Webcomic Collectives: Defunct and Limping |
Defunct and Limping Webcomic Collectives
Found Hat Press, founded 2004, site semi-functional but posted noticed of overhaul in 2008. Membership circa 2006: Phil McAndrew, Natasha Allegri, Mike Stevens, Jamie Dee Gale, Tyler McAndrew, Jess Fink, Ira Marcks, Zach Chase, Stuv, Eric Feurstein, Tom McHenry
Interact - Most of the members of this long-gone group went on to found Bomb Shelter Comics collective.
Playground Ghosts, Site functional in 11/08. Seems to have expired circa 10/07. Members: David Malki, Wondermark, Chris Yates, Reprographics, Colleen AF Venable, Fluff in Brooklyn, Chris Dlugosz, PIXEL, Steve Hogan, Acid Keg, Bernie Hou, Alien Loves Predator
Rocket Pirates - More of a debacle than a webcomic collective. With the phrase, "Who wants to be a Rocket Pirate?" British print comic artist/sociopath Warren Ellis set off a photocopying and submission frenzy, the depth of which caught him off guard. Months of hype and excuses evolved into a littany of complaints about the submissions, which at last were followed by a quiet announcement that the project was suspended. Someone -- probably Ellis -- has done an efficient job doctoring Wikipedia entries and generally scrubbing evidence of the disaster from the internet, but they couldn't get it all. In recent photos Ellis looks increasingly boozy.
This article from ComixTalk has additional information about some of these webcomic collectives, and graphics.
