Episode 8 and Happy Birthday

Today, June 6th, is the 12th anniversary of ICON Studios. It was twelve years ago today that the founders decided to start making comics since we were on summer break and already bored of our Nintendo 64 games not to mention it was just too hot to do any outdoor activities. To commemorate this special occasion, we have released M.O.P.S. episode 8. Actually, we would have released it anyway since it is the first Friday of the month, but it's always nice to feel special. So after a one month hiatus (well, we don't get paid for this) we are back with a brand new spectacular episode! Check it out and tell your friends and relatives and, heck, tell you enemies too! That's something at wefightdirty.net for everyone!

Link: http://www.iconstudios.org/mops/index.html?gotostrip=8

Emerald City Comic Con Report

ICON Studios was in Pacific Northwest last weekend for the 2008 Emerald City Comic Con in the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in downtown Seattle. The M.O.P.S. website was on display and we received a lot of positive feedback which we really appreciate. According to our site statistics, it seems that the word is spreading around. It was our first appearance at a large mainstream convention and the experience was very positive. We actually passed out all of the M.O.P.S. postcards and stickers we brought, and I had to go to the Kinko’s in the convention center to make more.

While at the convention, I also got to attend a panel on web comics given by the guys at Half Pixel. The discussion was very informative and as a result there might be some slight tweaks coming to the M.O.P.S. website in the coming weeks.

Update: You can read my thoughts on Seattle on my personal blog.

M.O.P.S. Episode 7

M.O.P.S. Episode 7 has been released on WeFightDirty.net. Episode 7 introduces a new character to the M.O.P.S. family. Check it out and tell your friends.

M.O.P.S. Episode 6 and Grinder

The latest installment of M.O.P.S. has been posted online. Check out Episode 6 at wefightdirty.net.


Also tomorrow night ICON Studios will be in Lafayette for the Grinder Creative Arts Expo. Grinder: Creative Arts Expo is a gathering of creative individuals in an effort to inform, educate and inspire the creative spirit. Grinder is held every four months at Grant Street Dancehall in Downtown Lafayette on the second Saturday (Art Walk). Doors open at 8pm.

http://lafayettegrinder.blogspot.com/

M.O.P.S. Episode 5

After a one month break, M.O.P.S. is back with a brand new episode! A lot of detail went into the artwork for this strip. Certainly worth checking out.

Direct Link:
http://www.iconstudios.org/mops/index.html?gotostrip=5

Mobile M.O.P.S. Launched

January Update: As you have probably already figured out, there will not be a new M.O.P.S. episode this month. Because of the holidays and one of our main creators being in the middle of a cross-country move, we couldn't put it out in a timely manner and still be at the standard of quality we have established for this strip. Rest assured that a new episode will appear on Feb 1st, and from what I have seen so far, it is bad to the bone.

Mobile site launched: Just because there is no strip in January doesn't mean we haven't been busy. Today we have launched the mobile, non-flash version of the M.O.P.S. website. So you hipsters out there with your iPhones, smart phones, and PDA's can now read M.O.P.S. on the go without having Flash player installed. The best part is there is no separate address to remember. Just browse to http://www.wefightdirty.net on your non-flash enabled device and you will be automatically redirected to our text-only, mobile-friendly version of the site. Please let us know if you have any issues.

--Patrick