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{{infobox comic strip
{{Infobox comic strip
| title = Pictures for Sad Children
| title = Pictures for Sad Children
| image = [[Image:Pfsclogo.png]]
| image = Pfsclogo.png
| author = John Campbell
| author = Simone Veil
| url = http://picturesforsadchildren.com
| url =
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| status = Stopped
| rss = http://www.rsspect.com/rss/pfsc.xml
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| status = Deleted
| first = 2007
| first = 2007
| last = 2014
| genre = [[Absurdist humor]], [[Black comedy|black humor]]
| genre = [[Absurdist humor]], [[Black comedy|black humor]]
}}
}}


'''''Pictures for Sad Children''''' is a 2007 [[webcomic]], created by Simone Veil.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Artshow" /><ref name=":1" /> The webcomic, about a [[ghost]] named Paul, featured a spare and minimalist black-and-white artstyle and [[depression (mood)|depressive]], [[nihilism|nihilistic]] themes. In 2012, Veil launched a highly successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign to publish a print collection of the webcomic. However, Veil was not able to ship all of the copies to backers, and emails from fans asking when their book would arrive eventually led Veil to burn some of the books. She later stated that only unsaleable copies had been burned and that all backers who had paid at least fifteen dollars were sent their copy. After ''Pictures for Sad Children'' was taken offline in 2014, a fan community rose up to share pages and other content from the webcomic.
'''Pictures for Sad Children''' was a [[webcomic]] created by John Campbell in 2007 {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}. The comic, first focusing on the adventures of Paul, "who is a ghost," {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}} later branched out to introduce other characters, such as Gary, whom Paul was forced to train at a [[call center]] after Paul initially lost his job because he was dead. {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}} Gary then became the main character {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}} and other characters were introduced including Gary's cousin Sara, her husband Afsheen, and their daughter Maddy {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}. The Gary storyline was abandoned after strip 226 and the comic transitioned to stand-alone strips. {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}} ''Pictures for Sad Children'' also was a finalist in the 2008 [[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards]] (WCCA) as an Outstanding Newcomer.<ref>[http://www.ccawards.com/2008finalists.html The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - 2008 List of Winners & Finalists<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Overview==
As of 2014, Campbell has removed all comics from the comic's website.
[[File:Pictures_for_Sad_Children_strip.png|thumb|right|Paul trying to get his job back after dying and turning into a ghost.]]
Veil had posted comics online for some time before the 2007 launch of ''Pictures for Sad Children'', including hourly comics and also longer stories, such as "Stevie Might Be a Bear Maybe" (published as a mini-comic by Loose Teeth Press<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looseteeth.ca/titl_stev.htm|title=Stevie Might Be A Bear, Maybe by John Campbell|publisher=Loose Teeth Press|access-date=2017-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072140/http://www.looseteeth.ca/titl_stev.htm|archive-date=2017-09-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>). Veil entered the [[Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge]] webcomic competition in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge| url=http://www.crowncommission.com/dailygrind/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621153246/http://www.crowncommission.com/dailygrind/|archivedate=2014-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>


''Pictures for Sad Children'' is considered a simple webcomic, featuring only occasional plotlines and few recurring characters. ''[[CBS Chicago]]'' described Veil's black-and-white work as "rooted in nihilism, apathy, and frustration," though notes that these feelings are "prodded gently, and with love."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/five-fall-reads-for-chicagoans/|work=[[CBS Chicago]]|title=Five Fall Reads For Chicagoans|last=Morgridge|first=Dan|date=2012-09-14}}</ref> The webcomic is centered around a ghost named Paul, who had nothing better to do with its afterlife than to simply return to doing its dayjob.<ref name=Killscreen>{{cite web|url=https://killscreen.com/articles/how-disappear-completely-internet/|work=[[Kill Screen]]|title=How to Disappear Completely From the Internet|last=Fries|first=Daniel|date=2015-07-01|archivedate=2016-04-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420114035/https://killscreen.com/articles/how-disappear-completely-internet/}}</ref> ''[[ComicsAlliance]]'' stated that ''Pictures for Sad Children'' is "defined by its spare, minimalist drawing [and] a deep, pervading sense of ineluctable sadness that lingers long after you've finished the comic."<ref name=Artshow>{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/pictures-for-sad-children-art-show/|work=[[ComicsAlliance]]|title='Pictures for Sad Children' Webcomic Creator Holds Equally Depressing Art Show|last=Hudson|first=Laura|date=2010-08-16}}</ref>
== Style of humor ==
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2014}}
The style of humor in ''Pictures for Sad Children'' was mostly dark, incorporating elements of the author's batshit insanity (to use the scientific term for it). The strip was largely story-driven, with most comics lacking a [[Punch line|punchline]]—and, when a punchline was present, it was not usually a joke in the strictest sense, instead relying on [[surreal humour|absurd elements]] and improbable situations. Each comic also had [[alt attribute|alt-text]], which served as each individual comic's title and, typically, an alternate punchline.


In 2010, Veil held an [[art exhibition]], featuring depressing installations in the style of the webcomic.<ref name=Artshow />
== Characters ==
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2014}}
* '''Gary''', the most prominent main character and [[protagonist]]. He works at an office that takes call center overflow. He has very low self-esteem and possibly a [[social anxiety disorder]].
* '''Paul Cho''', a ghost who was hit by a car running a red light. He formerly worked in accounting, but was made an employee intake coordinator after his death. He ended up training Gary and (somewhat) befriending him, but left the strip briefly after repossessing his twenty thousand dollar computer and destroying it. He was seen occasionally returning for brief periods before finally ending his year of haunting on earth. After residing in a hotel room serving as Hell, he found a way into Gary's deceased flatmate, Jeremy, and is currently using Jeremy's body. Sara, Afsheen, and Maddy live in his old house. He is half-Asian. Paul only appeared as a traditional ghost because he wore a sheet over his head in an attempt to look ghostly.
* '''Jeremy''', Gary's hermitic roommate. He avoided direct contact with Gary (and, presumably, all people) at all costs, though he still talked to Gary through closed doors. He died and spent some time as Paul's roommate in hell until Paul inhabited Jeremy's corpse.
* '''Sara''', Gary's cousin. She suffers from hallucinations and once ate a dead man's entire weight in candy, after which she regurgitated the man, now alive. She once worked at a testing facility which made her dead for a few hours, after which she would have to fill out extensive paperwork. She sometimes does not take her medicine.
* '''Afsheen''', Sara's husband, whom she met at an allergy convention. He works two jobs, both of which he hates terribly, to help support his wife and daughter.
* '''Maddy''', Sara and Afsheen's daughter, who is extremely sensitive to sunlight, possibly because her parents met at an allergy convention. She wears a pillowcase around whenever possible and is angered when she cannot. She acts much older than she actually is, and holds a low opinion of the Internet and the people on it, an opinion that was influenced by Paul.
*'''Mariana''', Gary's coworker and ex-girlfriend .
*'''Simon''', Mariana's ex-boyfriend, who is jealous of Gary and Mariana's relationship.


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==Kickstarter campaign==
== The author ==
In 2012, Veil held a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign which raised $51,615 [[USD]] to create a print version of ''Pictures for Sad Children'', far exceeding the crowdfunding goal of $8,000 USD.<ref name=BleedingCool /> However, in August, a few months after the campaign had concluded, the artist published a lengthy satirical<ref name=":0" /> post on the Kickstarter page in which she claimed that she had been pretending to be [[Major depressive disorder|depressed]] in order to gain a profit. According to the post, her biggest regret was that she made it easier for what she described as "borderline people" to trick themselves into thinking that they are depressed as well. In the post, Veil also stated that she expected that the book would be finished and delivered before the end of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/society/pictures-for-sad-children-kickstarter-depression/|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|title=Artist's confession of faked depression draws mixed reactions on Kickstarter|last=Martinez|first=Fidel|date=2012-09-20}}</ref>
John Campbell began publishing ''Pictures for Sad Children'' while living in [[Zacatecas]], [[Mexico]], but she has since moved to [[Chicago]] {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}. She holds a close relationship with [[Ryan North]], author of [[Dinosaur Comics]], to the point where she has made an unnamed cameo and a guest comic, as well as a fan comic {{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}. John Campbell is also close with [[KC Green]], author of [[Gunshow Comics]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050501181448/http://goodbyefoom.stereotypist.com/2005/04/make-fan-comic-for-ryan-north-get-free.html goodbye, foom<!-- Bot generated title -->]. Archived from the original on 1 May 2005.</ref> The authors of [[A Softer World]], [[Hark! A Vagrant]], [[Gunshow Comics]] and [[Dresden Codak]] have also made guest comics.<ref>[http://www.fleen.com/?s=pictures+for+sad+children&submit=GO Fleen: Your Favorite Faux-Muckrakers Since 2005<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She had a links page which included single-panel interpretations of her favorite comics (with a link to the comic in particular) in her personal art style. She has recently created a biographical piece on [[Michael Keaton]], created in the style of Pictures for Sad Children.


In February 2014, Veil published a new blog post in which she confirmed that she was able to ship around 75% of the Kickstarter rewards to her backers, but was unable to ship any more copies because she ran out of money. The post was accompanied with a video that shows Veil burning over a hundred copies of the book, with an attached threat to burn even more. According to ''[[DNAinfo.com]]'', Veil spent $30,000 USD producing the 200-page hardcover book and even more to include a plastic-wrapped dead [[wasp]] in each copy, leaving little money for actual shipping.<ref name=BleedingCool>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/02/28/kickstarter-fail-john-campbell-burns-comics-rather-than-sending-them-to-donors/|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|title=Kickstarter Fail: John Campbell Burns Comics Rather Than Sending Them To Donors|last=Johnston|first=Rich|date=2014-02-28}}</ref><ref name="Mashable">{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/archive/kickstarter-comic-burns-books|work=[[Mashable]]|title=Comic Artist Raises $50K for Books, Then Just Burns Them|last=Daileda|first=Colin|date=2014-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314071501/http://mashable.com/2014/03/06/kickstarter-comic-burns-books/#jSqtlxTFcPqT|archive-date=2014-03-14|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Veil stated that the books that were burned were misprints or otherwise unsaleable copies, and indicated that all backers who had contributed at least fifteen dollars had received their copy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Ling|first=Justin|title=This webcomic made it okay to be sad online. Then its artist vanished.|url=https://www.inputmag.com/culture/pictures-for-sad-children-webcomic-simone-veil-interview|date=2021-06-12|website=Input|language=en}}</ref>
On September 30, 2009, several weeks after abandoning the main story arc of the comic, she announced that she had published her first book. The book itself is soft cover and features the first 200 comics of ''Pictures for Sad Children'', which follows the storyline of Gary.


In October 2015, [[Cards Against Humanity|Max Temkin]] contacted some initial Kickstarter backers who never received their copy via email, and offered them "one of the remaining copies", distributing an unknown number of remaining copies of the book. It isn't clear how he came to be involved.<ref name=Killscreen/>
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==Kickstarter and subsequent closure==
In May 2012, John Campbell set up a [[Kickstarter]] [[crowdfunding]] project to fund production of the second book of Pictures for Sad Children, entitled "Sad Pictures for Children". Some of the perks were outlandish or bizarre, such as Campbell drawing a comic under the influence of [[Dimethyltryptamine|DMT]], going to the dentist "for the first time in ~8 years" or putting up paste-ups in the donor's city under the risk of being arrested.<ref name="kickstarter"/> The campaign succeeded, with $51,615 raised from a goal of $8,000.<ref name="kickstarter">{{cite web|title=sad pictures for children by john campbell|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures-for-children|publisher=Kickstarter|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>


==Closure==
On September 19, 2012, Campbell posted an update to the Kickstarter project claiming that he faked depression "for profit".<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures-for-children/posts/311890</ref><ref>http://www.dailydot.com/society/pictures-for-sad-children-kickstarter-depression/</ref>
The webcomic was taken offline in 2014 and is no longer available. As ''Pictures for Sad Children'' was taken offline, Kickstarter backer Jacob Weiss suggested that he would send his copy of the book to anyone who was not able to read it, as he had already finished reading it himself. Within a week, there were over 100 people asking for the book, and Weiss decided to send it to one of them along with $15 so that they could send it to someone else. Along with this process of sending the book to different interested parties came offers from other people who were also interested in sending books around or uploading [[PDF]] versions. Some users shared [[screenshots]] of Veil's blog, audio interviews Veil had done, and so on. Meanwhile, Veil had expressed a desire for a diminished internet presence and did not want her work to be publicly hosted or reposted, turning Weiss' "Book Club" into a more private gathering. Weiss wanted to issue a takedown of the [[Google Drive]] with all the ''Pictures for Sad Children'' content in late 2014, but felt unable to do so at the time. As of July 16, 2015, "the Sad Children Book Club has ended, and the files are no longer accessible to anyone."<ref name=Killscreen />


==Legacy==
On February 27, 2014, Campbell posted a final update explaining that 75% of the rewards for supporting the project had been sent out, and that no more would be sent out in the future. Attached was a video of Campbell burning one book for every email received asking about the unreceived books, totaling 127 burned copies of the book. In addition, Campbell stated that one book would be burned for every email received after the update was posted.<ref name="kickstarter_end">{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures-for-children/posts/759318|title=Kickstarter|date=February 17, 2014|accessdate=March 2, 2014|publisher=|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Nma8K40N|archivedate=March 2, 2014}}</ref> Campbell also noted that she would be ending the comic, and expressed discontent with money as a concept and stated in part: "I want direct funding for my living necessities. I want to establish relationships with a group of people who can pay for my baseline needs like food and rent. I am looking for people who do not feel they need to see any “return” on their “investment.”"<ref name="kickstarter_end"/> In an interview, he noted that he shipped about "750 to 800 books, while another 150 were undeliverable and returned".<ref>http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140305/wicker-park/kickstarter-fail-artist-raises-51k-publish-books-burns-them-alley</ref>
''Pictures for Sad Children'' was a finalist in the 2008 [[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards]] in the "Outstanding Newcomer" category, losing to Meredith Gran's ''[[Octopus Pie]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccawards.com/2008finalists.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304015138/http://www.ccawards.com/2008finalists.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-04|work=[[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards]]|title=Here are the 2008 WCCA Winners!}}</ref>


Starting January 1, 2006, Simone Veil began drawing hourly autobiographical comics. Veil then recruited several other cartoonists to spend February 1 doing the same. The resulting "Hourly Comics Day" grew in popularity, inspiring webcomic artists such as [[Kate Beaton]] and [[John Allison (comics)|John Allison]] to create 24-hour comics of their own. The Hourly Comics Day continues to be celebrated worldwide on February 1 each year, though it is no longer organized by Veil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/webcomic-creators-take-time-for-hourly-comics-day/|work=[[ComicsAlliance]]|title=Webcomic Creators Take Time for Hourly Comics Day|last=Hudson|first=Laura|date=2010-02-04}}</ref>
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== References ==

In 2013, Veil published ''DMT'', a color comic in PDF format about the psychoactive drug [[dimethyltryptamine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destroythecyb.org/dmt-by-john-campbell-11311.htm|title=DMT by John Campbell|publisher=Destroy The Cyborg!|date=Aug 2, 2013|accessdate=Sep 10, 2017}}</ref> One year later, fans noticed a website that purported to be the official site of the 2014 film ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman]]'', but contained an assortment of stories and comics by Simone Veil about the film's star [[Michael Keaton]].<ref name="Birdman">{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/birdman-michael-keaton-bio-comics-john-campbell/|work=[[ComicsAlliance]]|title=The 'Birdman' Website's Michael Keaton Bio Comics Are The Weirdest Things You'll Read Today And Possibly Ever|last=Sims|first=Chris|date=2014-12-23}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/ Pictures For Sad Children (Prior location of the first set of 200 comics)]
* {{Cite web |url=http://picturesforsadchildren.com/ |title=Pictures for Sad Children |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110221094351/http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/ |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
*[http://sadpicturesforchildren.com/ Sad Pictures For Children (Prior location of the later comics)]
*[http://boohooboo.tumblr.com/ Campbell's Tumblr page]
*[http://stereotypist.livejournal.com/ Campbell's now defunct LiveJournal page]


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Latest revision as of 05:38, 28 May 2024

Pictures for Sad Children
Author(s)Simone Veil
Current status/scheduleStopped
Launch date2007
End date2014
Genre(s)Absurdist humor, black humor

Pictures for Sad Children is a 2007 webcomic, created by Simone Veil.[1][2][3] The webcomic, about a ghost named Paul, featured a spare and minimalist black-and-white artstyle and depressive, nihilistic themes. In 2012, Veil launched a highly successful Kickstarter campaign to publish a print collection of the webcomic. However, Veil was not able to ship all of the copies to backers, and emails from fans asking when their book would arrive eventually led Veil to burn some of the books. She later stated that only unsaleable copies had been burned and that all backers who had paid at least fifteen dollars were sent their copy. After Pictures for Sad Children was taken offline in 2014, a fan community rose up to share pages and other content from the webcomic.

Overview

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Paul trying to get his job back after dying and turning into a ghost.

Veil had posted comics online for some time before the 2007 launch of Pictures for Sad Children, including hourly comics and also longer stories, such as "Stevie Might Be a Bear Maybe" (published as a mini-comic by Loose Teeth Press[4]). Veil entered the Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge webcomic competition in 2005.[5]

Pictures for Sad Children is considered a simple webcomic, featuring only occasional plotlines and few recurring characters. CBS Chicago described Veil's black-and-white work as "rooted in nihilism, apathy, and frustration," though notes that these feelings are "prodded gently, and with love."[3] The webcomic is centered around a ghost named Paul, who had nothing better to do with its afterlife than to simply return to doing its dayjob.[6] ComicsAlliance stated that Pictures for Sad Children is "defined by its spare, minimalist drawing [and] a deep, pervading sense of ineluctable sadness that lingers long after you've finished the comic."[2]

In 2010, Veil held an art exhibition, featuring depressing installations in the style of the webcomic.[2]

Kickstarter campaign

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In 2012, Veil held a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised $51,615 USD to create a print version of Pictures for Sad Children, far exceeding the crowdfunding goal of $8,000 USD.[7] However, in August, a few months after the campaign had concluded, the artist published a lengthy satirical[1] post on the Kickstarter page in which she claimed that she had been pretending to be depressed in order to gain a profit. According to the post, her biggest regret was that she made it easier for what she described as "borderline people" to trick themselves into thinking that they are depressed as well. In the post, Veil also stated that she expected that the book would be finished and delivered before the end of 2012.[8]

In February 2014, Veil published a new blog post in which she confirmed that she was able to ship around 75% of the Kickstarter rewards to her backers, but was unable to ship any more copies because she ran out of money. The post was accompanied with a video that shows Veil burning over a hundred copies of the book, with an attached threat to burn even more. According to DNAinfo.com, Veil spent $30,000 USD producing the 200-page hardcover book and even more to include a plastic-wrapped dead wasp in each copy, leaving little money for actual shipping.[7][9] In 2021, Veil stated that the books that were burned were misprints or otherwise unsaleable copies, and indicated that all backers who had contributed at least fifteen dollars had received their copy.[1]

In October 2015, Max Temkin contacted some initial Kickstarter backers who never received their copy via email, and offered them "one of the remaining copies", distributing an unknown number of remaining copies of the book. It isn't clear how he came to be involved.[6]

Closure

[edit]

The webcomic was taken offline in 2014 and is no longer available. As Pictures for Sad Children was taken offline, Kickstarter backer Jacob Weiss suggested that he would send his copy of the book to anyone who was not able to read it, as he had already finished reading it himself. Within a week, there were over 100 people asking for the book, and Weiss decided to send it to one of them along with $15 so that they could send it to someone else. Along with this process of sending the book to different interested parties came offers from other people who were also interested in sending books around or uploading PDF versions. Some users shared screenshots of Veil's blog, audio interviews Veil had done, and so on. Meanwhile, Veil had expressed a desire for a diminished internet presence and did not want her work to be publicly hosted or reposted, turning Weiss' "Book Club" into a more private gathering. Weiss wanted to issue a takedown of the Google Drive with all the Pictures for Sad Children content in late 2014, but felt unable to do so at the time. As of July 16, 2015, "the Sad Children Book Club has ended, and the files are no longer accessible to anyone."[6]

Legacy

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Pictures for Sad Children was a finalist in the 2008 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards in the "Outstanding Newcomer" category, losing to Meredith Gran's Octopus Pie.[10]

Starting January 1, 2006, Simone Veil began drawing hourly autobiographical comics. Veil then recruited several other cartoonists to spend February 1 doing the same. The resulting "Hourly Comics Day" grew in popularity, inspiring webcomic artists such as Kate Beaton and John Allison to create 24-hour comics of their own. The Hourly Comics Day continues to be celebrated worldwide on February 1 each year, though it is no longer organized by Veil.[11]

In 2013, Veil published DMT, a color comic in PDF format about the psychoactive drug dimethyltryptamine.[12] One year later, fans noticed a website that purported to be the official site of the 2014 film Birdman, but contained an assortment of stories and comics by Simone Veil about the film's star Michael Keaton.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ling, Justin (2021-06-12). "This webcomic made it okay to be sad online. Then its artist vanished". Input.
  2. ^ a b c Hudson, Laura (2010-08-16). "'Pictures for Sad Children' Webcomic Creator Holds Equally Depressing Art Show". ComicsAlliance.
  3. ^ a b Morgridge, Dan (2012-09-14). "Five Fall Reads For Chicagoans". CBS Chicago.
  4. ^ "Stevie Might Be A Bear, Maybe by John Campbell". Loose Teeth Press. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  5. ^ "Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge". Archived from the original on 2014-06-21.
  6. ^ a b c Fries, Daniel (2015-07-01). "How to Disappear Completely From the Internet". Kill Screen. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20.
  7. ^ a b Johnston, Rich (2014-02-28). "Kickstarter Fail: John Campbell Burns Comics Rather Than Sending Them To Donors". Bleeding Cool.
  8. ^ Martinez, Fidel (2012-09-20). "Artist's confession of faked depression draws mixed reactions on Kickstarter". The Daily Dot.
  9. ^ Daileda, Colin (2014-03-06). "Comic Artist Raises $50K for Books, Then Just Burns Them". Mashable. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14.
  10. ^ "Here are the 2008 WCCA Winners!". Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  11. ^ Hudson, Laura (2010-02-04). "Webcomic Creators Take Time for Hourly Comics Day". ComicsAlliance.
  12. ^ "DMT by John Campbell". Destroy The Cyborg!. Aug 2, 2013. Retrieved Sep 10, 2017.
  13. ^ Sims, Chris (2014-12-23). "The 'Birdman' Website's Michael Keaton Bio Comics Are The Weirdest Things You'll Read Today And Possibly Ever". ComicsAlliance.
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