Among our both talented and reviled reviewers, we find (in no particular order…)

Larry Cruz (aka El Santo) Despite taking some classes in in cartooning and figure painting, El Santo has never published a webcomic. He did, for a short time, have a strip printed in the college newspaper, but it was never online. Santo is more of a critic. He used to review video games and anime for the now defunct “Guthwulf” site. Now, he has set his rueful sights on webcomics. Santo has been a casual reader of webcomics since “Argon Zark!” lit up the scene like hair made out of lightning bolts. His critiques can be found at both his personal blog (The Webcomic Overlook) and the ComixTalk site. El Santo hails from Seattle, Washington, and, despite implications from his online handle, is not actually a Mexican wrestler.

Reviewer Biases: El Santo’s reviews tend to be skewed toward older readers, thus he may be hurt and confused by obscure references in video game comics. He also happens to like pretty things, thus may be swayed by stunning artwork … maybe.

Jack Carter, who also reviews webcomics on http://webcomicasylum.blogspot.com/ and updates http://offkiltercomics.comicdish.com/, http://www.twoheadstalking.blogspot.com/ and http://gothymcgee.comicgenesis.com/. Jack is a busy guy and he’ll tell you straight up what he liked and what he didn’t like.

Biases: Jack’s favorite webcomic genre would have to be the gag a day format, but that doesn’t mean he won’t give all webcomics a fair shake.

Talekyn, aka Anthony Cardno, has been described by the people upon whose web-comics he regularly comments as “opinionated but polite.” He prefers to think of this as a compliment and not a statement on the size of his ego. Anthony has almost no artistic skills, but enjoys writing. He was born in Queens NY, grew up in the Hudson Valley region, went to college in western NY and now lives in northwestern NJ and holds down a day job that requires him to travel the country around 100 days per year, which gives him plenty of time to sit in hotel rooms and review web-comics. More of his ramblings can be found at http://talekyn.livejournal.com.

Potential Biases:

“The Doctor,” who prefers to keep his real identity private, shows up from time to time to review comics for us. With opinions ranging from the insightful to the slightly eccentric, his qualifications for doing so are being an avid (if not old fashioned) comic fan, and the fact that he’s willing to give his opinion, asked or no! His fondness for long scarves and quirky disposition (not to mention a rather disturbing smile) make him well suited to the task of reviewing webcomics and dispensing his takes on them to you. Get ready because “The Doctor” is in!

-Admitted Bias(es): Not being an artist himself, reviews are given from the standpoint of someone who was wandering the web, wistfully, and happened across the comic in question, rather than from a viewpoint of someone possessing an eye for artistic development or the like. Not a fan of anime or the anime-like trends in comics, as a general rule, nor of the trend to include vulgarity just for the sake of vulgarity in virtually everything.

Finally, Delos Woodruff reviews comics, posts art tutorials and creates the Frog Pond webcomic - all of which is available at http://www.artpatient.com . His other side interests and projects can be found on Squidoo, as well.

-Known Biases: Delos enjoys comics that are humorous, serious, short gag and long form varieties. He approaches comic reviews from a creator’s point of view and likes to analyze how the story is told. He prefers to avoid spilling the story of the comic in the review and he is not a fan of the horror genre.

We’d also like to that Jim Purcell, of http://beenbettercomic.com/ for the new banner!