I believe there’s a good percentage of people visiting STC, not only enjoy the comic, but also create comics themselves. I came across a pretty good podcast today. It’s an interview of Tyler Martin done by Scott Kurtz. Without these two guys having done what they’ve done, STC probably wouldn’t be on your computer screens right now. 

Scott Kurtz, of PVPOnline, has one of the most deservingly successful webcomics on the web.  His strip has been around about 2 months after Al Gore invented the internet. If you haven’t followed his work, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Scott is part of Halfpixel, and their podcast (Webcomics Weekly) was what got me into making the serious commitment into doing a comic strip. I blame my passion/artistic direction on them.

If Scott Kurtz and the rest of the Half Pixel crew are the red, yellow, blue, and green lions, then Tyler Martin would have to be the black lion that would form my webcomic’s Voltron.

While Tyler Martin has a very good webcomic ( Wally and Osborne ), he has brought a gift to the online comic creator that I happen to feel is without peer. Comicpress. Comicpress is a customizable theme that when used with Wordpress makes producing sequential art online, much easier. While you don’t need comicpress to produce a successful strip, it sure don’t hurt. Many of the most tech savy guys in the field have made the switch, and I believe more and more will. Scott happens to be a fan of both Comicpress and Tyler Martin, as Tyler did the most recent site redesign for PVP.

Having established my well deserved respect for these two individuals, it should be no surprise how delighted I was to come across this podcast. As I previously stated, Scott conducts an interview with Tyler, talking about his creative process, personal life, and of course Comicpress. If you’re someone creating comics, or you love to read them, there’s some interesting stuff here for you to consume.

-C.

Over the last few months, I’ve been scarred to death of having to make some changes to the site. For those of you not in the know, STC is run on a blogging software called Wordpress (I’ve just spent the last 12 hours working on a 6 page paper, it’s late, I’m tired, and don’t feel like looking up hotlinks). With Wordpress, Tyler Martin created a customized application called Comicpress. I’ve used those to programs since the beginning. With my “official” debut back in September, I had upgraded my Wordpress/Comicpress, and redesigned STC from the ground up. What you’ve seen since then, has more or less, been the result of that effort. Well this last weekend, I took out the hammer and drill and got to work on the STC upgrade and facelift.

Obviously, you can tell nothing major has changed. I upgraded to the latest versions of Wordpress and Comicpress. There were some close calls and head bashing moments, but the process (although long) was relatively painless. 

Below are some changes to the site, that you might want to check out and see if you noticed before reading. (more…)