Editing Sprite comic (section)

==History==
The 1998 webcomic ''Neglected Mario Characters'' was the first sprite comic to appear on the internet,<ref name=1UP>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/features/strip-games|title=Will Strip for Games|last=Maragos|first=Nich|date=2005-11-07|website=[[1UP.com|1UP]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208074942/http://www.1up.com/features/strip-games|archive-date=2015-12-08|url-status=dead|ref=Maragos}}</ref> though ''Bob and George'' was the first sprite comic to gain widespread popularity. Starting its run in 2000, ''Bob and George'' utilizes sprites from the ''[[Mega Man (series)|Mega Man]]'' series of games, with most of the characters being taken directly from the games. ''Bob and George'' played a significant role in the popularity of sprite comics, as well as webcomics in general.<ref name=CBR>{{cite web|url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/05/will-there-ever-be-another-great-sprite-comic/|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|title=Will there ever be another great sprite comic?|last=Cruz|first=Larry|date=2014-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007134918/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/05/will-there-ever-be-another-great-sprite-comic/|archive-date=2014-10-07}}</ref><ref name=Wired>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63691,00.html?tw=wn_2culthead|magazine=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|title=You, Too, Can Be a Comics Whiz|last=Sjöberg|first=Lore|date=2004-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225205631/http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63691,00.html?tw=wn_2culthead|archive-date=2005-12-25}}</ref>

Art assets were [[ripping|ripped]] from [[Super NES]], [[Sega Genesis]], and [[Game Boy Advance]] games and were collected in online databases such as The Spriters Resource. A [[platform game]] such as ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' may contain hundreds of sprites of its protagonist running, jumping, and falling, though cartoonists frequently [[Palette swap|recolored]] characters or edited them to convey a broader range of emotion. Over time, sprite comic creators collaborated with projects such as the World Spriters Tournament, in which cartoonists let their sprite comic characters fight one another.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/19/a-panel-shaped-screen-the-games-we-use-to-make-comics/|work=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]|title=A Panel Shaped Screen: remembering the sprite comics of the mid-2000s|last=Zavarise|first=Giada|date=2019-09-19}}</ref>

Few sprite comics have gained mainstream attention since ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' ended in 2010. Though sprite comics are still popular among amateur cartoonists, Larry Cruz from ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'' noted that the aesthetic is played out.<ref name=CBR />