic ran in 700,000 papers every week. Now, however, the… Read more...
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Contest: Color my comics!

COLOR WITH ME Anyone with a copy of Beards of our Forefathers has seen the 10 or so colored comics that it contains -- similar to this comic from a few months ago. They were tons of fun to make, and I planned to do the same for my next collection, Clever Tricks to Stave Off Death. But thanks to a… Read more...
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Challenge: Send a holiday card to a stranger

lick it My challenge to you: send a holiday card to a stranger from the phone book. I was addressing our family's holiday cards this year, and I had a couple left over after my list was done. So I found the White Pages, opened to a random page, and found a couple's name and address. I wrote them a nice note… Read more...
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Wallpaper for strip #463!

Thanks so much to Cory at Boing Boing for a very kind mention of the Wondermark holiday cards! We're packing and shipping items as fast as we can, over here. Hey, here's a wallpaper of the key element from the recent Back to the Future comic: Right-click the link to save. Enjoy! 1920x1200 1600x1200 1024x768
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New site bug reporting

I've started a thread on the messageboard for bug reports and status updates. So far we have an alt-text issue in the RSS feed and a crazy LiveJournal feed, both of which are being worked on. Update: Both issues have been resolved. If you've got anything new to report, or want to check the status of the known issues, please visit the thread -- and I… Read more...
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Welcome to the new site!

Welcome to the all-new, totally-redesigned Wondermark.com! I have to thank both Tyler Martin of ComicPress and my team of beta-testing and data-entry Twitter volunteers for their wonderful, devoted service. I've been working on this a long time, and it's nice to finally see it come together. Over the coming weeks I'll point out in detail some of the newest, most fun things that I like about this… Read more...
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People in school, take note

School's in! A prime time for you to share wonderful comics with your campus via this handy-dandy Print-N-Post motivational flyer (PDF): Also: Would your school newspaper like weekly Wondermark comics for free? They're yours for the asking! As before, the editor (or AN editor) of the paper should email me the following information: 1. Who you are and what school you're from 2. How many… Read more...
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The Semidecennial Make-Something Contest

7/15/08 UPDATE: SCROLL DOWN FOR THE WINNERS! "WHAT'S ALL THIS" Around 1997, Wizard magazine ran a contest in partnership with the comics publisher Top Cow. They asked fans to create something to demonstrate their affinity for Top Cow. I remember that a "Witchblade opera" was one of the suggestions. But there were really no rules as to what it could be -- just something, anything at all, that said… Read more...
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Contest deadline; New ‘Beards’ review

The deadline for the Wondermark Semidecennial Make-Something Contest™ draws near! All entries must be received by Monday night, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. If you haven't started, there's still a full weekend for you to get crackin'! I'm giving away over $400 worth of prizes. Details are here! Also: another kind review of Beards of our Forefathers! I guess the ones who hate it don't bother to… Read more...
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