on a particularly rainy afternoon, your weary body slumped in a chair, you stare blankly at the computer screen. it gives you no information, no comfort. you click randomly, right, left, crawling through portals appearing to have no end. suddenly you find yourself at a website, a site that invites you to become involved, by choosing where you go next, how you get there and even creating directions of your own. you, the intrepid adventurer, navigate from comic to comic through links embedded within, hidden in shared objects or frames. you are at the tangent pageant.

tangent pageant encourages viewers to switch their role from "observer" to "participant." cartoonists of any skill and experience level are invited to submit comics for the site, inspired by objects, characters or ideas within the site's current comics. tangent pageant's roster of participants already includes a wide array of talent, from a middle school teacher to a puppet designer, from seasoned webcartoonists to people who have drawn the first comic they have ever drawn for this site. tangent pageant is the brain child of chicago-based collaborators timothy breen and neil brideau. your adventure is waiting for you at http://www.tangentpageant.com !