Blank Label Comics
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Blank Label Comics is a collective of web comics whose creators have banded together for mutual assistance and promotion. The Blank Label Comics website officially went online on May 23, 2005.
All of the comics had previously been hosted on Keenspot. The fact that several titles were leaving Keenspot simultaneously aroused some comment on web comic message boards.
The original members were Brad Guigar, Paul Southworth, Kristofer Straub, Paul Taylor, Steve Troop, and David Willis, with Greg Dean and Dave Kellett joining June 22, 2005, and Howard Tayler on October 19, 2005.
Kristofer Straub and Dave Kellett work together on the Blank Label Comics podcast, in which they talk about (web)comic related subjects (and more trivial things) and interview other creators in an attempt at recruiting them to the cause.
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[edit] Members of Blank Label
[edit] Founding members
- Brad Guigar (Greystone Inn, Evil Inc. and Courting Disaster)
- Paul Southworth (Krazy Larry and Ugly Hill)
- Kristofer Straub (Checkerboard Nightmare, Starslip Crisis and Halfpixel)
- Paul Taylor (Wapsi Square)
- Steve Troop (Melonpool)
- David Willis (Shortpacked! and It's Walky!)
[edit] Additional members
- Greg Dean (Real Life Comics, joined June 22, 2005)
- Dave Kellett (Sheldon, joined June 22, 2005)
- Howard Tayler (Schlock Mercenary, joined October 19 2005]])
[edit] Awards
[edit] Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards
2006 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards
- Best Character Design: Ugly hill By Paul Southworth
- Best Sci-Fi (tied): Starslip Crisis by Kristofer Straub
2007 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards Nominations
- Outstanding B&W Comic: Starslip Crisis by Kristofer Straub
- Outstanding Character Rendering: Ugly hill By Paul Southworth
- Outstanding Use of the Medium: Halfpixel by Kristofer Straub
- Outstanding Web Design: Starslip Crisis by Kristofer Straub
- Outstanding Comedic Comic: Sheldon by Dave Kellett and Shortpacked! by David Willis
- Outstanding Sci Fi Comic: Schlock Mercenary by Howard Tayler and Starslip Crisis by Kristofer Straub
- Outstanding Superhero/Action Comic: Evil Inc by Brad Guigar