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Avalon (webcomic)
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Avalon was a webcomic
by Josh Phillips set in the fictional city of Avalon, Ontario
, Canada. It focused on a group of high school
students, and while it was originally gag-a-day, it evolved into a coherent, long-term story with realistic characters. The comic launched on 8 November 1999 and was originally scheduled to end in August 2002.
After a series of lengthening delays, Phillips eventually placed the comic on indefinite hiatus on 24 August 2004 and posted a text summary of the how the story would have played out, including the revelation that one of the heretofore heterosexual characters would suddenly and without explanation decide to enter a lesbian affair. Phillips announced that, having recently been married, he had "outgrown" Avalon and cartooning in general, and had no further need to continue the project.
Avalon was a member of Keenspot
.
No new Avalon comics were produced until 24 January 2006, when Phillips posted a new strip, and stated his intention to finish the series. Only seven new strips were produced, the last of which was released on 28 February 2006. As of May 2006
, no new strips have been released, and no explanation has been given. On 15 February 2007, Phillips revamped the site, linking to the text summary of the storyline's conclusion on the otherwise-blank main page.
The author has since said that he has moved on from the strip and has no intention of continuing the project beyond the written conclusion. He briefly tried his hand at several smaller projects, such as the short-lived web-comic "Two-Eighty", but abandoned them after only a few updates.
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
by Josh Phillips set in the fictional city of Avalon, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada. It focused on a group of high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
students, and while it was originally gag-a-day, it evolved into a coherent, long-term story with realistic characters. The comic launched on 8 November 1999 and was originally scheduled to end in August 2002.
After a series of lengthening delays, Phillips eventually placed the comic on indefinite hiatus on 24 August 2004 and posted a text summary of the how the story would have played out, including the revelation that one of the heretofore heterosexual characters would suddenly and without explanation decide to enter a lesbian affair. Phillips announced that, having recently been married, he had "outgrown" Avalon and cartooning in general, and had no further need to continue the project.
Avalon was a member of Keenspot
Keenspot
Keenspot is a webcomics portal founded in March 2000 by cartoonist Chris Crosby , Crosby's mother Teri, cartoonist Darren Bleuel , and Nathan Stone.-History:...
.
Post-Hiatus
After an extended period of hiatus, Phillips mentioned that he was debating farming out the art and writing to fellow webcartoonist, David Willis, so that his dedicated fan-base could receive resolution of the story-line.No new Avalon comics were produced until 24 January 2006, when Phillips posted a new strip, and stated his intention to finish the series. Only seven new strips were produced, the last of which was released on 28 February 2006. As of May 2006
May 2006
May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days.The following events also occurred during the month:...
, no new strips have been released, and no explanation has been given. On 15 February 2007, Phillips revamped the site, linking to the text summary of the storyline's conclusion on the otherwise-blank main page.
The author has since said that he has moved on from the strip and has no intention of continuing the project beyond the written conclusion. He briefly tried his hand at several smaller projects, such as the short-lived web-comic "Two-Eighty", but abandoned them after only a few updates.
Awards
In 2001, Avalon won Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards for and . In 2002, it was nominated for and , and won . Avalon was nominated for the 2003's as well.External links
- http://www.avalonhigh.com/
- http://www.twoeighty.ca/