Modern Tales blog

Punish the Dead Returns!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:35:08 +0000

After a hiatus, Toby Craig’s ongoing graphic novel Punish the Dead has returned to Modern Tales. New pages will appear three days a week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Don’t miss it!

Preorder Paradigm Shift Book 3!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:48:54 +0000

Dirk Tiede is just a few pages away from finishing Book Three of Paradigm Shift and is now taking preorders for the print collection. The full announcement and preorder info are up on Dirk’s site at Dynamanga.net. Preorder your copies now and show some love for the world’s greatest werewolf cop comic (now with extra werewolf)!

Xeno’s Arrow Complete… Or Is It?

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:15:29 +0000

Though it may be a logical paradox, Xeno’s Arrow by Stephen Geigen-Miller and Greg Beettam has caught up with itself. This week marks the final page of the existing Xeno’s Arrow archives and the end of the current storyline.

With this installment, Greg and Stephen will be taking a break. Stephen writes, “Greg and I are talking about when and how we might be able to continue the series, and while it’s all a bit up in the air, we do have some ideas.” Meanwhile, you can read the complete first arc of Xeno’s Arrow and catch up on the series.

Teaching Baby Paranoia Hits 500!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:30:41 +0000

Bryant Paul Johnson’s Teaching Baby Paranoia hits its 500th strip today. Holy cats! TBP has been part of Modern Tales from the very beginning and has always been one of my personal favorites.

Bryant says, “It was important to me to make this a special event. I’m planning on retiring the strip on its 10th anniversary, so this is a last hurrah!”

You can check out the archives for all 500 friggin’ strips (with footnotes, natch). Congratulations, Bryant!

Monsters of Webcomics

Shaenon K. Garrity — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:56:51 +0000

If you’re in San Francisco between August 8 and December 6, be sure to check out the Monsters of Webcomics show at the Cartoon Art Museum. Many past and present Modern Tales comics are represented in the show’s virtual gallery (you can see a complete list here).

Girlamatic Relaunches!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:37:11 +0000

Check out the swanky redesign on our sister site, Girlamatic.com, relaunching with new comics, blogs, and extra content. And, yes, we’ve got similar (but not identical) plans in the works for Modern Tales.

Nice Work Takes a Break

Shaenon K. Garrity — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:21:58 +0000

Nice Work, by Geoff Grogan, will be going on a temporary hiatus after next week. Geoff just got a grant to publish a follow-up to his comic Look Out! Monsters, so he’s going to spend the summer working on that and getting ahead on Nice Work. You can see more about his current projects here. Congratulations, Geoff!

Planet Saturday: Indy Pick of the Month

Shaenon K. Garrity — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:00:58 +0000

The first Planet Saturday print collection, Planet Saturday Comics, Volume One, is the Indy Pick of the Month in the May 2009 Comics Buyer’s Guide, on shelves now! Congratulations to Monty and Kelli S. Kane!

MT Interview: Ed Quinby

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:39:50 +0000

Today on TalkAboutComics, I interview Ed Quinby of Teregrin fame. Read the interview here!

Endtown!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:46:11 +0000

We’ve got a new daily comic starting this week: Endtown, a postapocalyptic comedy by Aaron Neathery. I interviewed Aaron about his new strip on TalkAboutComics. Enjoy!