2:18pm July 16th, 2009Congratulations, Josh!

Josh, one of the members of our Zingerding team, has had his hands full lately with his new little one…congratulations!

11:55am June 25th, 2009Why We Don’t Like “Webcomics” at Zingerding

The concept of webcomics is what we are most passionate about at Zingerding.  What we don’t like is the term, the actual word, “webcomics”.  The quotes are in the headline for a reason. As media migrates to the internet, there grows a rivalry between the classic method of publishing print comics and the new forms of doing so online.  This battle is going on between newspapers...

12:12pm May 22nd, 2009Check out our New ZingerStore!

Show your ZingerPride with ZingerStuff direct from Zingerding. Wear it on your sleeve, your kid, your spouse, or even while you cook. Support the revolution of comic strips by purchasing stuff from our ZingerStore. Our Chief Artist (amongst other Chief things), Steve Lowtwait, has created designs that embrace the change sweeping the comic strip world including “Power to the Cartoonist”...

1:00pm May 17th, 2009This Blog is now Mobile Browser Friendly!

Here at Zingerding, we are obsessed with our mobile phones.  All three of us at Zingerding have iPhones and use them constantly. Starting today, this blog is now specially formatted to work on mobile browsers including the one on the iPhone.  We’re using this very cool plugin called MobilePress which allows our blog to change its format when it “sees” a mobile browser.  To ex...

8:18pm May 14th, 2009Zingerding Ink Comic Strip Rejected :(

Sometimes the syndicate rejections are just so impersonal. I always wished they would give a little more feedback when I was submitting comic strips.  I know it’s not easy for them when they have hundreds of rejection letters to send out at any moment.  Still, a photocopied letter isn’t a welcome answer to the serious cartoonist. Read earlier Zingerding Ink strips comic strips.

9:23am April 25th, 2009Comic Strip Creator Website Review: ToonDoo.com

This is the third of three reviews where we discuss and demonstrate comic strip generator websites.  The first was about StripGenerator.com.  The second was about Pixton.com. ToonDoo.com ToonDoo.com is the next generation of comic strip creators.  It takes what StripGenerator and Pixton do and brings it up several notches with excellent usabilty, powerful features, and a fun look-and-feel. Lik...

5:28pm April 14th, 2009Comic Strip Creator Website Review: Pixton.com

This is the second of three reviews where we discuss and demonstrate comic strip generator websites.  The first was about StripGenerator.com. Pixton.com Pixton recently generated some buzz at the South-By-Southwest interactive festival in Austin last month. What makes Pixton really interesting is the amazing control you have over the characters.  Using the expression editor, for example, you ca...

8:59pm April 2nd, 2009Comic Strip Creator Website Review: StripGenerator.com

Here at Zingerding, we try to be at the forefront of the web comic strip world. That even means discovering sites that are doing things similar to what we’re trying to do. This is first of three blog posts where we discuss the sites and demonstrate what they can do. StripGenerator.com StripGenerator.com encourages you to start creating your strip right from the home page.  A big orange but...

11:10am February 20th, 2009A Real Infinite Canvas

Scott McCloud is credited with the idea of an infinite canvas.  This is the notion that digital comic strip artists don’t have to be contained by physical space and can create limitless comic strips.  Whereas Charles Schultz was limited by the physical space of a newspaper, a digital comic strip artist, theoretically,  has no bounds.  The  combination of unlimited bandwidth and storage...

10:17am January 30th, 2009Longing for a Daily Comic Strip Read: How to do it the Digital Age?

To say we live in uncertain times is an understatement: The U.S. economy is in a deep recession and the pillars of our economy, banks, are failing left and right. We’re in two wars and peace in the Middle East seems even further away than before. Global warming is making our weather wackier. Even though we just inaugurated a new President who is calm, cool, and collected, it’s hard ...