tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79340332012-04-12T00:06:50.127Z...is all about exploring the comic medium. Starting out from my homepage, I travel from one new comic to the next using the links page. Every blog entry is essentially a 'review' for the corresponding comic, all seen through the eyes of a new visitor and potential reader. Think Lonely Planet, but for webcomics!Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-22065623647465752852011-06-11T01:44:00.013Z2011-06-11T15:32:38.512Z

Sometimes, living where I do at the present, it's easy to forget that despite all its modernity, Malaysia is still a country run by people who cling on to archaic laws when it comes to press freedom. I stay out of politics mostly, really, but sometimes reminders of this still hits home hard when it rears its ugly head.Here's some background: There is this thing called the Printing Presses and

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-64129060942069427452011-04-16T03:34:00.001Z2011-04-16T10:44:52.613Z

First and foremost, I apologize for the morbid subject matter. I am absolutely sure it's unlikely this is a topic you want to spend your weekend pondering over.All that said, we all know we're going to die someday, but most of us don't like thinking too much about it unless an occasion gives us reason to. I'm sure some psychologist out the already has some fancy name for it but I honestly don't

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-84932182682901821312011-04-15T12:38:00.003Z2011-04-15T12:41:50.032Z

So I've just renewed my lonelypanel.com domain for another... well... let's just say I've renewed it for quite a number of years.Time to start making use of it again... now where do I start?

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-68888050242582982372010-12-13T14:03:00.001Z2010-12-13T14:06:05.417Z

So last year I challenged myself to finish TLS by this time this year.And sadly, I didn't make it, although in hindsight it was a very conscious action on my part, I simply stopped updating because I hit a block. Although saying just a block was solely the cause wouldn't strictly be true. Thinking back, the biggest mistake I made with it probably was getting too ambitious, switching to making it

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-79523617619076426682010-08-07T13:39:00.003Z2010-08-07T13:53:11.297Z

My Dear Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet,I love you. I really do. Almost a year ago I brought you into my life to fill the gap which my dear faithful Graphire 2 of many years left, and you have fulfilled and exceeded my expectations. Well mostly.But recently I have been finding it hard to get my art flowing, and for some reason I keep finding these little scribbles everywhere: On my Post-it note pad at work

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-50699950321476002822010-07-11T09:21:00.008Z2010-07-11T10:06:41.097Z

After ten hours in one of the new Cathay Airlines planes enroute to Hong Kong, my mind is overcome with one single overwhelming thought.Whoever who designed the new non-reclining seats need to be shot with a tennis ball machine. And I would aim for the spine just so they would know how they made us suffering passengers feel.I don't know what they were thinking, but their sliding implementation of

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-78959009069797511962010-07-06T07:17:00.004Z2010-07-06T07:46:40.988Z

It's been a while since I've really thought (or done anything) about comics theory. Actually I have been lax in the comics department in lieu of my sudden reemergence of interest in the written word. It's a phases thing. I operate like that. Well that and my day job requiring me to travel to a whole different country for months does not help.Anyway, as I spend hours over my word processor getting

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-28894434290022212752010-07-05T18:19:00.006Z2010-07-05T18:27:44.018Z

Well my stint in the US is almost over, I guess I should write about it sometime.It's a what, a 16 hour flight home? I'll write about it THEN. And get around replying to my emails.But for the meantime, allow me to distract you with how much I love this page: Thumbnail from Darken, click to go to actual page.Hee hee I'm pretty sure Komi could make a board game out of this...

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-75785144680767455522010-06-21T19:46:00.003Z2010-06-21T20:18:38.585Z

Mos has been ragging me to update my blog to let you all know that I am alive. Sigh. Right. Sorry guys. I've been neglecting my email and all that too. Just in case you've been wondering what's happening.So uh, I think previously I mentioned being sent off to the States for work stuff. So yeah. I am in the States now. The peculiarly named Orange County in particular. Sitting in a hotel room with

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-3665901497563481312010-01-18T16:14:00.005Z2010-01-18T17:03:08.201Z

Obviously this isn't Colby's art style. You wouldn't think it was mine either... except that it is. Yeah I have a few art styles... But well done LinT!It's not often that you get to witness a webcomic ending.No I don't mean an ending as in creator gets bored and/or is kidnapped by real life and disappears for a few years *looks around innocently*. I mean a proper proper ending. Like "They all

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-54435012197303464802009-12-14T15:04:00.004Z2009-12-14T17:06:26.499Z

"Oh rub it in Daenon. Why don't you?!" - JinWow. It's been another year already.Last year, I challenged myself to ramp up the number of updates to my experimental comic The Longest Sojourn in order to finish it earlier so I could continue working on The Jaded.I did some calculations, and decided to double the number of updates so I did not have to be doing TLS by this time this year. So how did I

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-50095533941393099642009-11-05T15:52:00.003Z2009-11-06T00:21:10.326Z

I have a confession to make.I like collaborations and crossovers. Sometimes. In fact, I have a positive hankering to find ones which are done well.The problem is that they rarely are. Which is perfectly understandable. After all the more people you add to a project, the more ridiculously obfuscated and difficult to manage it gets.At the present, my mental backburner can't seem to stop thinking

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-38690335424116252432009-10-30T18:20:00.004Z2009-10-30T18:55:01.353Z

Well, I'm busy as heck, but I did take a little time to do a quick halloween pic of my TLS characters dressed up as anime characters! See if anyone can actually name them all!Enjoy your Halloween, don't eat too much candy ;) And happy comicking!

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-17432465730574523642009-10-11T10:12:00.011Z2009-10-12T14:16:35.205Z

Back in March (Yes that IS how long my backlog is) Kat from Sunset Grill sent me this email:Hi there,Stumbled on The Longest Sojourn lately and was rather surprised torealize that it was by the same person doing this blog (which I'd beenfollowing for a few months longer). I think I failed a spot checkthere. At any rate, I'd love to have your thoughts on my comic, SunsetGrill, whenever you have

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-18859652054131660052009-09-30T13:23:00.009Z2009-10-01T17:10:56.510Z

In the heart of Kuala Lumpur there lies a place of called Plaza Low Yat. It is called an "IT Mall". Everyone knows it as THE place to buy anything electronic. I'm told that in US they call them "Fry's" or something like that. Or was it "Curry's"? No, wait- I think that's British. Hm... fries and curries...Well, anyway... in KL it's Plaza Low Yat.Mind you this place which exists in perpetual

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-25963989899141583622009-09-13T03:45:00.006Z2009-09-13T04:39:47.973Z

I'm not sure how I found Catalyst. It's been on the edge of my radar for quite a while now, but I never did remember how I found it.However... I came across it regardless, on a whim I went through the archives recently. It's quite a fun read... the art is gorgeous, the characters (well some of them) are interesting and the world is nicely different and original.I won't say the writing is bad or

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-10292130610389627642009-08-16T06:08:00.003Z2009-08-16T06:33:14.611Z

Today's Postcard will be a surprise to some. I'd originally decided to NOT review this comic, but I spent so much time replying the author as to why that was so that I realized that it was pretty much an anti-review. It then struck me that such information would actually be really useful to some other authors in the same boat, more so than an actual review so... here we are. An anti-review

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-61617330650513232622009-08-09T14:31:00.007Z2009-08-09T14:41:27.321Z

The nice part about cafes with wifi is that when you're moving house and have no internet connection set up: you can still log in and do a quick blurb on your blog.This does not apply if you are overwhelmed at work, your colleagues are dropping like flies because H1N1 means anyone with flu symptoms gets sent home for a week, and it sucks to be the healthy ones left. Anyways, I'm moving house.

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-15195662936697481902009-07-29T15:23:00.002Z2009-07-29T15:32:51.674Z

It's been a busy month for me, mainly with coming back from a trip, planning another one, entertaining people and planning to move house.And possibly yet another dive trip to Sipadan, one of the meccas of diving... :DAnyway I apologize if I've been behind on the blogging. Heck I'm even behind on my comic, so I guess the blog is suffering a bit. But as you all know I'd rather write when I truly

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-16997676968718288962009-06-24T15:31:00.005Z2009-08-09T14:42:08.866Z

Hm, It's been a while since I've actually looked at Comic Dish. Last I've actually heard of them they were a bunch of formerly Comic Genesis-hosted people venturing into doing their own webcomic hosting, but it appears they've been doing podcasts and news as well. (Man... I remember when Digital Strips was the only webcomics podcast around!)And for a long time too. Damn. I hate being out of touch

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-37583425313086695262009-06-20T12:04:00.004Z2009-06-22T13:44:45.851Z

Edit: The title of the featured comic should be Luke Surl Comics, not Luke's URL Comics... My bad! I can't change the title since that would mess up the URL (oh irony!) but yeah... my bad!Today's postcard is something I haven't paid attention to for a long time: humour-based short strip comics.I'll put my disclaimer right in the beginning: I am biased in my tastes, and I admit it. I prefer

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-22383292974721821442009-06-18T13:15:00.004Z2009-06-18T14:49:34.000Z

I came across this piece by The Economist on comics and Stan Lee.In case you don't know, The Economist is a published news magazine, the type that stuffy businessmen carry around and read while flying business class in between meetings. Safe to say, comics are NOT usually a topic found in the The Economist. Most of the time they concentrate on real-world happenings and science stuff, like

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-89156235373814469932009-06-17T15:29:00.005Z2009-06-17T16:21:16.199Z

IT would appear that I chose a bad time to switch to a domain name, as it seems Blogger's just been hit with a problem that left them unable to forward readers from http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com to http://www.lonelypanel.com . This problem seems to be affecting all blogger sites, so I'm worried about anyone accessing using the old address being unable to find the blog :(I kind of miss the old

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-57122579140142600452009-06-16T16:43:00.005Z2009-06-16T16:54:15.782Z

In all honesty, I never really liked the generic sounding-ness of "Webcomic Finds", so when I hit a chord on that topic in my last Hotspot, I decided to seize the opportunity and claim "Lonely Panel" which I really liked the sound of. I've frequently described Webcomic Finds as a "Lonely Planet for Webcomics", so it seemed appropriate that I end up with a final name with a multitude of

Ping @ Phalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-21054937874222799392009-06-16T14:16:00.003Z2009-06-16T14:55:30.014Z

It is inevitable... after I read a comic that presents something new, my brain has been running over time thinking about webcomics."Eh... How is this different from what you usually do, Ping?"That's probably what you're thinking. I should probably rephrase that better: Maybe my use of "web comic" is a bad choice. A digital comic is probably closer to the truth.Hm... a Comp-mic? Pixelmic? Comixel?

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