| Dinosaur Comics | |
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| Author(s) | Ryan North |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday except Canadian holidays |
| Launch date | February 1, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Humour |
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 February 1, 2003,[1] although there were earlier prototypes. Dinosaur Comics has also been printed in three collections and in a number of newspapers.[2][3] The comic centers on three main characters, T-Rex, Utahraptor and Dromiceiomimus.[4]
Comics are posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Every strip uses the same artwork and panel layout;[5] only the dialogue changes from day to day. There are occasional deviations from this principle, including a number of episodic comics.[6] North created the comic because it was something he'd "long wanted to do but couldn’t figure out how to accomplish... [he doesn't] draw, so working in a visual medium like comics isn’t the easiest thing to stumble into."[7]
- ^ North, Ryan (February 1, 2003). "Dinosaur Comics No. 1". Dinosaur Comics. Archived from the original on July 1, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ^ Warmoth, Brian (June 19, 2006). "North by T-Rex". Wizarduniverse. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
Is Dinosaur Comics printed anywhere else off the Internet?
It was in a few papers, but they tended to go bankrupt, so that was the end of that. There were a lot of university papers. If a university paper or a school paper asks to run the comics, I'm like, 'Sure! Don't worry about payment, just putting it in will be great.' But for large papers I ask for a little bit of money. Then they go bankrupt. - ^ Doctorow, Cory. "Dinosaur Comics collection: improbably fantastic re-use of dinosaur clip art". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ^ Elfring, Matt (May 30, 2012). "Web Comic Spotlight: 5/30/12: Dinosaur Comics". Comic Vine. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ^ Swaim, Michael (September 12, 2007). "The 8 Funniest Webcomics". Cracked.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ^ North, Ryan (March 19, 2003). "Dinosaur Comics No. 35". Dinosaur Comics. Archived from the original on November 2, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
- ^ Mitchel, Bill (August 13, 2009). "In Depth: Ryan North". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.