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Notable events of '''the late 1990s in [[webcomics]]'''. |
Notable events of '''the late 1990s in [[webcomics]]'''. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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As the [[World Wide Web]] was proliferating in the second half of the 1990s, various creators of |
As the [[World Wide Web]] was proliferating in the second half of the 1990s, various creators of webcomics (a term that was not yet popularized at the time) started to communicate with one another and link to each other's work. Cartoonist Reinder Dijkhuis (''[[Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan]]'') remembered that in mid-1995, there were hundreds of comics made available online; many of which were based on [[college newspaper]] comic strips and many were short-lived. From this point on, the World Wide Web gained attention from syndicated cartoonists such as [[Scott Adams]] (''[[Dilbert]]'') and cartoonists who saw the internet as a potential path to eventual syndication. Author T Campbell called 1996 the end of the "Stone Age" of webcomics,<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Webcomics|publisher=[[Antarctic Press]]|last=Campbell|first=T.|date=June 8, 2006|isbn=0976804395|pages=18–20}}</ref> and cartoonist [[Shaenon Garrity]] described the period from 1996 to 2000 as "the [[Exponential growth|Singularity]]" of webcomics as the medium "exploded" in popularity.<ref name=ComicsJournal>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/the-history-of-webcomics/|work=[[The Comics Journal]]|title=The History of Webcomics|last=Garrity|first=Shaenon|date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> [[Joe Zabel]] said of Charley Parker's 1995 webcomic ''[[Argon Zark!]]'' that "the web could hardly have picked a more outstanding premiere series," and celebrated the tenth anniversary of its release with a [[Round table (discussion)|round table]] on the "artistic history of webcomics."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue050912/history1.html|work=[[The Webcomics Examiner]]|title=The Artistic History of Webcomics – A Webcomics Examiner Roundtable|author=Various|year=2005|archive-date=November 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124120515/http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue050912/history1.html}}</ref> |
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[[Webcomics in France|In France]], interactive [[digital comic]]s were spread on [[compact disks]] during this period, while the introduction of the internet in French homes spurred the creation of the first webcomic blogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/comic-strip/article/220911/quel-futur-pour-la-bd-numerique|work=[[Mediapart]]|title=Quel futur pour la bd numérique?|last=Bry|first=Dominique|date=September 22, 2011|language=fr}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In the United States, various major webcomic genres were established and popularized between 1995 and 1999. The [[video game webcomic]] came into being in 1995 with the release of ''[[Polymer City Chronicles]]'' and was popularized in the following years by ''[[PvP (webcomic)|PvP]]'' and ''[[Penny Arcade]]''. The first [[sprite comic]] – Jay Resop's ''Neglected Mario Characters'' – was released in 1998, though the genre wouldn't be popularized until ''[[Bob and George]]'' came out in 2000.<ref name=1UP>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/features/strip-games |title=Will Strip for Games |last=Maragos |first=Nich |date=November 7, 2005 |work=[[1UP.com|1UP]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208074942/http://www.1up.com/features/strip-games |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |ref=Maragos }}</ref> In ''[[Reinventing Comics]]'' (2000), [[Scott McCloud]] pointed out that some webcomic creators had been experimenting with the capabilities of the Web, such as through an interactive [[hypertext]] interface, [[GIF]] animations, and sound.<ref name=ReinventingComics>{{cite book|title=[[Reinventing Comics]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|last=McCloud|first=Scott|author-link=Scott McCloud|year=2000|page=165–166|isbn=0-06-095350-0}}</ref> The first major webcomic portal, Big Panda, started in 1997. Big Panda hosted over 770 webcomics, including ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' and ''[[User Friendly]]''. Big Panda's discontinuation eventually resulted in the formation of [[Keenspot]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=850|work=Sequential Tart|title=A Brief History of Webcomics — The Third Age of Webcomics, Part One|last=Atchison|first=Lee|date=January 7, 2008}}</ref> |
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==List== |
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Several notable webcomics that started in this period include: |
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[[Image:Fetusx fx082106painting.jpg|thumb|''[[Eric Millikin]]'']] |
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* Fall – ''[[Eric Millikin]]'' (titled ''Fetus-X'' from 2000 to 2008) by Eric Millikin (formerly with Casey Sorrow){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
* Fall – ''[[Eric Millikin]]'' (titled ''Fetus-X'' from 2000 to 2008) by Eric Millikin (formerly with Casey Sorrow){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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==1996== |
===1996=== |
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* January 1 – ''[[Bruno (webcomic)|Bruno]]'' by [[Christopher Baldwin]] |
* January 1 – ''[[Bruno (webcomic)|Bruno]]'' by [[Christopher Baldwin]] |
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* March |
* March 1 – ''[[Magic Inkwell (webcomic)|Magic Inkwell]]'' by [[Cayetano Garza]] |
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* March 31 – ''[[Help Desk (webcomic)|Help Desk]]'' aka [[Ubersoft]] by [[Christopher B. Wright]] |
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* June – ''[[Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet]]'' by Peter Zale |
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* September 15 – ''[[Sabrina Online]]'' by Eric W. Schwartz |
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==1997== |
===1997=== |
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* April 1 – ''[[Goats (webcomic)|Goats]]'' by Jonathan Rosenberg |
* April 1 – ''[[Goats (webcomic)|Goats]]'' by Jonathan Rosenberg |
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* August 25 – ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' by [[Pete Abrams]] |
* August 25 – ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' by [[Pete Abrams]] |
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* September 10 – ''[[Roomies!]]'' by [[David Willis (cartoonist)|David Willis]] |
* September 10 – ''[[Roomies!]]'' by [[David Willis (cartoonist)|David Willis]] |
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* October 27 – ''[[Piled Higher and Deeper]]'' by Jorge Cham |
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* November 17 – ''[[User Friendly]]'' by [[J.D. Frazer|J.D. "Illiad" Frazer]] |
* November 17 – ''[[User Friendly]]'' by [[J.D. Frazer|J.D. "Illiad" Frazer]] |
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* ''[[Buzzer Beater (manga)|Buzzer Beater]]'' by [[Takehiko Inoue]] |
* ''[[Buzzer Beater (manga)|Buzzer Beater]]'' by [[Takehiko Inoue]] |
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* ''[[You Damn Kid!]]'' by Owen Dunne |
* ''[[You Damn Kid!]]'' by Owen Dunne |
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==1998== |
===1998=== |
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[[File:Scott Kurtz.jpg|thumb|right|[[Scott Kurtz]]' ''[[PvP]]'' popularized the [[video game webcomic]].<ref name=1UP />]] |
[[File:Scott Kurtz.jpg|thumb|right|[[Scott Kurtz]]' ''[[PvP (webcomic)|PvP]]'' popularized the [[video game webcomic]].<ref name=1UP />]] |
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* January – ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' by [[D. C. Simpson]] |
* January – ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' by [[D. C. Simpson]] |
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* February 18 – ''[[Pokey the Penguin]]'' by Steve Havelka |
* February 18 – ''[[Pokey the Penguin]]'' by Steve Havelka |
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* March 25 – ''[[Jane's World]]'' by [[Paige Braddock]] |
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* April 9 – ''[[Freefall (webcomic)|Freefall]]'' by Mark Stanley |
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* May 4 – ''[[PvP (webcomic)|PVP]]'' by [[Scott Kurtz]] |
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* September 21 – ''[[Bobbins (webcomic)|Bobbins]]'' by [[John Allison]] |
* September 21 – ''[[Bobbins (webcomic)|Bobbins]]'' by [[John Allison (comics)|John Allison]] |
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* September 27 – S.S.D.D. by Alan Foreman |
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* October 21 – ''[[The PC Weenies]]'' by Krishna M. Sadasivam |
* October 21 – ''[[The PC Weenies]]'' by Krishna M. Sadasivam |
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* November 2 – '' |
* November 2 – ''General Protection Fault'' by Jeffrey T. Darlington |
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* November 18 – ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' by [[Mike Krahulik]] and [[Jerry Holkins]] |
* November 18 – ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' by [[Mike Krahulik]] and [[Jerry Holkins]] |
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* ''[[Astounding Space Thrills]]'' by Steve Conley |
* ''[[Astounding Space Thrills]]'' by Steve Conley |
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* ''[[Boy on a Stick and Slither]]'' by Steven L. Cloud |
* ''[[Boy on a Stick and Slither]]'' by Steven L. Cloud |
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===1999=== |
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* January 1 – '' |
* January 1 – ''College Roomies from Hell!!!'' by Maritza Campos-Rebolledo |
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* March 1 – ''[[Superosity]]'' by Chris Crosby |
* March 1 – ''[[Superosity]]'' by Chris Crosby |
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* June 14 – '' |
* June 14 – ''Elf Life'' by Carson Fire (under the pseudonym Eric Gustafson) |
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* June 14 – ''[[Cat and Girl]]'' by [[Dorothy Gambrell]] |
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* June 21 – ''[[Sheldon (webcomic)|Sheldon]]'' by Dave Kellett |
* June 21 – ''[[Sheldon (webcomic)|Sheldon]]'' by Dave Kellett |
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* August – ''Triangle and Robert'' by Patrick Shaughnessy |
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* November 15 – ''[[Real Life (webcomic)|Real Life]]'' by [[Greg Dean (cartoonist)|Maelyn Dean]] |
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* November 8 – ''[[Avalon (webcomic)|Avalon]]'' by Josh Phillips |
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* December 25 – ''[[It's Walky!]]'' by [[David Willis (cartoonist)|David Willis]] |
* December 25 – ''[[It's Walky!]]'' by [[David Willis (cartoonist)|David Willis]] |
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* ''[[Stealth (webcomic)|Stealth]]'' by William Satterwhite |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:1990s webcomics]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:28, 5 October 2024
| Years in webcomics: | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
Notable events of the late 1990s in webcomics.
Background
[edit]As the World Wide Web was proliferating in the second half of the 1990s, various creators of webcomics (a term that was not yet popularized at the time) started to communicate with one another and link to each other's work. Cartoonist Reinder Dijkhuis (Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan) remembered that in mid-1995, there were hundreds of comics made available online; many of which were based on college newspaper comic strips and many were short-lived. From this point on, the World Wide Web gained attention from syndicated cartoonists such as Scott Adams (Dilbert) and cartoonists who saw the internet as a potential path to eventual syndication. Author T Campbell called 1996 the end of the "Stone Age" of webcomics,[1] and cartoonist Shaenon Garrity described the period from 1996 to 2000 as "the Singularity" of webcomics as the medium "exploded" in popularity.[2] Joe Zabel said of Charley Parker's 1995 webcomic Argon Zark! that "the web could hardly have picked a more outstanding premiere series," and celebrated the tenth anniversary of its release with a round table on the "artistic history of webcomics."[3]
In France, interactive digital comics were spread on compact disks during this period, while the introduction of the internet in French homes spurred the creation of the first webcomic blogs.[4]
In the United States, various major webcomic genres were established and popularized between 1995 and 1999. The video game webcomic came into being in 1995 with the release of Polymer City Chronicles and was popularized in the following years by PvP and Penny Arcade. The first sprite comic – Jay Resop's Neglected Mario Characters – was released in 1998, though the genre wouldn't be popularized until Bob and George came out in 2000.[5] In Reinventing Comics (2000), Scott McCloud pointed out that some webcomic creators had been experimenting with the capabilities of the Web, such as through an interactive hypertext interface, GIF animations, and sound.[6] The first major webcomic portal, Big Panda, started in 1997. Big Panda hosted over 770 webcomics, including Sluggy Freelance and User Friendly. Big Panda's discontinuation eventually resulted in the formation of Keenspot in 2000.[7]
List
[edit]Several notable webcomics that started in this period include:
1995
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- March 2 – Art Comics Daily by Bebe Williams
- March 13 – Polymer City Chronicles by Chris Morrison (started its print run in 1992)
- June 27 – Argon Zark! by Charley Parker
- September 3 – Kevin and Kell by Bill Holbrook
- Fall – Eric Millikin (titled Fetus-X from 2000 to 2008) by Eric Millikin (formerly with Casey Sorrow)[citation needed]
1996
[edit]- January 1 – Bruno by Christopher Baldwin
- March 1 – Magic Inkwell by Cayetano Garza
- March 31 – Help Desk aka Ubersoft by Christopher B. Wright
- June 10 – Red Meat by Max Cannon
- June – Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet by Peter Zale
- September 15 – Sabrina Online by Eric W. Schwartz
1997
[edit]- April 1 – Goats by Jonathan Rosenberg
- August 25 – Sluggy Freelance by Pete Abrams
- September 10 – Roomies! by David Willis
- October 27 – Piled Higher and Deeper by Jorge Cham
- November 17 – User Friendly by J.D. "Illiad" Frazer
- Buzzer Beater by Takehiko Inoue
- Leisure Town by Tristan A. Farnon
- You Damn Kid! by Owen Dunne
1998
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- January – Ozy and Millie by D. C. Simpson
- February 18 – Pokey the Penguin by Steve Havelka
- March 25 – Jane's World by Paige Braddock
- April 9 – Freefall by Mark Stanley
- May 4 – PVP by Scott Kurtz
- September 21 – Bobbins by John Allison
- September 27 – S.S.D.D. by Alan Foreman
- October 21 – The PC Weenies by Krishna M. Sadasivam
- November 2 – General Protection Fault by Jeffrey T. Darlington
- November 18 – Penny Arcade by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins
- Astounding Space Thrills by Steve Conley
- Boy on a Stick and Slither by Steven L. Cloud
- Combo Rangers by Fábio Yabu
1999
[edit]- January 1 – College Roomies from Hell!!! by Maritza Campos-Rebolledo
- March 1 – Superosity by Chris Crosby
- June 14 – Elf Life by Carson Fire (under the pseudonym Eric Gustafson)
- June 14 – Cat and Girl by Dorothy Gambrell
- June 21 – Sheldon by Dave Kellett
- August – Triangle and Robert by Patrick Shaughnessy
- November 15 – Real Life by Maelyn Dean
- December 25 – It's Walky! by David Willis
References
[edit]- ^ Campbell, T. (June 8, 2006). A History of Webcomics. Antarctic Press. pp. 18–20. ISBN 0976804395.
- ^ Garrity, Shaenon (July 15, 2011). "The History of Webcomics". The Comics Journal.
- ^ Various (2005). "The Artistic History of Webcomics – A Webcomics Examiner Roundtable". The Webcomics Examiner. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005.
- ^ Bry, Dominique (September 22, 2011). "Quel futur pour la bd numérique?". Mediapart (in French).
- ^ a b Maragos, Nich (November 7, 2005). "Will Strip for Games". 1UP. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015.
- ^ McCloud, Scott (2000). Reinventing Comics. HarperCollins. p. 165–166. ISBN 0-06-095350-0.
- ^ Atchison, Lee (January 7, 2008). "A Brief History of Webcomics — The Third Age of Webcomics, Part One". Sequential Tart.