http://girlamatic.com A Webcomics Magazine & A Force to be Reckoned With! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2001-2009 http://girlamatic.com/?feed=podcast gam.editor@gmail.com (Lynn Lau with Girlamatic.com) gam.editor@gmail.com (Lynn Lau with Girlamatic.com) comics, webcomics, artists, feminism, art, discussion, literature 1440 Arts, Games and Hobbies A Webcomics Magazine A Force to be Reckoned With! An exciting podcast with Girlamatic creators and contributors plus comic guests from all around the industry. Submit your questions for future podcasts at Girlamatic.com and join us as we discuss comics and everything else! Lynn Lau with Girlamatic.com Lynn Lau with Girlamatic.com gam.editor@gmail.com No no http://girlamatic.com/wp-content/themes/girlamatic/images/gam-podcast-144.jpg http://girlamatic.com 144 144 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/03/10/fond-farwell-to-a-friend/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/03/10/fond-farwell-to-a-friend/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:57:01 +0000 D.C. McQueen http://girlamatic.com/?p=754 Tentative.net/ for updates, also check out her other comic on Graphicsmash.com : Bitters Past. Thanks for all your hard creative work, Lynn! Best wishes!]]> http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/03/10/fond-farwell-to-a-friend/feed/ 0 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/02/26/spring-where-are-you/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/02/26/spring-where-are-you/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:36:47 +0000 D.C. McQueen http://girlamatic.com/?p=751 Utah over women's rights...or lack thereof. It's not all bad today though! Twitter held some awesome-sauce when Vera Brosgol of now over Return to Sender webcomic and other awesome internet illustration fame, found that one of her girl-friendly illios had found it's mutilated way on to hottopic.com. It turns out that hottopic has claimed that the infringing shirt will be down by today, according to Vera's twitter feed, and they seem to have complied already! The thing about it was that not only did they steal her art work, but the "designer" made one of the girls into a guy. Way to go, you are twice the loser, rip-off-person. The band the shirt was for seems to also have taken it off their site. In the fastest condemning of stealing original art I've ever seen Girlamatic creator of Shrub Monkeys, KT Shy, added a funny anecdote to the fray on her twitpic. I highly recommend clicking for the chuckles. I'm personally waiting for Spring seriously now. Wher I am we're having our first ray of sunshine in days. It's lifting my spirits in this awful economy, awfully long winter (which is part of climate change...), and awful news cycle. It seems every time you try to find out what's going on in the world it seems like more and more insanity is being accepted as reality. Common Sense, where have you gone? February is drawing to a close, and that marks the month of no podcast. Lynn Lau had the month off, but no fear she'll be back with out popular GAMcast very soon! Be sure to follow Lynn or @girlamatic on twitter to find out when we're live and when to send in your questions. We're still recovering from the hacking that we received earlier this month. We hope most of you have been able to access the site and your favorite comics! We're still on the look out for some inspired intrepid bloggers to add to our girlamatic roster! If you're passionate about comics, women's rights, art, or really anything we think is cool send us a pitch at gam.editor@gmail.com! Hope you have a fine rest of the winter! More soon! Diana McQueen Editor-in-Chief Girlamatic Magazine]]> http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/02/26/spring-where-are-you/feed/ 3 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/26/podcast-6-what-keeps-you-going/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/26/podcast-6-what-keeps-you-going/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:10:09 +0000 Lynn Lau http://girlamatic.com/?p=742 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/26/podcast-6-what-keeps-you-going/feed/ 1 00:01:01 Episode #6 of the Girlamatic podcast is here, in its new roundtable format! Featuring Laura Wilson of Five Star, Ira Marcks of Witch Knots, Tasha ... Episode #6 of the Girlamatic podcast is here, in its new roundtable format! Featuring Laura Wilson of Five Star, Ira Marcks of Witch Knots, Tasha Lowe-Newsome of Raggedyman, and special guest Zack Giallongo, we talk about artist and writer motivation: the things that make you go, "Yeah, let's create!" Individual influences, work ethics, conventions, and, hey, money. What gets you going? For more information on the new podcast format, see here. If you'd like to suggest a topic or a guest for upcoming podcast episodes, email or tweet us the info! News,,Podcast,,outspoken Lynn Lau with Girlamatic.com no No http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/26/podcast-6-coming-up-tonight/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/26/podcast-6-coming-up-tonight/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:59:56 +0000 Lynn Lau http://girlamatic.com/?p=747 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/26/podcast-6-coming-up-tonight/feed/ 0 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/18/new-changes-to-gam-podcast-send-in-your-readerlistener-questions/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/18/new-changes-to-gam-podcast-send-in-your-readerlistener-questions/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:34:01 +0000 Lynn Lau http://girlamatic.com/?p=738 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/18/new-changes-to-gam-podcast-send-in-your-readerlistener-questions/feed/ 2 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/14/boys-over-flowers/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/14/boys-over-flowers/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:07:28 +0000 Nick Popio http://girlamatic.com/?p=733 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/14/boys-over-flowers/feed/ 1 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/11/end-human-trafficking-with-the-comic-creators-alliance/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/11/end-human-trafficking-with-the-comic-creators-alliance/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:19 +0000 D.C. McQueen http://girlamatic.com/?p=730 27 million people around the world are currently enslaved? Or that the majority of those fellow human beings being bought and sold are women and girls trafficked into the commercial sex industry? If you were not aware, you are now. Over 80 webcomics creators including fellow Girlamatic creators: KT Shy (Shrub Monkeys), Traci Spencer (Compass), and Matt Bayne, whose comic (Knights of the Shroud) is about a group of young women fighting to end slavery, participated in the Comic Creator's Alliance. The Comic Creator's Alliance, began by Lora Innes (The Dreamer), gathered the talents of 87 webcomics creators who all contributed an illustration of one of their female characters to a group "shot" desktop available with donation to the drive. The drive will aid two organizations to stop human trafficking. 100% of all donations will be divided equally between Love146.org & Grace Haven House. These organization fight everyday to help victims regain their lives and fight human trafficking. Please, today, make a donation to the Comic Creator's Alliance. And if you want to know more about the reality of modern slavery please visit Love146 and read their extensive archive of personal accounts and statistics. Thank you for your help!]]> http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/11/end-human-trafficking-with-the-comic-creators-alliance/feed/ 0 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/07/what-us-media-can-learn-about-dynamic-female-characters-from-manga/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/07/what-us-media-can-learn-about-dynamic-female-characters-from-manga/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:50:53 +0000 Nick Popio http://girlamatic.com/?p=728 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/07/what-us-media-can-learn-about-dynamic-female-characters-from-manga/feed/ 2 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/01/2010-here-we-come/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/01/2010-here-we-come/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:50:34 +0000 D.C. McQueen http://girlamatic.com/?p=726 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2010/01/01/2010-here-we-come/feed/ 1 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2009/12/22/delayed-gratification-podcast-5/ http://girlamatic.com/blog/2009/12/22/delayed-gratification-podcast-5/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:02:29 +0000 Lynn Lau http://girlamatic.com/?p=710 http://girlamatic.com/blog/2009/12/22/delayed-gratification-podcast-5/feed/ 3 28:57 The December edition of the Girlamatic podcast is here at last, featuring the extremely talented Svetlana Chmakova! Find out how she first got into comics, ... The December edition of the Girlamatic podcast is here at last, featuring the extremely talented Svetlana Chmakova! Find out how she first got into comics, the appeal that manga has for her, and her upcoming return to GAM. Go listen now! Many, many apologies for the delay of this episode. We had encountered technical difficulties like you wouldn't believe, and Svet's an utter sweetheart to bear with it all. To make up for this, dear listeners, stay tuned for outtakes and goofiness at the veeeeeeeeery end of the podcast. People, if you only knew what goes on behind the scenes over here. Thanks again to Deb Aoki for mentioning Svet's return to Girlamatic, and don't forget to check out this spotlight interview of Svet! Editorial,,Podcast,,outspoken Lynn Lau with Girlamatic.com no No