Two New Webcomics Join!

Two new webcomics have joined the project:

Doomies! by Maritza Campos (who also does "College Roomies from Hell")
King of the Web by Kuroitenshi

Kuroitenshi served as a judge for the "Make a Manga Tournament" workshop at Otakon 2009 and has kindly offered her artwork for use in the project. She sends me hi-res textless versions of her comic. She's also agreed to be a judge at the workshops planned for Colossal Con 2010 and Otakon 2010!

New Artist Joins the CCP

Witch Girl Pilar on DeviantArt has generously contributed her artwork to the comic project. This includes a couple comics she's drawn and several one-shot pieces.

CCP on DevArt

I've finally begun uploading comics to the Create a Comic Project's DeviantArt account:

http://createacomic.deviantart.com/

I'm only uploading the hand drawn comics by my students, to avoid any copyright troubles. In the case of original comics, it's likely they'll be posted there first before appearing on the ComicGenesis website. So be sure to check in on it regularly.

The Numbers Game 3: Template Tallies

Due to the move, I haven't had time to go through and figure out just how many comics were created at the final meeting of the CCP session and workshop, nor at the Tournament (though my current estimate is that the Tournament made close to 600 comics).

However, I can tell you just how many templates of each comic that participated in the CCP was used. I've listed them here in alphabetical order.

And Shine Heaven Now: 135
Chugworth Academy: 29
Dinosaur Comics: 1 (obviously)
Dr. McNinja: 21
Faking Life: 3
Ghastly's Ghastly Comic: 5
Krakow: 48
Mac Hall and Three Panel Soul: 11
Okashina Okashi: 122
Penny Arcade: 25
Questionable Content: 72
Rob and Elliot: 11
Resident Phreaks: 3
Sparklign Generation Valkyrie Yuuki: 20
Shortpacked!: 45
Something Like Life: 13
Return of Stickman: 1
Tsunami Channel: 24
Tracy and Tristan: 5
Unshelved: 12
Venus Envy: 8
xkcd: 6
Misc: 52 (this includes templates based on the art of John Su, Twin Enigma, Sora-ko, and others)

I would've used more Chugworth, but the site went down before I could snag the latest comics for making templates from. Assuming I do the CCP again in Pittsburgh (which I plan to have happen in Summer 2008), I'll likely use more Venus Envy, Chugworth, Penny Arcade, and Dr. McNinja than I did this first time. Dr. McNinja especially was a huge hit with the kids, so I will try to use every issue!

Without the above comics and artists, the CCP would be nothing more than an idle thought. Thank you to all who helped me!

The Artists of the CCP

In additon to webcomics, I've also used comics and art created by members of DeviantArt. A lot of the art I use is fanart, based on shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Naruto, Sailor Moon, and Bleach. I use the fanart sparingly, mainly to help ease kids into a creative mindset by providing them with familiar images.

Artists who have been particularly helpful by either giving me permission or releasing their art for educational purposes:

John Su
Sora-ko
Twin Enigma

I've also used art from Johane Matte (aka Rufftoon) and Jeffrey Anderson. All have proven popular with the students.