Online Comic Books
This is just a scattered sampling of things I've come across. If you find something particularly fascinating in this category, let me know.
- ZOT! online comic
- Beautiful stuff. Not to be missed.
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- G.I.R.L. Patrol
- Mike Manley's teriffic online comic.
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- Uncle Slam & Fire Dog
- America's favorite delusional super hero.
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- Crimson Empire
- Nicely done Flash animation adaptation of a Star Wars comic. Requires the Shockwave Flash plug-in. Produced by Dark Horse Comics, but part of the StarWars site.
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- Astounding Space Thrills by Steve Conley.
- Sci-fi advemture with a good dose of humor. Steve has been producing it for a while as a print comic (inked in Adobe Illustrator, which I find, well... astounding), he is now doing daily color strips (which I also find astounding). You can actually have these strips e-mailed to you or arrange to have them on your Web page. You might want to start at the beginning. Also check out the AST Flash animation strip. Part of the iComics site.
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- Deus ex Machina
- by Gareth Hinds an interesting exploration of intelligence, machine and otherwise. The story flows along through several graphic styles without losing its continuity or focus. Part of TheComic.com
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- ArcMage
- Duncan Eagleson's expolration of the worlds of magic, stage and "real". Beautifully done with nice touches of animation. He is one of the few who take advantage of the screen and doesn't feel limited to a printed page format. He also plays with rendering styles and drawings that utilize tha page color as part of the image.
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- Bugbots, The Mansect Rebellion
- by Gerry Mooney and Vicky Mooney. A brash and colorful online comic book about characters that are part human and part insect, with insect-like vehicles and technology. Professionally done with drawings that sometimes have a Kirby-like energy and sense of visual fun. In Issue 4, they are experimenting with JavaScript mouseovers that pop up the dialog and change the image. This promises to be great fun. Like Argon Zark!, the site is best viewed with a recent browser.
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- Systems Man
- Tarmo Saks is adding animation to the latest episodes of this amusing comic about a U.N. created hero who fights to maintain order and stability, equipped with his "laser saber thing", "atomic boots" and stylish jester's cap.
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- The Gifted
- Stephen Rice's dark and sometimes violent online graphic novel. Straightforward comic pages format. Updated monthly. Not for children.
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- VR1 Digital Comics
- An assortment of online comics, some with animation. Not for children.
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