Dumbrella
Encyclopedia
Dumbrella is an alliance of webcomic
artists who promote one another's sites, travel to convention
s, and sell merchandise together. It is also the name of the website of that alliance, which serves as a shared weblog and an active forum community with over 10,000 registered users .
The current members of the Dumbrella alliance are:
for webcomic artists. Current clients include Goats, Overcompensating, Real Life
, Sheldon, Evil Inc., Courting Disaster, Phables
, and Dinosaur Comics
. Dumbrella Hosting also hosts the webcomic search engine Oh No Robot
, the auction-based ad serving system Project Wonderful
, and the webcomic review blog Fleen.
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....
artists who promote one another's sites, travel to convention
Fan convention
A fan convention, or con , is an event in which fans of a particular film, television series, comic book, actor, or an entire genre of entertainment such as science fiction or anime and manga, gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and...
s, and sell merchandise together. It is also the name of the website of that alliance, which serves as a shared weblog and an active forum community with over 10,000 registered users .
The current members of the Dumbrella alliance are:
- Andrew Bell: The Creatures in my Head
- Jeffrey Rowland: Wigu, Overcompensating
- Jonathan RosenbergJonathan RosenbergJonathan Rosenberg is the webcomic artist responsible for Goats, Scenes From A Multiverse, and megaGAMERZ 3133T. Rosenberg has been producing webcomics since 1997, making him one of the original webcomic artists....
: GoatsGoats (webcomic)Goats is a popular webcomic written and illustrated by Jonathan Rosenberg. The webcomic started April 1, 1997. On April 3, 2006, after nine years drawing the strip, Rosenberg became a full-time cartoonist making his living drawing Goats... - John AllisonJohn Allison (artist)John Allison is the writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins , Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery . John described Scary Go Round as "a comic that I've been making since 2002. It started off as a comic about barmaids Tessa and Rachel, then it became more about Shelley Winters and her bizarre...
: Scary Go RoundScary Go RoundScary Go Round was a webcomic set in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Tackleford, England, and written by John Allison. Scary Go Round was named one of the best webcomics of 2004 by The Webcomics Examiner. The Sunday Times describes it as "postmodern Brit horror" that is "subtle and stylishly... - R. Stevens: Diesel SweetiesDiesel SweetiesDiesel Sweeties is a webcomic and former newspaper comic strip written by Richard Stevens III . The comic began in 2000, originally hosted at robotstories.com...
- Sam BrownSam Brown (artist)Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert, is an American illustrator and author most noted for his website, explodingdog. The gimmick of the site is that he draws pictures based on titles that visitors to the site send him via email or twitter...
: ExplodingdogExplodingdogexplodingdog is the name of an internet web site run by Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert. Viewers of the site e-mail Brown short phrases for inspiration and he picks certain ones to illustrate... - Steven Cloud: Boy on a Stick and SlitherBoy on a Stick and SlitherBoy on a Stick and Slither is a webcomic by Steven L. Cloud.Strips usually feature a short, pithy and sometimes surreal exchange between the title characters. The strip is characterized by dry and cynical humor....
Dumbrella Hosting
As of 2006, Phillip Karlsson is no longer formally part of Goats, but has instead formed Dumbrella Hosting, a web hosting serviceWeb hosting service
A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet...
for webcomic artists. Current clients include Goats, Overcompensating, Real Life
Real Life (webcomic)
Real Life is a webcomic drawn and authored by Greg Dean. Begun on November 15, 1999 and published on weekdays, the comic is loosely based around the real lives of Greg and his friends ....
, Sheldon, Evil Inc., Courting Disaster, Phables
Brad Guigar
Brad Guigar is an American cartoonist who is best known for his daily webcomic Greystone Inn and its sequel Evil Inc. ...and his laugh-Biography:Brad Guigar was the eldest of five children and grew up in Bad Axe, Michigan...
, and Dinosaur Comics
Dinosaur Comics
Dinosaur Comics is a constrained webcomic by Canadian writer Ryan North. It is also known as "Qwantz", after the site's domain name, "qwantz.com". The first comic was posted on 1 February 2003, though there were earlier prototypes. Dinosaur Comics has also been printed in two collections and in a...
. Dumbrella Hosting also hosts the webcomic search engine Oh No Robot
Ryan North
Ryan M. North is a Canadian writer, computer programmer, and occasional songwriter who is the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, and co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog....
, the auction-based ad serving system Project Wonderful
Ryan North
Ryan M. North is a Canadian writer, computer programmer, and occasional songwriter who is the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, and co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog....
, and the webcomic review blog Fleen.