‘Least I Could Do’ creators offers webcomic scholarship
It seems the least Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza could do was offer a full scholarship.
Ryan announced on the Least I Could Do website on Friday that they have created “The Rayne Summers Webcomic Scholarship”, at The Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont:
Beginning in the fall of ’10, we will be covering the full tuition for
the selected applicant. The applicant who, I might add, is working
towards a career in webcomics. Over the course of the next 5 years, we
plan on adding 1 student per year, thus by 2015, the Scholarship will
be putting 5 students through the program per year.This scholarship will be managed by Blind Ferret, though there will be
heavy involvement from others in our field, in the form of a board of
Directors and a selection committee.More information will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks,
including fund raising events, application rules and deadlines and
more. Keep an eye on this space.
Applause, applause, gentlemen. And this actually hints at a bigger question– why hasn’t any other comics company stepped up to fund such a scholarship? There’s the Dave & Paty Cockrum scholarship at the Kubert School that’s funded from the sale of Dave’s personal collection and through the tireless efforts of Paty and Clifford Meth, and Diamond and First Second also had a scholarship at CCS, although it’s not clear if that was just a one time thing.
Why doesn’t DC or Marvel have any? Do they actually have some that are so poorly promoted that I’ve never heard of them? Or would they rather just draft straight from high school into the major leagues?
(Note: of course, DC and Marvel both have internship programs, I went through one from DC. But they do require you to be where the office is, and you have to be there during 9-5 hours, which is hell on a college class schedule.)
Is this the same Ryan Sohmer who made this comic: http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080508If so, this is the most ironic news I've heard all day. Thanks for the laughs.
Not to mention that this guy doesn't draw any of his own strips and his character of Rayne Summers is a sleaze bucket. I dislike how he's openly critical and hostile towards any overweight women, yet is hypocritically fine with having an overweight male character, to which he is openly accepting towards. Not only that, but the comic is misogynistic- most of the women are either sexual fodder or they're little more than giggle girls who either fawn all over the character and if any women *do* criticize him, they're quick to have their mind changed or just "don't really mean it". Basically put, I'd rather pay my own tuition than have my name attached to someone like this.
Relax, damn, it's just a damn comic. Get a sense of humor for christ sakes.
These books are Pure Comic Gold! Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza are comic Geniuses! These comics always make me laugh, and you really feel like you get to know Rayne and the cast! Rayne is super funny and the things he does are Hysterical!! Keep up the AMAZING work because you guys are probably the best! But it's pretty obvious that any feminist would get offended by this stuff… SO in that Case DONT READ IT! Maybe you don't find it portraying woman to their full potential, but you should have some inclination that they are not serious about it…that's why it's a joke. And really if it's not your style of humor find a different comic to read. There not going to change their characters just because you got offended.