The Digital Strips Podcast
Bring the 5% of webcomics worth reading to the rest of the world. The Digital Strips blog provides coverage of the webcomic community with news and commentary from our crack team of reporters. It consists of reviews of webcomics, with the occasional interview, round-table discussions, and general advice on how to create and run a webcomic.

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Syndication

Happy Holidays one and all. For our last show of the year, we're hitting you up with three of the best new strips we could fine. It's all good this time around.
Direct download: DS_152_Horizons_Watch_Dec_2008.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

It's time for some Holiday fun times, also for Steve to offend several different major groups of people. It's all comicy fun.
Direct download: DS_151_-_Zuda_Watch_9.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 10:33pm EDT

I know I'm squeaking this one in right before the deadline, but I wanted to let you guys snag it before the holiday (for those of you who have a holiday). Kick back and enjoy another round of Zuda Watchy Goodness.
Direct download: Zuda_Watch_8.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 8:26pm EDT

We'll if you're an American, you've probably had your fill of voting by now, but if not there's plenty more you can do at the Web Comic's Idol contest. Listen to us weigh in on the competitors.
Direct download: DS_149_Web_Comics_Idol_Watch.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 11:23pm EDT

Three more new strips for everyone this week. This time around, everyone of them just shines in the art department, but in its own special way. As for over all qaulity, the opinions vary. Tune in to hear what we think about One Swoop Fell, Ellie Connelly and Bear Nuts.
Direct download: DS_148_-_Horizon_Watch_2.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 10:19am EDT

It's time for a review. This time on the chopping block is Hereville, the adventures of a plucky young girls and her quest to become a fair dinkum dragon slayer. Along the way she'll meet witches, battle trolls and teach us all a little bit about bravery and Jewish culture. Find out what we thing of the whole thing on this episode of Digital Strips.
Direct download: DS_147_-_Review_Hereville.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:59am EDT

10 comics on one side, three critics on the other. What more could you possibly want? It's the October 2008 edition of Digital Strips Zuda Watch.
Direct download: DS_146_-_Zuda_Watch_7.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 10:37pm EDT

Rather than take one creator and crush their soul we figured, hey why not crush three souls. This is a new monthly feature where we'll recommend some strips that we like but are still too young to get a full review. Because some times a strip just is what it is.
Direct download: DS_145_-_Sparko_HITC_Skadi.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 1:27am EDT

One a very special Zuda watch, we learn a whole lot about Midnight. It turns out he's a sensitive man who loves his grandmother and vampires. He's a powerful defender of decency and is not afraid to admit when he is very very wrong. Tune in and we all grow closer together and tear down both emotional walls, and the egos of various Zuda creators.

We also see that Steve doesn't get dirty names very often. Like at all. Even the obvious ones.
Direct download: DS_144_-_Zuda_Watch_6.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:23am EDT

Sad Robots. Sad Dinosaurs. Sad Stick Figures. We haven't review this much sad black and white stuff since Pictures for Sad Children. This show takes on The Robot is Sad by Tam Nguyen of The Daily Cougar.
Direct download: DS_143_-_Reveiw_Robot_is_Sad.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 2:24am EDT

Wow what a show. I don't think I've ever heard the words "pedophile" and "wiener" used so much in a half hour podcast before. And yet here it is. The strip that inspired such bawdy language was Captain Excelsior, a strip that combines the efforts of two experienced creators. Does this super hero have the power to entertain? Or to move you? Tune in to find out.
Direct download: DS_142_-_Review_Captian_Excelsior.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 11:47pm EDT

We think this was the strongest month yet for Zuda, but that doesn't mean there weren't some stinkers. Tune to find out which strips are Digital Strips approved.
Direct download: DS_141_-_zuda_watch_5.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 11:10pm EDT

Further proof that the world is coming to the end, Jason and Steve do a whole review of a comic featuring topless women without having the whole show be about boobs. Maybe Brigid really is bringing some class this place.

During this years WCCA's there were two strips that cleaned housed: Lackadaisy which we reviewed a while back and all loved, and Octopus Pie which we're reviewing now. Will it also recieve total affection? Tune in now, (or later, when you have time, that's kind of the beauty of podcasting) to find out.
Direct download: DS_140_-_Review_Octapus_Pie.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:19am EDT

We get back to what we do best, reading one strip and going in deep. This time we take on Planet Saturday, by one of Pacman's old buddies, Monty S. Kane.
Direct download: DS_139__Review_-Planet_Saturday.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:45am EDT

This month the Zuda competitors are all returnees from previous rounds. The doubly long comics allowed for us to really see what these creators had, or didn't have. When it's good it's very good. When it bad it very bad. Not much apathy from this crop.
Direct download: DS_138_Zuda_Watch_4.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:43am EDT

It's the Harvey Awards this time around. We look at Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, E-Z Street, Penny Arcade, Perry Bible Fellowship and The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allen Poo.
Direct download: harvey_awards.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:43am EDT

This week we take a look at and give our opinions on the Eisner Award nominees for the Best Digital Comic category. We take on The Abominable Charles Christopher,  Immortal, The Process, Panda Xpress! and Sugarshock.

Then we get in to what criteria comics should be judged by and give the strips we think should have been nominated, but weren't.
Direct download: eisner_watch.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:43am EDT

This week we go after what Jason calls the best strip he's ever reviewed. Good ship Chronicles
Direct download: DS_135_-_Review_Good_Ship_Chronicles.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 12:44am EDT

Another Month another 10 Zuda Combatants. Who impressed us and who fails to do so, all inside this episode of Digital Strips.
Direct download: Digital_Strips_134_-_Zuda_Watch_3.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:15am EDT

Another month, another Zuda competition and of course, another Zuda Watch. This month's crop is strong for the most part, but that doesn't mean we won't put them all in their place.
Direct download: Digital_Strips_133_-_Zuda_Watch_2.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 10:30am EDT

One of the most wide spread shows we've had since the Golden age of Daku and Zampson, the three of us tear into Chronicle with our wide and varied opinions. It's good times.
Direct download: DS_132_-_Review_Chronicle.mp3
Category:Webcomic Review -- posted at: 1:31am EDT

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