Crosspost roundup

[scarfman]

From a discussion in the blogs at Comixpedia about the cliche of new webcomics starting out with fourth-wall-breaking introductions

It used to be that a tv series pilot was a sample episode; nowadays instead a pilot is more usually an origin episode. I think the best way to start a tv series or a webcomic is a sample episode, whereas the fourth-wall-breaking cliche is instead comes from starting off with an origin instead. My webcomic's first strip is an origin, yes; it's also true that that's a trope today's entertainment consumers have come to expect, and you don't want to start out defying readers' expectations much. But mine also demonstrates what the comic's really about by being a gag no other webcomic could do.

From demiurgent's post at Websnark in praise of Saturday's Peanuts:

I wrote my Online Comics Day strip after reading Monday's Peanuts (look quick; Peanuts archives expire after thirty days). I kept that Peanuts as my office PC wallpaper for most of the week. You just can't beat the classics.