Comic strip

:This article is about the sequential art form. For the British comedy group, see The Comic Strip.

Internet comics

The advent of the World Wide Web in the 1990s led to an explosion of amateur webcomics, comic strips created solely for Web sites. Webcomics differ from published comic strips, in that anyone can start his own comic strip and publish it on the Web; there is no longer any need to for a creator to meet the approval of a publisher or syndicate. Currently there are hundreds of webcomics, most of which are low-quality and sporadically updated. However, a number of webcomics have endured, and the best webcomics rival their newspaper and magazine counterparts in terms of quality and quantity. Megatokyo, Penny Arcade, PvP, Sluggy Freelance, and User Friendly are considered to be among the best of the webcomics.

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World Wide Web - 1990s - Webcomic - Megatokyo - Penny Arcade - PvP - Sluggy Freelance - User Friendly

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The majority of traditional newspaper comic strips now have some Internet presence. Syndicates often provide archives of recent strips on their websites. Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, started a trend by including his e-mail address in each strip.

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Scott Adams - Dilbert

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