The Art of Webcomics

31 Dec 2007 1 Comment

by madsilence in Art, Art History, Books, Culture, Digital art, Japan, Japanese Culture, Literature, Popular Culture, Reading, Technology, Websites Tags: comics, graphic novels, history, hokusai, manga, political cartoons, webcomics

I was browsing the web this afternoon when I was struck by the comic that had appeared in my inbox. Comics have come a damn long way since pen and paper!

A Look at Comics through Time:

Hokusai as father of modern manga? Matt Thorn’s take on “The History of Manga.“

Comics as political commentary.

Comics for fun! Sometime heartwarming, sometimes roll-over funny, sometimes melancholy.

The graphic novel.

And of course comics’ latest development, the webcomic. A very flexible medium that allows established artists as well as, well, anyone, to get out there and display their unique sense of humor.

A few more fun links:

• MoCCA – Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
• The Webcartoonist’s Choice Awards
• Weekly Geekly: Not Your Parents’ Funny Pages – Charleston City Paper
• Publishers look to digital comics – Publisher’s Weekly
• The Big Comic Book Database
  

~CAB

PS:  What webcomics do you read?  Leave comments with your favorites!