Dumbrella is an alliance of

webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be co ...

artists who promote one another's sites, travel to conventions, and sell

merchandise Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer. At a retail in-store level, merchandising refers to displaying products that are for sale in a creative way that entices customers to purchase more i ...

together. It is also the name of the website of that alliance, which serves as a shared

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. The current members of the Dumbrella alliance are: *Andrew Bell: ''The Creatures in my Head'' *

Jeffrey Rowland Jeffrey J. Rowland (born May 22, 1974) is the author and artist responsible for ''#Wigu, Wigu'' and ''#Overcompensating, Overcompensating'', two popular webcomics. Originally from Locust Grove, Oklahoma, Locust Grove, Oklahoma, Rowland now lives ...

: ''

Wigu Jeffrey J. Rowland (born May 22, 1974) is the author and artist responsible for '' Wigu'' and '' Overcompensating'', two popular webcomics. Originally from Locust Grove, Oklahoma, Rowland now lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts, where he contin ...

'', ''Overcompensating'' * Jonathan Rosenberg: ''

Goats The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of Caprinae, goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a membe ...

'' * John Allison: ''

Scary Go Round ''Scary Go Round'' is a webcomic by John Allison. Running from 2002 to 2009, it is set in the fictional North Yorkshire town of Tackleford and follows university students battling fantasy and science fiction threats to the town. The comic was ...

'', ''

Bad Machinery ''Bad Machinery'' is a webcomic written and drawn by John Allison and set in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Tackleford, England. ''Bad Machinery'' started on 21 September 2009 loosely based on characters and situations from John Allison's ...

'' * R. Stevens: ''

Diesel Sweeties ''Diesel Sweeties'' is a webcomic and former newspaper comic strip written by Richard Stevens III (R Stevens). The comic began in 2000,Rall, Ted (2006). '' Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists'', New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchi ...

'' * Sam Brown: ''

Explodingdog explodingdog is the name of a website run by Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert. From 2000 to 2015, viewers e-mailed Brown short phrases for inspiration and he illustrated certain ones. The drawings are usually rendered digitally and are known ...

'' *Steven Cloud: ''

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 ...

Dumbrella Hosting

As of 2006, Phillip Karlsson is no longer formally part of ''Goats'', but has instead formed Dumbrella Hosting, a

web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients, i.e. it offers the facilities required for them to create and maintain a site and makes it accessible on the World Wide Web. Companies providing web h ...

for webcomic artists. Current clients include ''Goats'', ''Overcompensating'', ''

Real Life Real life is a phrase used originally in literature to distinguish between the real world and fictional, virtual or idealized worlds, and in acting to distinguish between actors and the characters they portray. It has become a popular term on th ...

'', ''

Sheldon Sheldon may refer to: * Sheldon (name), a given name and a surname, and a list of people with the name Places Australia * Sheldon, Queensland *Sheldon Forest, New South Wales United Kingdom *Sheldon, Derbyshire, England *Sheldon, Devon, England * ...

'', '' Courting Disaster'', ''

Phables Brad Guigar (born April 9, 1969) is an American cartoonist who is best known for his daily webcomic ''Greystone Inn'' and its sequel ''Evil Inc.'' Early life Brad Guigar was the eldest of five children and grew up in Bad Axe, Michigan. He att ...

'', and ''

Dinosaur Comics ''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, although there were earlier prototypes. ''Dino ...

''. Dumbrella Hosting also hosts the webcomic search engine '' Oh No Robot'', the auction-based ad serving system '' Project Wonderful'', and the webcomic review blog ''Fleen''. Dumbrella Hosting was discontinued early June 2013. Real Life Comics: Welcome to the new Real Life! (Look familiar?)
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