Fetus-X

Fetus-X

] Millikin also has a kitten named Patches which he built by stapling together roadkill lying around his house and who has a tentacle for a tail. []

"Fetus-X" was named one of the best webcomics of 2004 by "The Webcomics Examiner", who called it "one of the sharpest political commentaries available. In an era where presidents are treated as messiahs, and questioning the fatherland’s foreign policies is socially unacceptable, Eric shows how necessary it is to yell at the top of your lungs about the madness of it all." [cite web| url =http://webcomicsreview.com/?p=20 | title =The Best Webcomics of 2004 | accessdate =2007-03-18 | last = | first = | date = | format = | work =The Webcomics Examiner | publisher =| quote = ]

In 2006, "Fetus-X" was nominated for multiple Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards including Outstanding Comic, Outstanding Single Panel Comic, and Outstanding Romantic Comic. It (referred to as "Foetus-X") was later disqualified for not meeting the Award's defined genre criteria for romance comics. [cite web| url =http://www.comixpedia.com/zorticfinal_wcca_voting_begins | title =Final WCCA Voting Begins! | accessdate =2007-02-16 | last =Mekkes | first =Mark | date =2006-07-21 | format =blog post | work =Comixpedia | publisher =Xavier Xerexes | quote =after extensive review, it has been determined by the WCCA Committee that Foetus-X's nomination for "Outstanding Romance Comic" does not comply with the Outstanding Romance Comic category's genre criteria ] In 2007, "Fetus-X" was again nominated for multiple Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards including Outstanding Romantic Comic. It was not disqualified from the romance category in 2007.

"Fetus-X" was used along with "Penny Arcade", "American Elf" and "Questionable Content" as an example of comics using the web to create "an explosion of diverse genres and styles" in Scott McCloud's 2006 book "Making Comics" McCloud, Scott (2006). "Making Comics", New York: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-078094-0. Pg. 227]

ide projects

Eric Millikin has won awards for his illustrations for major newspapers such as The Detroit News. "News is honored by sports editors". (February 28, 2003). "The Detroit News", p. 1H. ] "Feral Calf" is a comic by former "Fetus-X" artist Casey Sorrow. It is about feral fish people doing strange things to each other and is also hosted on Webcomics Nation. Eric Millikin and Casey Sorrow also created the holiday Monkey Day (celebrated December 14th) as an opportunity to educate the public about monkeys, as a holiday that supports evolution rather than religious themes, and an excuse to throw monkey-themed costume parties. McKenzie, Charlie " [http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=7928 Holiday monkey business] ". (December 8, 2005). "Hour (Montreal, Quebec)"] " [http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2980&IssueNum=131 A toast to Bubbles] ". (December 8, 2005). "Los Angeles City Beat"]

References

ee also

*List of comic strips
*List of webcomics

External links

* [http://www.fetusx.com Fetus-X]
* [http://www.serializer.net Serializer]
* [http://www.moderntales.com/series.php?name=newsletter&view=archive&seq=8006 Eric Millikin interviewed at Modern Tales]
* [http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue040614/millikin.html Eric Millikin interviewed at The Webcomics Examiner]
* [http://www.comixpedia.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1896&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Eric Millikin interviewed at Comixpedia]
* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/caseysorrow/feral/series.php Feral Calf]


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