Tuesday, February 28, 2006
This Sunday's Times did a run down of what it called
the coolest strips online. Without wishing to be over critical, the list, compiled by tech journalist Danny O'Brien, was hardly a well rounded representation of web comics at large. The first on the list was
Broken Saints, an award winning flash comic which, while deserving of praise, ended three years ago. The others on the list were
Diesel Sweeties,
Exploding Dog,
Scary Go Round and
Sluggy Freelance.
Modern Tales was thrown in as the obligatory 'look they might even be able to make money' example and
Comics.com was the representative for the old guard. No mention of the phenomonal success of
Penny Arcade, the great community support at
Comixpedia,
Achewood's highly innovative merchandising,
Keenspot,
Webcomicsnation or, well, the list could go on. Nothing wrong with the article as such, all those mentioned were worthy of it, but it's still a little disappointing that they couldn't really be bothered to scratch beneath the surface.
At last, there's an
alternative to the internet.
Brokeback Lego.
A convicted
Puppet Rapist has to readjust to life on the outside surrounded by puppets. Good old fashioned family entertainment courtesy of
Puppet Vision.
Screenhead has
two short clips of Bill Hicks summing up how I feel about witless hecklers, whether virtual or in the flesh.
2 Comments:
So, just for the record, I actually wrote that piece over two years ago. I have no idea why they decided to run it now!
Best wishes,
d.
That would explain alot actually.
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