TTTN: Online Comics
Prologue
I would be willing to bet my favorite teddy bear that your first thought is something like this: "Oh, she's talking about comics in the newspaper being available to see on the Internet!" Nice first guess, but no. What I refer to is (and this is my own definition) comics published primarily on his or her own site. Excellent examples are: Penny Arcade, MegaTokyo, 9th Elsewhere, Eversummer Eve, Emerald Blades, Nekobox (.org or .com ; there are two different ones with the same name)... There were much fewer "webcomics" some years ago -- nowadays, it is everybody and their kid brother.
Internet Graphic Novels (no, graphic as in image-based; not, er... *blush* explicit)
This is one of the wonders of the World Wide Web and its Internet (contrary to popular opinion, the two are not the same thing). It has and continues to allow the flow of ideas to millions. Whether through written word like me, or through imagery, a single person can communicate surface or deep emotions and thoughts. And what an impact that person can make!
For example, creator and artist Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo. [Small disclaimer: MegaTokyo was the original idea of Rodney Caston, who also wrote dialogue, but he amicably split from the webcomic team approx. two years ago because of differing ideas of the direction of the webcomic.] He has been creating comics on a M-W-F schedule (usually) for five years now. He has his own online store to sell MT-related goods, and has even published two books of the webcomic; the third will be released in January 2005.
It is my belief that each person is the sum of his/her life experiences. I know I and others who are fans of MT would not be who we are today. The people employed by the publishing agency, Dark Horse, would not be exactly who they are now. The same principle of the "ripple effect" applies to those of 9th Elsewhere, of Emerald Blades, of any webcomic.
Isn't that something?
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It always places me in awe to think of how the 'Net changes those who traverse its "superhighway". By the way, I know I missed Tuesday's post. Actually, it neatly solves the problem of what to write about on Friday... ^_^
Tomorrow's topic is Entertainment-->Art
I would be willing to bet my favorite teddy bear that your first thought is something like this: "Oh, she's talking about comics in the newspaper being available to see on the Internet!" Nice first guess, but no. What I refer to is (and this is my own definition) comics published primarily on his or her own site. Excellent examples are: Penny Arcade, MegaTokyo, 9th Elsewhere, Eversummer Eve, Emerald Blades, Nekobox (.org or .com ; there are two different ones with the same name)... There were much fewer "webcomics" some years ago -- nowadays, it is everybody and their kid brother.
Internet Graphic Novels (no, graphic as in image-based; not, er... *blush* explicit)
This is one of the wonders of the World Wide Web and its Internet (contrary to popular opinion, the two are not the same thing). It has and continues to allow the flow of ideas to millions. Whether through written word like me, or through imagery, a single person can communicate surface or deep emotions and thoughts. And what an impact that person can make!
For example, creator and artist Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo. [Small disclaimer: MegaTokyo was the original idea of Rodney Caston, who also wrote dialogue, but he amicably split from the webcomic team approx. two years ago because of differing ideas of the direction of the webcomic.] He has been creating comics on a M-W-F schedule (usually) for five years now. He has his own online store to sell MT-related goods, and has even published two books of the webcomic; the third will be released in January 2005.
It is my belief that each person is the sum of his/her life experiences. I know I and others who are fans of MT would not be who we are today. The people employed by the publishing agency, Dark Horse, would not be exactly who they are now. The same principle of the "ripple effect" applies to those of 9th Elsewhere, of Emerald Blades, of any webcomic.
Isn't that something?
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It always places me in awe to think of how the 'Net changes those who traverse its "superhighway". By the way, I know I missed Tuesday's post. Actually, it neatly solves the problem of what to write about on Friday... ^_^
Tomorrow's topic is Entertainment-->Art
posted by Morncreek at 11/17/2004 11:57:00 PM
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