The Fable of the Webcomic Creator.

Once upon a time there was a webcomic creator.

Despite his best efforts he never quite managed to break into the sort of reader numbers he wanted and disappointed and confused by the lack of numbers he sought ways to improve his lot in the webcomic world through research.

He searched and searched for a means of success, but to no end and then one day he discovered a book, 'How to make webcomics'.

"Fantastic!" thought our hero, "This will give me all the answers I need!"

Trembling with excitement he studied the book at great depth, for this book was the answer to all his webcomic worries. Success was guaranteed!


...but alas such things weren't meant to be, for the book was not the infallible guide to all things webcomic related that he had believed it to be, but merely the opinions and views of its creators, what they found to work for themselves.

The webcomic creator came to resent the book and his attentions moved to forums for the answers. He would pick the brains of his peers and their collected experiences would show him the way, give him the guidance needed to succeed in his chosen field.

...but alas such things weren't meant to be, for webcomic creators are fickle, rude creatures and they failed to see the merit of our hero's work, causing a mockery of his research threads and taunted him endlessly. Tapirs and Godzilla now filled the thread, mocking his endeavours.

"I will not stand for this!" he declared, and indeed he did not stand for it. He did not stand for it at all. "The ringleader, I'll get him for this... this derailment of my thread!"

Thus did he proceed to chase the culprit across the vast expanse of the internet, determined to show his true nature to those who had been blinded to his disruptive ways.

...but alas such things weren't meant to be, for those communities shunned our valiant hero, choosing to stand by the villain despite the evidence presented against him.

Disrupted and disgruntled, but not disheartened he continued his work, away from the forums, tirelessly updating his blog, enlightening the masses to the evil ways of the webcomic nobility.

A true saviour to the webcomic world, he would show the webcomic creators of the world the way!

...but alas such things weren't to be, for he could not escape the mockery that he had faced followed him.

"Where is your proof?" the people asked in mockery of his revelations, "Where is the research to back this up?"

"You ask for proof?" he replied, "Is my word not proof enough that it is true?"

"No," replied the internet.

"Well," our hero said thinking on his feet, "There is evidence. In fact there is so much evidence that there is no room to post it here."

And the people nodded in agreement for his reasoning was infallible and they continued to read on, but dark clouds loomed on the horizon. The writers of the book were aware of our hero and unhappy with the scathing review it had received from our hero.

They unleashed their wrath upon his blog and for a while he retreated. He hid from the webcomic world, that had treated him so badly. What had he done to possibly deserve such mockery and torment? He had opened their eyes to the truth of the medium and they had been burnt by it.

They were retaliating in such a way, because they knew he was right!

And so the blog was restarted and the comments moderated. He left behind the term webcomics, for webcomics were the domain of charlatans and hacks. He would from now on create Online Comics!

The Online Comic revolution had begun!