I’ve been a little busy lately folks. I’ve been working behind the scenes on something big.

Allow me to introduce it now…

So, what the hell is this? Long story short, it’s a webcomic-collective and a webcomic-news site. Similar to a cross between Lunchbox Funnies and Fleen, or Blanklabel and Comixtalk, or maybe even a Websnark and Boxcar comics-hybrid if you will…

Is this ambitious? Incredibly so. You’d have to have a lot of support and assistance to actually pull that sort of thing off right? Well, turns out there is no shortage of assistance. Let me introduce all the webcomics involved in the collective aspect of the site… the Scienteers if you will…

Cosmic Dash, Lancaster: The Ghost Detective, The Errant Apprentice, All over Migglie, Breakpoint City, Impy and Aevy, Try Everything Once and Fortissima’s Treasure Hunters.

.. and that’s not even including all of our sub-projects and other comics we may do. Although, speaking of other comics, I suppose I should mention we’ll be doing comics for the site itself, taking advantage of all of our talents. So by visiting scienteers.com you’ll not only find a hub for the latest news and information from the group, but you’ll be able to enjoy brand new collaborative comics!

So… what if you’re not quite one of the eight Scienteers? How can you benefit from the group? Simple… we’ll plug and promote anyone who asks. In addition to a fully-active news site, well be constantly scouring the Internet for comics that need a spotlight shown on them. We’ll also be running a discussion forum that allows for like-minded creators to get together and promote, discuss and advise each other on the craft. On top of this, we’ll gladly post guest articles and guest comics.

Speaking of guest comics, how sweet would a situation be where you can do a guest comic for another site that is more or less an advertisement for yourself? Send a guest comic that is entirely a sampler for your own work. Your own characters, universe and style, shown to an entirely new group of readers? We’ll be setting time aside frequently for creators to send in their own promotional stories to post! Want to advertise your newest sci-fi epic? Do a short story and send it our way, we’ll post it right at the top of the page as one of our webcomic updates! Talk about a sweet deal huh?

Unfortuantely, this won’t be launched until February first, sorry folks! Until then, you can join in the forums, talk about the site, plug your comics and ask how you can participate! We could always use writers for articles, news-scouts and people to keep the community active.

Anyway, thanks a ton for reading this guys, all of us behind this crazy new site are looking forward to launching!

See you February first!

Hey all, be sure to read this page to see how we can promote your work! If you’re a webcomic artist looking for an expanded audience, we’ll be glad to help!

To summarize though, from the forum blurb…

One of the features of The Scienteers website is the idea that we want to expose webcomics that may not be getting enough attention when they’re well done.

So, one of the goals was to find a way to promote people’s webcomics frequently, thus we have two methods at our disposal.

One, submit your news to us! You can either use the handy-dandy on-site form or you can e-mail us directly at thescienteers@gmail.com. We’ll be posting news and blurbs as frequently as we can, so don’t hesitate to get ahold of us!

Secondly, we’re going to be running contributed promotional webcomics on our site. Essentially, you can send us 1-3 page promotional stories for us to run on the site and promote your work! Maybe a behind the scenes look, or a non-canon gag, or maybe even a preview of a much larger storyline. We’ll be pleased to run them during certain periods. It’s much better than a text link and a banner ad, right? The format of the comics, as well as futher information can be found on the comic submission page.

So, help The Scienteers help you. Send us news and comics so we can spread the word about your work!

So, be sure to take a look and try sending us a comic to run!

Over the next couple of days until the site launch, expect some downtime and layout changes.

Thanks for your patience while we get things sorted, and be sure to keep sending your news and comics to us!

Where to begin with of first official newspost… How about we dig into the e-mail and see what’s shown up?

Our first bit of news comes from a Mister David Gallaher writer of the werewolf slash western comic HIGH MOON which is currently running on Zuda comics, which apparently updates fortnightly. David would also like me to direct you to the production blog for the comic. Here you can find more of artist Steve Ellis’s work for the comic. David stressed that he and Steve are available for interviews, so we may just take him up on that. Then again he also used the word fortnightly in his e-mail so I can already tell he’s a character and a half.

Be sure to check out some of the posts that concern the creation of the comic. It’s always nice to glean a thing or two from others!

Next in our inbox is a message from the creator of Lucky and Guy. I’m just going to quote what she said:

Lucky and Guy? They’re pretty cool. They just graduated and they’re still
looking for work, so my heart goes out to them. They talk politics a lot,
but their opinions aren’t always the most informed, but their bleeding
liberal hearts are in the right place, bless their souls. I’ve been telling
their stories in comics since I first got them published in my middle school
newspaper. If you check out my website, http://www.luckyandguy.com/, you’ll
be able to see all the comics that have been published in my high school
and college newspapers (Warning: quality varies), and beyond. Who knows?
You might like it.

So go ahead and give them a visit, afterall, you might like it.

And our final bit of news from the inbox is from Geoffrey Thorne who wants me to direct everyone to his comic GEOFFREY THORNE’S DREAMNASIUM which can be found at Webcomics Nation. He also mentions that he’ll be wrapping up his second issue within the next couple of weeks. So Geoffrey? Congrats on the milestone. I can’t wait to hear about issue number fifty.

If you have any news to send us, you can e-mail us, or use our handy on-site form! So keep the news coming people, don’t make us search you guys out!

First off, our friends at The Gigcast have posted their 127th episode, so go snag it for your iPod or other portable device. This episode features an interview with the newly married Evil Emperor Nick and Amelius as well as much of the other content that’s normally delivered on the Gigcast.

Other things found on the news-o-blogs, apparently Anne Thalheimer over at Fleen is seeking reading recommendations. Be sure to throw a few her way that you read, or possibly suggest your own, you may pick up a new fan.

In more dramatic news, there has been some hullabaloo concerning the removal of genre-awards from the WCCAs. Interesting reading if you’ve got some time to kill, or you’re very annoyed (or not) with the genre-awards removal.

Meanwhile, Tyler Martin earns a little geek-cred for pointing out some LOST references in his comic. Always fun to see authors do things like that. There should be a list somewhere devoted to just that… or maybe a Scienteer feature…

Lastly, if you haven’t read Dean Trippe’s Butterfly, you’re depriving yourself of a truly well done comic. So get to reading!

Dave Roman is the co-creator of the Harvey Award nominated series Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden (AiT/PlanetLar), and the Ignatz award winning, Teen Boat (Cryptic Press) both with artist John Green. He works for Nickelodeon Magazine, where he is the Associate Comics Editor and has contributed to the critically acclaimed Bizarro World anthology for DC Comics. Dave’s own illustrated work has appeared in Flight 3, Flight 4, Not My Small Diary, Alternative Comics 9-11: Emergency Relief, and on GirlAMatic.com His website is yaytime.com and comicsbakery.com.

Be sure to read Astronaut Elementary!

1 ) Hello! Tell us who you are, and what you do.
I’m Dave Roman, a guy who helps edit comics at Nickelodeon Magazine and writes and draw a bunch of other comics in his “free time.” Those comics would include Astronaut Elementary, Agnes Quill, Teen Boat, Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden, and contributions to the Flight series. I’m currently co-writing a series of shojo manga-inspired X-Men graphic novels for Del Rey.
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Haha, no really.

But he IS confirmed to be a member of the Scienteers though! Drop by his site to see his myriad of comics he’s created.

In his own words…

Tell them my back hurts from leaning over my drawings and typing online.

I’m a monster slave to my comics.

Hooray for KC Green! Watch an example of his brilliance.

Be sure to check out this other video he wants you to see…

Scienteer and all around great guy Pembroke just posted his 300th Impy and Aevy strip! Be sure to check it out as well as the prior 299! Congrats Pemmy, your colleagues are proud of your latest milestone!

You know, web instead of print, get it?

Meh. Time for news from the inbox!

First off Allan Clark wants us to direct to your his comic Small Shenanigans, which seems to mix hand-drawn art with photo-backgrounds. So drop by and tell him we sent you.

Next we have another Zuda comic wanting to spread the word about itself, this time courtesy of Bobby Timony. The comic is called “The Night Owls” and is about a couple of supernatural detectives in 1920s New York. Even better, it seems to update every Thursday at five o’clock and it’s a project handled by twins. Bobby draws and Peter writes. So check out a comic run on twin-power!

Unfortunately, that’s all we’ve recieved since the last post, so send us your news dagnabbit!

I’m looking forward to Smash Brothers Brawl, the soundtrack rip should keep me happy until it arrives.

So, how about some news?

First off, the friends to the Scienteers and all around great guys behind No Need for Bushido have done some youtube video tutorials concerning the creation of one of their pages. It’s extremely informitive, so be sure to check it out. Also, expect an interview with the guys later this week.

Next, we’ve slowly started gathering praise and plugs from other bloggers and sites, special thanks to David Gallaher for spreading the word about us, as well as Mangapunksai for her kind plug. We’ve interview with Dave Roman been mentioned on Journalista!