Dayfree Press was an online

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syndicate. Each Dayfree member had a special

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on their webpage that advertised the comics of another member-site. The ad was generated at random every time the page reloaded and sometimes showed an ad for the comics that were on the same webpage. The name "Dayfree Press" was brainstormed in 1994 by Dana Darko and RStevens, as an umbrella for publishing minicomics for local distribution and mailorder. Shortly after RStevens left Dayfree to co-found dumbrella.com, Darko scoured the

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for "the most promising new webcomics talents." In 2003, the second incarnation of Dayfree Press began at dayfreepress.com with a starting line-up of eleven established webcartoonists.

Original member comics

* ''Butternutsquash'' by Ramon Perez and Rob Coughler * ''Coffee Brain'' by Rob Laughter * ''Comet 7'' by David Tekiela * '' Ctrl+Alt+Del'' by Tim Buckley * ''Instant Classic'' by Brian Carroll * ''Orneryboy'' by Michael Lalonde * ''Robot Stories'' by Dana Darko * ''Sam and Fuzzy'' by Sam Logan * '' Theater Hopper'' by Tom Brazelton (moved to Boxcar Comics) * '' White Ninja'' by Kent Earle and Scott Bevan

Previous member comics (non-original)

* '' A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible'' by David Hellman and Dale Berran * ''

Boy on a Stick and Slither ''Boy on a Stick and Slither'' (Sometimes abbreviated as ''BOASAS'') is a webcomic by Steven L. Cloud. Strips usually feature a short, pithy and sometimes surreal exchange between the title characters. The strip is characterized by dry and cyni ...

'' by Steven L. Cloud (moved to

Dumbrella Dumbrella is an alliance of webcomic artists who promote one another's sites, travel to conventions, and sell merchandise together. It is also the name of the website of that alliance, which serves as a shared weblog. The current members of the D ...

) * ''No 4th Wall to Break'' by Chris Whetstone and Jamie McGarry * '' Nothing Nice To Say'' by Mitch Clem (moved to Boxcar Comics) * ''

VG Cats ''VG Cats'' (short for ''Video Game Cats''"All About the Site"
''VG Cats''"Internet pro ...

'' by Scott Ramsoomair

Final membership

* ''Able and Baker'' by Jim Burgess * ''Bad News Radio'' by Maxx Diamond * ''Butternutsquash'' by Ramon Perez and Rob Coughler * ''Comet 7'' by David Tekiela * ''

Dinosaur Comics ''Dinosaur Comics'' is a constrained comics, 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, although there were earlier ...

'' by

Ryan North Ryan North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian writer and computer programmer. He is the creator and author of '' Dinosaur Comics'', and has written for the comic series of ''Adventure Time'' and Marvel Comics' ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl''. ...

* ''

Girly ''Girly'' is a webcomic created by Jackie Lesnick which follows the romantic relationship between two girls named Otra and Winter, as well as other citizens of the city of Cute-Town. It ran from 2003 until 2010. Plot summary The webcomic is a ...

'' by Jackie Lesnick * ''Kristy Versus the Zombie Army'' by David Tekelia * ''Little Gamers'' by Pontus Madsen and Christian Fundin. * ''Patches'' by Kelly Vivanco * '' Questionable Content'' by

Jeph Jacques Jeffrey Paul "Jeph" Jacques ( ) (born June 17, 1980) is an American cartoonist who writes and draws the webcomics ''Questionable Content'', '' Alice Grove'', and ''DORD'' (and formerly "Indietits"). Personal life Jacques was born in Rockvill ...

* ''Sam and Fuzzy'' by Sam Logan * ''Stuff Sucks'' by Liz Greenfield * ''

The Adventures of Dr. McNinja ''The Adventures of Dr. McNinja'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Christopher Hastings, and inked formerly by Kent Archer and after 2010 by Hastings himself. Published three times a week on its own website, it features the fictional adventures ...

'' by Chris Hastings and Kent Archer * '' White Ninja'' by Kent Earle and Scott Bevan

External links

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