The+Online+Comic+Community

  The online comic community is huge! by David Myers

Comics are a great way for people to get their ideas out into the big wide world because they are relatively simple to make compared to say a movie or a novel. Having said that, not everyone is automatically good at making comics. Comics have had a long and sometimes controversial history and there are many different styles and techniques of comic making out there. The web is a great place to look for information about comics ranging chat rooms to more information specific pages.  Here are some cool websites to check out relating to comics with lots of links within these you could lose yourself in comic world for days! [|**http://www.psu.edu/dept/inart10_110/inart10/cmbk4cca.html**]** When comics were banned! ** [|**http://www.psu.edu/dept/inart10_110/inart10/cmbk2fungold.html**]** history of comics ** [|**http://www.psu.edu/dept/inart10_110/inart10/cmbk9pmgn.html**]** postmodernism and comics ** [|**http://www.comicartists.eu/index.php?lang=en**]** : comic book artists ** [] : **loads of different links to hundreds of comic-related websites.** []: ** Check out the 24hour comics day. Started by the one and only Scott McCloud himself. ** []: **A great list of a selection of Henry jenkins favourite graphic novels: like Persopolis that we looked at in Literacy Class.** []: **make your own captain underpants comics!**