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[Huge Uncut Asian Jerkboy]

Hopefully as permanent as shortcakes the leprechaun and Steven, the waiter who is really strong but too nice to ever get ahead in life.

[tai]

Hmm.. the only Keenspot comic worth a damn that I've come across is Superosity.  That and Achewood make up my daily read.  (ok and ScaryGoRound, DieselSweeties, and Goats.. geez)

*long time lurker 1st time poster..

[AugustWest]

*long time lurker 1st time poster..

What the hell is up with that?  We don't bite!  Post, lurkers, post!

Welcome tai and everybody else.

[Bozack]

Jesus, you wrote Krazy Larry?

I.....I....yeah, I liked that a lot. Way to go having freaking awesome art with good stories. SHOCK. ER.

[Nabubrush]

What the fuck is going on around here all of a sudden?

[V-Adore]

Welcome, all de-lurkers. You will be loved here.

I will freely confess that I never got around to reading Krazy Larry, but it looked to be of significantly higher quality than most of the Keen-stuff. To the archives I go!

And yes, Keenspot's business model always confused the living crap out of me. I remember nothing about it except that it involved a lot of reliance on the concept of "lots of hits" -> "???" -> "profit!" The ads I recall getting very blatant about "please just hit us, we aren't very good but there's an arguably sexy lady in it."

[southworth813]

Wow, now I'm glad I "de-lurked". I've been reading this forum for months now, and have been a-feared to join because I thought you literary jackals would tear me a brand new asshole in the middle of my forehead. I am pleasantly surprised, and happy to be here.

[yahnai]

Well, I thought today's comic was pretty damn funny.  Not as funny as the prank calls.

"Cathy... have my retarded baby..."  And especially:  "up yours garfield"

Not to over analyze, but tearing down the genre a little bit keeps Achewood a little edgy in my eyes.  I've spent a couple of insomniac nights reading Keenspot comics.  The content there isn't nearly as good as Modern Tales or Serializer, but it's free.  The art there seems to be riddled with more raw teenage angst than refined artistic angst.  Meh.  Screw 'em.

[Nabubrush]

Hey 813 - nice avatar. I'm going to toot my own horn and let you know that I have the original PBF "Bear Boy" and I consider it priceless.

[ferocious j]

That vampire dude with the shaggy hair and perpetually-open mouth is making me laugh more every time I go back to that strip.

[southworth813]

Hey 813 - nice avatar. I'm going to toot my own horn and let you know that I have the original PBF "Bear Boy" and I consider it priceless.

Shit, get the hell out of here... PBF is the best new comic I've come across in a long time, in my opinion. It reminds me of "The Far Side", and I wish it updated more than once a week.

How did you get your hands on an original? Do you know the artist?

[andalucia]

literary jackals.


I like this a lot.
Hi flood of new people.

[AlohaDawg]

The girl with the ponytail is definitely Lesnick's work. The kid with the weird glasses is from Anti-Hero for Hire, from the maker of Adventurers.

That being said, I think the comic is rather harsh. Like you said, it mocks webcomics in general. I read it and I hear, 'all webcomics suck except Achewood'. Telling that to a public that probably reads a -lot- of webcomics might raise the geek equivalent of fire and pitchforks.

Er... why? It's possible, but... why?

You also say that in a tone like Onstad is somehow betraying his fanbase -- when he's been open for some time (at least since the Dumbrella move, probably longer) about his distaste for most of the webcomic community and the predilections thereof. Furthermore, he's taking a few broad shots to which he seems to be wholly entitled. Anyone who would be grievously offended by this just needs to go back to Marmaduke.

First post here, so be nice. I've actually been part of Keenspot from the beginning, (...)
Please don't let this unfortunate affiliation influence your opinion of me. I am only a boy, asking for a girl to love him.

You are allowed. Out of curiosity, do you actually draw a strip for them, or are you just a long-time watcher of their activities?

But keenspot is optimized for AOL and WebTV!

[Bozack]

Right now I'm imagining two jackals attacking a weak and elderly lion. While one distracts it from the front, the other ducks under and bites open the lions stomach. Then it looks up, its maw glistening with blood and visceria, and gurgles, "I...PREFER....DELILLO!"

[AugustWest]

I consider myself more of a literary hyena.