Sites, Services, and Products
We use a number of services to help us create our comics. We've compiled a list of the sites, services, and products we mention during our podcast, as well as services that we may not have used, but we have heard good things about.
- Our Info
- Part-Time Comics
- PartTimeComics.com is the home of the Part-Time Comics podcast by Anthony Rezendes and Keith Quinn.
- contact@parttimecomics.com is the address you can use to contact Anthony and Keith.
- Anthony Rezendes
- Keith Quinn
- Hurm.com is Keith Quinn's home on the web. Since July 1997, Hurm.com has long been a strong supporter of comics, games, and massively-multiplayer online communities.
- Local Heroes™ is an all-ages, storyline-based humor strip about a powerless sidekick struggling to keep up with his super-powerful mentors. Local Heroes is available online at www.localheroes.us and in print from http://store.localheroes.us.
- Heroes Incorporated® is a comic by Keith Quinn. Books and merchandise can be found at www.hurm.com/store/. Heroes Incorporated is a registered trademark of Keith Quinn. All Rights Reserved.
- Playtime Projects is a teen-rated online comic loosely centered on a dysfunctional children's show, its cast, and their shenanigans. It's childish fun in the heart of the "Imagine Nation." Well, aside from the adult language and situations. This comic is available online at www.playtimeprojects.com/.
- Keith's snapshots from San Diego Comic-Con 2009.
- Keith's convention prep list posted to the Staple! community blog
- Interesting People
- Dan Price (creator of The Latex Avenger)
- Peter S. Beagle (author of The Last Unicorn)
- Felicia Day (creator of The Guild)
- Halfpixel (four guys who know webcomics: Scott Kurtz, Kris Straub, Brad Guigar, and Dave Kellett)
- Webcomics.com (a webcomics resource, managed by Brad Guigar and the Halfpixel crew.)
- Yuo Ota and Ananth Panagariya (of the JohnnyWander.com webcomic)
- Ben Paddon (of the Jump Leads webcomic)
- Dino Andrade (of the Soul Geek social/community site)
- Jason Neulander (of The Intergalactic Nemesis comic)
- Arte de Andy Perez
- Jason Henderson
- Places to Go
- San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California
- Staple! Independent Media Expo in Austin, Texas
- Yomicon (a small anime and manga convention put on by the Austin Public Library in Austin, Texas
- Comic-Related Events
- Social Network and Hosting Services
- Comic Artist forums
- Comic Genesis free webcomic hosting service
- deviantART free gallery hosting service
- DrunkDuck free webcomic hosting service
- Flickr free photo hosting service
- Friendfeed
- Talkshoe is the service where we record and host the Part-Time Comics podcast.
- The Outhousers, a community-run website centered on the comics industry.
- Art Zone
- Job Matchmaking Services
- Software for audio
- Software for art
- Adobe Photoshop for creating bitmap art
- Boudewijn Pelt Filter, a free filter for Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator for creating vector art
- Adobe Flash for creating vector art
- Comic Life
- Manga Studio for creating bitmap art
- Blambot fonts
- Software for writing
- Content Management Systems
- Movable Type content management system
- Word Press content management system
- ComicPress Add-on for Word Press
- Printing and Distribution Services
- Austin Screen Printing, printer of comics, among other things.
- ComiXpress print-on-demand service specializing in comic books.
- Diamond Distributors
- Ka-Blam Digital Printing print-on-demand service specializing in comic books.
- Lulu print-on-demand service specializing in books of any type.
- PsPrint, printer of posters, among other things.
- StickerGiant online sticker printing service.
- Tattoo Fun stock and custom temporary tattoos.
- Advertising Services
- Merchandise and Fulfillment Services
- Other Stuff
- Google Alerts, automatic notification of keywords that come up during Internet searches.
By the way, the introduction music used in some of our podcasts is "Musette" by Partners in Rhyme.