Indie Comic Website Spotlight #3: O.W.C
As an Indie Comic Creator, it is very important to stay up to date with what’s going in the the comic world. There are many exceptional indie comic blogs out there bringing you the lastest news and resources that can really help you succeed in this industry. So, Septagon Studios has created an Indie Comic Website Spotlight to showcase some of our favorite sites. Each week we will be diving into one of our favorite sites and highlighting some of the top features.
This weeks Indie Comic Website Spotlight is on O.W.C
Author: Jason Thibault – Founder and co-owner of Op Wound.
Optimum Wound in recent memory has produced some of the most exciting and quality projects that the comic book industry has to offer. They have published Danijel Zezelj’s Rex and Richard Serrao’s web comic Memento Mori. They have a unique taste for the Black and White culture of comics. Optimum Wound have established a great online presence through serializing graphic novels online in expanding their content and readership something that all publishers want. However this spotlight goes more in depth and we detail how this publisher has provided more than just great quality projects.
Description from Website: Optimum Wound Comics is a boutique publisher operating out of Vancouver, Canada, specializing in dark crime and horror graphic novels. OWC has been in operation since 2005 mainly as a web comic’s channel. Our mission is to provide you the reader with the highest quality black & white genre comics on the planet.
Favorite Features of the Blog:
Feature #1: Masters of Ink: This section of the website conducts interviews with industry professionals in asking various questions surrounding artistic technique, tips for aspiring creators all dealing with technicality of ink. They have interviewed some great artists who include Darrick Robertson, Tony Moore, Becky Cloonan, and Andy Brase.
For further details visit The Masters of Ink.
Feature #2: Resources: They offer an extensive list of interviews, advice from industry professionals including how to create an anatomy of a comic page and possibly the largest database of The Submission Guidelines for every Comic and Manga Publisher in the Universe.
For further details visit The Resources.
Feature #3: Webcomics: The recently re-launched O.W.C blog has provided new features, and great new content. They also provide a great section for their current offerings of web comics. They are currently serializing 4 titles which include Rex, Memento Mori, Silent Scream, and Battles without Living Witnesses. The web comics show the true essence of the Black and White culture of comic books.
For further details visit The Web Comics Section.
3 Articles that Septagon Studios Recommends are:
Photorealism technique with pen and ink part 1
http://www.optimumwound.com/photorealism-technique-with-pen-and-ink-part-1.htm
ANATOMY OF A PAGE: A PROCESS BLOG FOR PAGE 22 OF BATTLES
http://www.optimumwound.com/anatomy-of-a-page-a-process-blog-for-page-22-of-battles.htm
The Scary Talented Andy Brase. 10 pictures and 1800 words.
http://www.optimumwound.com/the-scary-talented-andy-brase-10-pictures-and-1800-words.htm
Make sure to visit O.W.C and Visit Often! They’re constantly continuing to push the envelope with their online presence in the comic world and the site is updated frequently. Good content, good look, you can’t go wrong with this site…it’s got something for everyone.
Cheers.
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