Online Cartoonist Finds Financial Success Offline

destinyland writes "The first collection of Perry Bible Fellowship comics has racked up pre-sales of $300,000 due to its huge online following. Within seven weeks the volume required a third printing. Ironically, the 25-year-old cartoonist speculates people would rather read his arty comics in a book than on a computer screen, and warns that 'There's something wonderful, and soon-to-be mythic, about the printed page...' He also explains the strange anti-censorship crusade in high school that earned him an FBI record!"

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Re:Newspaper comics

[Just Some Guy]

Is it just me or are the comics in newspapers COMPLETELY devoid of any humor?

It's just you. Well, OK, they're pretty awful as a whole but there are still some decent ones:

• Pickles: Who knew crotchety old men could be funny?
• Heart of the City: Ditto 7 year old girls and their geeky friends.
• Non Sequitur: If Gary Larson chose to tell a story instead of a one-liner.
• Doonesbury: No, really. Not everyday, but most of the time.
• Zits: Almost always at least mildly amusing, occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.
• Baby Blues: For parents only, I think - a perfect reflection the middle class married with kids lifestyle.
• Peanuts: Yeah, I said it. Now that they're running Chuck's old stuff before he forgot that adults buy the newspaper.

Still not funny:

• Cathy: Irving, think Ike Turner. You know what to do.
• Gasoline Alley: Does anyone like this?

Re:Newspaper comics

[FleaPlus]

I'd personally add Pearls Before Swine and FoxTrot to that list of good newspaper comics. Of course, I actually read those comics almost entirely online. ;)