- John Troutman
John Troutman is a notable
webcomic artist. He was born in1983 inOhio , but his family quickly moved toArizona . He debuted on theWorld Wide Web with "The Adventures of Sporkman " onJanuary 20 ,2000 and was one of the earliest cartoonists (#12) to join the fledglingKeenspace service for freewebcomic hosting. He worked on this comic improving his drawing and writing skills for well over a year before moving on to his better known "Basil Flint, P.I. " comic which was onKeenspot , but recently ended. He created a spin off strip "Felicity Flint, Agent from H.A.R.M. " and collaborated withMeaghan Quinn on a western adventure strip, "Vigilante, Ho! ", both of which debuted onGraphic Smash , a subsidiary ofModern Tales , before both "Felicity" and then "Vigilante, Ho!" moved to Keenspot.His greatest moment of notoriety came when he publicly railed against Keenspot's comic selection process with great vitriol before later joining Keenspot's ranks. His second greatest moment, which he claims to never want to hear about again, is when his friends who also had online comics banded together for a 'Spot the Spork' campaign to get him on Keenspot. It failed, but years later, even after ending the original Sporkman comic, Troutman began a chibi Sporkman comic on Keenspot, effectively 'spotting' the spork after all.
During 2005, he wrote another spinoff of "Basil Flint": "
Andiewear! ".On
October 25 th,2005 Troutman has announced that he has stopped all production on all of his webcomics in favor of arelaunch of the entire "Basil Flint" series, from the ground up. He relaunched "Basil Flint" in2006 on a monthly update schedule, so that his work will read more like a regularcomic book . "Vigilante, Ho!" was supposed to resume around then as well [http://keenforums.keenspot.com/viewtopic.php?p=1984787] ."
Flint Again " launched onApril 3 rd,2006 and updated until June, 2007. In July 2008, Troutman launchedFlat Feet and High Heels , another reshuffle of the Flint continuity.External links
* [http://www.basilflint.com/ "Flint Again"]
* [http://www.sporkman.com/ "The Adventures of Sporkman"]
* [http://www.keenspot.com/ Keenspot Entertainment]
* [http://www.graphicsmash.com/ Graphic Smash]
* [http://www.flatfeetcomics.com/ Flat Feet and High Heels]
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