Just a quick reminder that Tuesday is Brawl Night. Alex and I will be online for all the intense free-for-all action. Just add your friend code and name tag in the forum. If enough people use Skype, we might sign in for chat while Brawling. Bad puns (Joe) and Solid Snake imitations (Alex) will likely ensue. Brawl night starts whenever people start getting there, but usually things begin around 7PM EST.
The new page is up. Sometimes when planning NNFB, we'll come up with a minor joke, often featuring Cho, absurdly far in advance. This is one of those jokes.
I promised to talk about WOWIO, and our current lack of PDFs on the service. If you follow a lot of Webcomic news, you probably know that WOWIO was bought out by Platinum Studios. I don't have any personal gripe against Platinum, but they don't have a very good record on this sort of thing. In the case of WOWIO, they've made a few improvements to the system (allowing people to download PDFs world wide) and a lot of setbacks. A few of these setbacks made it a horrible business choice for NNFB, so we really had no choice but to stop using WOWIO. We're looking into several options on how to continue selling/giving away NNFB PDFs, but I haven't found anything quite right yet. I'm particularly sorry for our international readers who were left out when we first started working with WOWIO, but our future plans (whatever they are) won't leave you out.
I'm working on another slight website redesign. I don't expect any downtime, but the site might look a little odd as I move things around the next week or so.
Finally, The T-Shirt poll gave us some great feedback. I'll post new info on shirts when I have it.
About No Need for Bushido
No Need for Bushido is an action/comedy/drama comic that takes place in Feudal Japan. It follows the adventures off an odd-ball cast as they try to save the country... or at least avoid the oncoming rush of ninja, samurai, fighting monks, anachronisms and sound effects. With an eclectic mix of influences including anime, American comic books, action/adventure movies, cartoons, old kung fu movies, and way too many videogames, NNFB has a fast-paced, colorful, and cinematic presentation. NNFB updates every Monday.
About Alex
Alex graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Major in Illustration. Alex cowrites, draws, inks and colors No Need for Bushido.
About Joseph
Joseph is a CCAD student studying Industrial Design. Joe writes No Need for Bushido, manages the website, and produces various additional extra material - minicomics, animations, rewritten dialog, etc.
Just a quick reminder that Tuesday is Brawl Night. Alex and I will be online for all the intense free-for-all action. Just add your friend code and name tag in the forum. If enough people use Skype, we might sign in for chat while Brawling. Bad puns (Joe) and Solid Snake imitations (Alex) will likely ensue. Brawl night starts whenever people start getting there, but usually things begin around 7PM EST.
The new page is up. Sometimes when planning NNFB, we'll come up with a minor joke, often featuring Cho, absurdly far in advance. This is one of those jokes.
I promised to talk about WOWIO, and our current lack of PDFs on the service. If you follow a lot of Webcomic news, you probably know that WOWIO was bought out by Platinum Studios. I don't have any personal gripe against Platinum, but they don't have a very good record on this sort of thing. In the case of WOWIO, they've made a few improvements to the system (allowing people to download PDFs world wide) and a lot of setbacks. A few of these setbacks made it a horrible business choice for NNFB, so we really had no choice but to stop using WOWIO. We're looking into several options on how to continue selling/giving away NNFB PDFs, but I haven't found anything quite right yet. I'm particularly sorry for our international readers who were left out when we first started working with WOWIO, but our future plans (whatever they are) won't leave you out.
I'm working on another slight website redesign. I don't expect any downtime, but the site might look a little odd as I move things around the next week or so.
Finally, The T-Shirt poll gave us some great feedback. I'll post new info on shirts when I have it.
About No Need for Bushido
No Need for Bushido is an action/comedy/drama comic that takes place in Feudal Japan. It follows the adventures off an odd-ball cast as they try to save the country... or at least avoid the oncoming rush of ninja, samurai, fighting monks, anachronisms and sound effects. With an eclectic mix of influences including anime, American comic books, action/adventure movies, cartoons, old kung fu movies, and way too many videogames, NNFB has a fast-paced, colorful, and cinematic presentation. NNFB updates every Monday.
FAQ
Who makes NNFB?
The comic is drawn by Alex Kolesar and written by Joseph Kovell.
Where's the comic?
You probably found this section on our main
page. At
the top of the page click on the button that says "newest
page" and you'll be at the last page uploaded.
What's No Need for Bushido about?
NNFB is an action-comedy-drama that takes place in war-torn
Feudal Japan. The story jumps between many different characters,
but focuses on a small group of travelers who get caught up in the
ensuing war. This group includes a runaway princess avoiding an
arranged marriage, a foolish samurai, a blind taoist priest, and
a hotheaded drunk with an excessively large sword.
Where should I start?
NNFB is a story-based comic. The newest page will make absolutely no sense
without reading what comes before it. So, it's best to start at our humble beginnings on page
1 and read on from there. You can get a
basic plot summary and character descriptions by reading our Wikipedia
page, or you can check out the comic timeline. These aren't very good substitutes for the comic itself, though.
What happened to the art/writing?
It got better. NNFB was our first comic endevor, so we've been learning the basics since page 1.
Is this anime/manga?
NNFB shares a lot of similarities with both anime as well as American comic books - so it's a little of both. You don't need to read anime to "get" NNFB.
When are new pages added?
NNFB updates one page every Monday. We update additional content (art, news
posts, etc.) throughout the week.
Is that it?
Nope. In addition to the comic itself, there are quite a few other
features on the site. At times, we will take old pages and completely
rewrite them into one-off strips. These "Remixes” usually parody the comic, so you probably
will want to read the main archive first.
We also have a subcomics section that
contains two mini flash movies, a blog hosted by one of the comic's
characters, bonus pages, a sketchbook and various
filler comics from years ago.
If you want to talk about No Need for Bushido or random goings-on, please
join us in the forum or in the tagboard.
ENJOY!
About Alex
Alex graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Major in Illustration. Alex cowrites, draws, inks and colors No Need for Bushido.
About Joseph
Joseph is a CCAD student studying Industrial Design. Joe writes No Need for Bushido, manages the website, and produces various additional extra material - minicomics, animations, rewritten dialog, etc.
