The Antecedent #6: James Monroe vs. The Axis of Regal
How political and economic pressures created the most famous piece of American foreign policy: The Monroe Doctrine (and how a strategic partnership kept if from being hollow rhetoric).
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Diversifiwebcomication: Maximize Your Business Potential
The first in a series of articles, Sebastian Parsons explores the industry of Webcomics from the eyes of a businessman. A financial analyst for nearly ten years, Parsons shares his insight on an industry he curiously observes (rather than participates in). Continue Reading
First and Last: Nukees
Nukees by Darren Bleuel started in 1997 following the wacky adventures of the main character Gav, a perpetual nuclear engineering graduate student. Here's an excerpt from the very first strip in the archives:
A more recent excerpt from this month below:
Actually the punchline to the above excerpt is a pretty good distillation of the Gav character (might not be a bad t-shirt either!):
First and Last: Zortic
Zortic by Mark Mekkes started on Keenspace in 2000 before getting snapped up by Keenspot. Here's a snapshot of artwork from the beginning and very recently:
(Above, part of the very first Zortic. Below a very recent Zortic)
And just as a bonus here's a Zortic from a storyline parodying the DaVinci Code which works in a Websnark essay.
First and Last: Theater Hopper
Tom Brazelton has been creating Theater Hopper since 2002. Here's a quick look at the evolution of his art on the webomic:
First (2002)
Last (2006)
First and Last: Player Vs Player
PvP has been around since May 4, 1998. Scott Kurtz's strip had one major change when he redesigned the characters but otherwise the art style has evolved incrementally. Although Kurtz does drop in color from time to time the bulk of the comic is black and white.
First PvP from 1998 featuring characters Francis and Robbie
PvP from 2006 featuring characters Robbie and Jase
Recent PvP featuring characters Francis, Cole and Marcie.
The Antecedent #5: The War in Canada
Faulty intelligence. A war of choice. Incompetent leadership.
No, not the current war in Iraq. Think 1812 and Canada.
May 2006 Issue Cover Art by Joe Dunn
In Search of a Webcomics Dictionary
This month, Kelly J. Cooper spends some time pinning down the words we use to describe webcomics. Words properly pinned, she next looks for what turns out to be a fairly elusive target: a webcomics dictionary.
First and Last: Sluggy Freelance
Pete Abram's Sluggy Freelance is one of the longest running webcomics out there. In some ways it hasn't changed dramatically – looking at our first from 1999 and our last from 2006 next to each other the changes seem evolutionary and not revolutionary.
First
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Of course for certain storylines such as "Oceans Unmoving", Pete Abrams has also ventured far from his usual style and produced more elaborate artwork for Sluggy.
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