I read webcomics, did you know that?  Only fitting I guess.  This one touches on my love of bad web design, and the people who tend to ask for it.  One thing I’ve noticed, is that people just love to see comics that talk about themselves.  Like bikers loving when I do a comic about biking, or designers who freak out when they see a comic mentioning bold and italics.  That’s how it goes.  Go read Overcompensating for a good laugh.  Link.

You guys read Sinfest?  I do.  In fact, it is the 2nd webcomic I ever started following.  The other day, one particularly caught me.  Go check it out, it’s hilarious and damn clever.  Be sure to take note of the burnt side of the top hat.  See what he did there?  Link.

I missed out on meeting Ami from The Glass Urchin at Balticon by mere minutes.  For months after, every one of my webcomic friends got to know her and I feel I missed the boat since I have become a huge fan of her little comic.  But no longer! Thanks to the Twitters, we have had a chance to chat a bit, and turns out we are both fans of each other’s comics (or will pretend to be at the least).

The Glass Urchin is a autobio comic about Ami, though she is portrayed (as are her friends) as cute woodland creatures.  NO THIS IS NOT A FURRY COMIC.  It is, however, fun and hilarious.  Here’s my fav.  Go check out the site, it updates often and does not disappoint.

Ah, Is It Funny Today.  I have to give you at least a shout-out.  This new site lets you see tons of webcomics, and vote on whether or not they are funny today.  I find it clever because it automatically updates based on a comic’s RSS feed, and is run by ratio of Funny / Not Funny (not popularity).  I also have to say, it has doubled The System’s audience, so no complaints there (hi there, new people!).  Anyways, you should check it out, and keep an eye on my page there (also listed in the blogroll on this here site).  You can always vote for The System there. (The pic above, btw, is a quick screen shot.  #113 has been on top for the last 2 days!  I’m not-so-secretly thrilled.)

Yes, another reminder.  Super Art Fight, an event that I myself will be attending, is tomorrow night (8pm, $10, The Ottobar in Baltimore).  You can see more info on the site, as well as the many plugs we’ve been getting for the show.  Highlights include Baltimore Examiner, Washington Post, and a quick jaunt on Wonkette where she made fun of us.

For those of you tuning in during Guest Comic Week, you may have noticed the work of Amu’s World.  The creator recently put together this little piece of fan art based on this comic from the archives.

It’s a fun little comic that has recently started up, and is currently 6 comics in, but growing all the time.  The story is just starting to go somewhere, and I like each page better than the last.  Check it.

Btw, we’re always looking for more System in the Wild posts, and fan art never hurts either.  Systemcomic at gmail dot com.

A new site has come across my radar, a place for you to vote on comics on a daily basis, tag, comment, etc.  It is powered via RSS and has a nice interface, which is also pretty awesome.  Better than that, Scott over at IIFT was kind enough to put The System on the site (in under 2 hours)!  Click this link to encourage you to vote for The System, but then please do check around the site.

In an oft-missed chance to reach out to my Magnum-PI watching fanbase, I bring you this wonderful little post on a bar that serves a drink called the Tom Selleck.  Strong and distinguished, and it comes with a moustache.  Thanks to Systemic Muffin for sending this my way.  I’m a sucker for moustaches.  Think this is maybe McPedro’s stache in action?

Time for another QQQ!  First up, Art Fight High School.  This new comic by webcomic veterans Marty Day and Nick “Ghostfreehood” Borkowicz is an amazing followup to their previous comic, Dead of Summer which wrapped a few weeks back.  The new one is about a bunch of super heroes in a town with no villains, and they’re all in high school.  How does the Art Fighting play in?  You’ll just have to tune in and see.  Unlike their previous work, this is in gorgeous full color.  Better not drop E before checking this out, it’s a technicolor rollercoaster of awesomeness. Link.

Next up is The Surrogates.  It’s an amazing graphic novel by Robert Venditti, reccomended to me by a coworker a while back.  Now it is jumping from print to screen, and it looks like Bruce Willis is going to star in this Blade Runner-esque blockbuster.  I loved the book, and this article points to a sequel and a prequel.  Can’t wait.

In the same convo that led me to read The Surrogates, the new comic series Kick Ass was sent my way.  It’s about a kid who wonders why there really ARENT super heroes in the real world, and sets about becoming one with no special powers or training.  He mostly gets the crap kicked out of him so far, but I’m really interested to see where it goes.  Oh, and it turns out they’re making a movie!  Thanks to MTV’s Splash Page (upkept in part by new Systemic Rick Marshall) comes news of the Kick Ass movie.  That is in fact Kick Ass.

That’s all for this week, kiddos.  See you around the next time news on comics I care about piles up enough to write a good post.  If you’re really into this sort of stuff, check out Marty’s other online project, Blast-O-Rama.  It’s where I get most of my news of the nerd, that is when I don’t just ask Marty about it myself on Gchat.  If you have anything you think I’d care about, send it my way to systemcomic at gmail dot com.

Former Washington Webtoonist and old-time friend of Rosscott, Inc. helped set up a collective known as Bomb Shelter Comics.  Each year, they hold a Webcomic Idol tournament which is voted on and judged and stuff.  Sadly, it did not make the cut.  Oh well, there’s always next year.

Hi all!  I wanted to mention a few things in the comic / webcomic world that had caught my attention in the last couple of weeks.  They are worthy of both my attention and yours.

First of all comes a new comic presence from friend of the comic and Systemic Bryan Prindiville.  He has shed is wholesome image and started a new series that is sure to take him far called Broken Muzzle.  It’s a series of one-panel comics that are very funny.  I get sort of a cheeky R. Crumb vibe from them, whatever that means.  Bryan, I bought some sambuca.  I didn’t forget about the promise I made.  Video to follow soon enough (for you and the rest of the internet)…

Second, a confession.  I watch Project Runway.  It’s a habit that started years ago, when I would sit down with a rather wonderful muffin and watch season 1 (or was it 2?  It may have been 2).  I skipped 3 and 4 (or 2 and 3?) and now I watched 5.  I don’t do the blog review thing, but was linked to a hilarious blog called Project Rungay.  Good stuff in itself, but something caught my eye.  COMICS.  Damn good ones, too!  I followed them back to their creator, and he does some cool stuff.  I totally count this as a webcomic, and one you wouldn’t expect (sounds like news to me, Gary!).

Finally, internet brethren Nick and Marty are bringing their Baltimore zombie epic Dead of Summer to a close.  This is the last week of mayhem, so be sure  to go check it out.  Be able to say you were there when it ended.  Up next for them is Art Fight High School, you should check that out, too.

Oh, and why the name?  Because Kwik Komik Korner had a bad abbreviation.

Rosscott, Inc. is proud to announce that we are lending our world-famous comic, The System, to the Create a Comic Project:

The System by Rosscott has joined the comic project! Instead of using blanks, he sent me the Photoshop file with all the symbols he uses so I can craft my own. It’ll be great when combined with In His Likeness to teach kids about the function of symbols and meaning.

The CCP uses comics as a teaching tool for kids.  Expect child-labor knock-offs of The System soon.