Editing Webcomic (section)

==Medium==
[[Image:Dieselsweeties 01583.png|thumb|Many webcomics like ''[[Diesel Sweeties]]'' use non-traditional art styles.]]
[[Image:Fetusx fx082106painting.jpg|thumb|The themes of webcomics like [[Eric Millikin]]'s have caused controversy.]]
There are several differences between webcomics and print comics. With webcomics the restrictions of traditional books, newspapers or magazines can be lifted, allowing artists and writers to take advantage of the web's unique capabilities.

===Styles===
The creative freedom webcomics provide allows artists to work in nontraditional styles. [[Clip art]] or [[photo]] comics (also known as [[Photonovel|fumetti]]) are two types of webcomics that do not use traditional artwork. ''[[A Softer World]]'', for example, is made by overlaying photographs with strips of typewriter-style text.<ref name="Publishersweekly3">{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6327720.html |title=It's A Softer World After All |first=Chris |last=Arrant |date=April 25, 2006 |work=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Reed Elsevier |access-date=2009-11-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606062854/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6327720.html |archive-date=June 6, 2009 }}</ref> As in the [[constrained comics]] tradition, a few webcomics, such as ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' by [[Ryan North]], are created with most strips having art copied exactly from one (or a handful of) [[Page layout|template]] comics and only the text changing.<ref name="attitude3 North">{{cite book | title=[[Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists|Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists]] | last=Rall | first=Ted | author-link=Ted Rall | year=2006 | publisher=Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing | location=New York | isbn=1-56163-465-4 | pages=115–121}}</ref> [[Pixel art]], such as that created by [[Richard Stevens (cartoonist)|Richard Stevens]] of ''[[Diesel Sweeties]]'', is similar to that of sprite comics but instead uses low-resolution images created by the artist themself.<ref name="Detroit Stevens">{{cite news | title=Diesel Sweeties tackles nuts, bolts of love | first=Michael H. | last=Hodges | newspaper=[[The Detroit News]] | publisher=Jonathan Wolman | location=Detroit | date=January 8, 2007 | page=1E}}</ref> However, it is also common for some artists to use traditional styles, similar to those typically published in newspapers or comic books.

===Content===
Webcomics that are independently published are not subject to the content restrictions of [[book publisher]]s or [[Print syndication|newspaper syndicate]]s, enjoying an artistic freedom similar to [[underground comics|underground]] and [[alternative comics]]. Some webcomics stretch the boundaries of taste, taking advantage of the fact that [[Internet censorship]] is virtually nonexistent in countries like the United States.<ref name="CCP" /> The content of webcomics can still cause problems, such as ''Leisure Town'' artist [[Tristan A. Farnon|Tristan Farnon]]'s legal trouble after creating a profane ''[[Dilbert]]'' parody,<ref name="TCJ Farnon">{{cite journal | last1=Crane | first1=Jordan |date=April 2001 | title=A Silly Little Coat Hanger for Fart Jokes: Talkin' Comics with Leisuretown.com's Tristan A Farnon | journal=[[The Comics Journal]] | issue=232 | pages=80–89}}</ref> or the [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]]'s protest of artist [[Eric Millikin]]'s "blasphemous treatment of Jesus."<ref name="CatholicLeague">{{cite web | url=http://www.catholicleague.org/catalyst.php?year=2000&month=November&read=1108 | title=Michigan State President Acts Presidential | date=November 2000 | work=Catalyst Journal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights | publisher=Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights | access-date=2009-11-28 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124060541/http://www.catholicleague.org/catalyst.php?year=2000&month=November&read=1108 | archive-date=January 24, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Format===
Webcomic artists use many formats throughout the world. [[Comic strips]], generally consisting of three or four [[panel (comics)|panels]], have been a common format for many artists. Other webcomic artists use the format of traditional printed [[comic book]]s and [[graphic novel]]s, sometimes with the plan of later publishing books.

[[Scott McCloud]], an early advocate of webcomics since 1998,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottmccloud.com/1-webcomics/|title=scottmccloud.com - Webcomics|website=scottmccloud.com}}</ref> pioneered the idea of the "[[infinite canvas]]" where, rather than being confined to normal print dimensions, [[artist]]s are free to spread out in any direction indefinitely with their comics.<ref name="reinventingcomics">{{cite book | title=[[Reinventing Comics]] | last=McCloud | first=Scott | author-link=Scott McCloud | year=2000 | publisher=Paradox Press | location=New York | isbn=0-06-095350-0<!--ISBN very different from original invalid number&nbsp;– pagination might differ--> | pages=200–233}}</ref><ref name="McCloud TCJ">{{cite journal | last1=McCloud | first1=Scott |date=July 2001 | title=McCloud in Stable Condition Following Review, Groth Still at Large | journal=[[The Comics Journal]] | issue=235 | pages=70–79}}</ref> Such a format proved highly successful in [[webtoon|South-Korean webcomics]] when JunKoo Kim implemented an infinite scrolling mechanism in the platform [[Webtoon (platform)|Webtoon]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-webtoons-2016-2|work=[[Business Insider]]|title=Millions in Korea are obsessed with these revolutionary comics -- now they're going global|last=Acuna|first=Kristen|date=2016-02-12|access-date=February 25, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218064901/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-is-webtoons-2016-2|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, French web cartoonist [[Yves Bigerel|Balak]] described [[Turbomedia]], a format for webcomics where a reader only views one panel at a time, in which the reader decides their own reading rhythm by going forward one panel at a time.<ref name=Balak>{{cite web|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/interviews/balak-auteur-et-createur-du-turbo-media-il-y-a-un-marche-de-la-bd-numerique/64884|work=Actualitte|title=Balak, auteur et créateur du Turbo Media : "Il y a un marché de la BD numérique"|last=Leroy|first=Joséphine|date=2016-03-06|access-date=February 25, 2017|archive-date=February 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226131034/https://www.actualitte.com/article/interviews/balak-auteur-et-createur-du-turbo-media-il-y-a-un-marche-de-la-bd-numerique/64884|url-status=live}}</ref> Some web cartoonists, such as political cartoonist [[Mark Fiore (cartoonist)|Mark Fiore]] or Charley Parker with ''[[Argon Zark!]]'', incorporate [[animation]]s or [[interactivity|interactive elements]] into their webcomics.<ref name="attitude3">{{cite book | title=[[Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists|Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists]] | last=Rall | first=Ted | author-link=Ted Rall |year=2006 |publisher=Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing | location=New York | isbn=1-56163-465-4 |page=9}}</ref>