Where did the Jesus myth come from?

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The two names were Richard Carrier, and Robert M. Price. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Price

I'm wondering if I'm not understanding what a mythicist is (as my previous question said).

The Wikipedia reference you gave said Price is a member of the Jesus Seminar. I'll grant that Wikipedia often gets things wrong, but how can a guy who is casting his vote with colored beads to decide what Jesus actually said and didn't say believe that Jesus didn't exist?

Also, Richard Carrier is noted for writing on the internet on a variety of anti-Christian topics with most outside his area of expertise. He also self-published a book for lay audiences, which I assume was not peer reviewed before publication.

Have any of Carrier's writings alleging the non-existence of Jesus been peer reviewed and published in a professional journal? The list of publications on Wikipedia makes him sound more like an anti-Christian ideologue than an objective scholar. I'm having trouble justifying him as a credible source for the same reason I reject many Christian author's claims until I can find a skeptic that agrees. Hence the reason I take Bart Ehrman's opinion on historical consensus, but disregarded the same claims from Christian sources for quite some time (I was an atheist and hard-core naturalist for 25+ years before becoming a Christian).

Please take my questions as sincere inquiry, not as a challenge or dismissal. I'm seeking to understand the credibility of the sources provided by asking questions. I am a skeptical person and naturally question a lot of things. As I said, Wikipedia often gets things wrong.