Wednesday, November 10, 2010

History of Webcomics Wiki Page

      Before I delve deeper into the world of webcomics, I first wanted to find out about its history so that I could put the information that I learn later into context. Since I am conducting this search online, I used the all powerful Google as my primary tool for finding resources. After typing in the terms "history of webcomics" into the search bar, the first link was to this site. I wasn't that surprised to see that the first result was a wiki page. Although anyone can edit these online encyclopedia pages, they are usually mostly accurate and can be very informative. The most useful function for me were the links for key terms to other wiki pages so I could continue my research in more detail about the original webcomics and how they grew in popularity over the years. I read a few strips of some of the older webcomics such as Doctor Fun and Sluggy Freelance, and although they might be more than a decade old, they still can be quite entertaining. I encourage you all to take a quick look at the wiki page and check out a few of the first webcomics yourself, just to see how far webcomics have come since its origins in the 1990's.
One of the first highly popular webcomics by Peter Abrams, Sluggy Freelance.

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