Since this is the first official issue of this fine publication, I suppose it would be best to start by introducing myself before I start blathering away about all the news that's fit to spew. My name is Scarecrow, or Keencrow, if you prefer. I have had web comics in the past. One was very bad. The other wasn't quite as putrid, but it still involved bad art and jokes. They're both gone now, thankfully, and after much careful thought, I've decided to do another one only when I come up with an idea that isn't as craptacular as the old ones. I am older than fifteen, and younger than thirty-five. I do read quite a few web comics, but I don't obsessively follow any of them.

That's me, or as much as you need to know for now.

Webcomics in general are an awesome thing. This is not to say there aren't a lot of comics out there that should be put down like Old Yeller, but in a simple sort of sense, web comics are just, well, awesome. I can say this because I'm a fan. No one particular web comic, mind you. Just web comics in general. When I'm ready for a web comic infusion, I go to a site like onlinecomics.net or a random web comic forum, and just start following links. If you follow enough links, you'll always find something new, if you click long enough. Sure, half of the people in Keenspace link to each other, especially among those that are regular forum-goers, but most everyone has at least one link that isn't a part of the immediate family. Sometimes you'll hit a pay site, and be turned back, or the site will be dead, or on hiatus, or just plain awful, but at least you're seeing something fresh and new to you.

With each web comic you stumble across, you enter a new realm, with its own individual characters and quirks. If the blogging craze has taught me anything, it's that everyone is a little voyeuristic by nature. We all love to have a peek into someone else's life. It's the same with web comics. Even if the web design is crappy, and the comic is even worse, I still find myself looking over a few of the comics. I'm not into self-torture or anything, I just like to see what other people have found fit to thrust out there for everyone to see. I wonder why they chose to make a web comic, and what they hoped to achieve. If the comic is on hiatus, I wonder where they went, and why they left, and if they'll ever come back. So, I guess you could say webcomics give me a sense of something bigger, and let's me see, if only through a bad joke, or horribly done manga style strip, the person that made it.

I guess I should give an example. Let's go with Pimpette and Associates. Just by reading Pimpette's comic, and looking around the site, you can get a feeling for what the artist is like. She's playful and flirty, (and very cute, I might add). Her strip is funny, strange, and at times really random, all in a good way. I'm betting she is like that too, though I don't know her at all, really.

Then again, she could be a grumpy jerk with no redeemable qualities at all, but I doubt it. Webcomics rarely lie. After all, it's hard to create anything without putting a huge chunk of yourself into it. Or, I could just be reading too much into all this. Maybe they're just comics, and I've made myself seem really touchy-feely, and creeped out Pimpette in the process. Ah, well.

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