Jonathan Rosenberg (born November 27, 1973) is the

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artist responsible for ''

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'', ''Scenes from a Multiverse'' and ''megaGAMERZ 3133T''. Rosenberg has been producing webcomics since 1997, making him one of the original webcomic artists. When the

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added a new category, Online Comic Strips, in 2011, Rosenberg was the first winner. Rosenberg graduated from

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in 1995 with a major in

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. Before working full-time as a webcomic artist, he also worked as a website design consultant. On January 19, 2003, Rosenberg married

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/ printmaker and fellow Cornell alum Amy Melnikoff. In August 2006, the Rosenbergs moved from their Manhattan apartment to a house in

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, New York. Because he was living in Manhattan at the time, Rosenberg's early work also tended to be set predominantly in this location. Later works branched off into real and imagined locations vastly disjointed from his previous comics.

Works

*''

'' - Started April 1, 1997, Rosenberg placed it on hiatus on April 30, 2010. He ran a successful

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campaign in February 2012 to fund the publishing of Goats book IV and to finish the story. As of August 2014, the Goats website has been relaunched but no merchandise or new comics have been delivered. *''Scenes from a Multiverse'' - This strip started on June 14, 2010, and is updated semi-daily on weekdays (updates were daily, Monday through Friday, initially). Early on, readers could vote each Friday which of the week's strips would be continued on the following Friday, but voting was suspended indefinitely in December 2012. The comic is partly funded through

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since December 2013. *''megaGAMERZ 3133T'' - written under the name '' Diablo'', who is a Satanic chicken and a character in ''Goats''. The strip began in June 2005, and it was discontinued in June 2006. The site currently loops through previous comics in linear sequence. It heavily parodies template-made gaming comics, in spite of not having much of a gaming focus. megaGAMERZ 3133T is currently (November 2013) on hiatus. * ''Team Force Alpha''. A planned journal comic, described by Rosenberg in 2006 as the project after Goats. *Joke web sites, including Moon the White House, Moistnap, Brains 4 Zombies and Stoolfairy. *Sundry guest strips

Publications

*''Goats: Showcase Showdown (The Infinite Pendergast Cycle)'' - May 2010. . *''Goats: The Corndog Imperative (The Infinite Pendergast Cycle)'' - December 2009. . *''Goats: Infinite Typewriters (The Infinite Pendergast Cycle)'' - June 2009. . *''Goats: Inhuman Resources (The Infinite Pendergast Cycle)'' - June 2013. . *''Tasty Yet Morally Ambiguous: Goats, Volume I & II'' - Dec 2003. . *''Evil Chickens Don't Kiss: Goats, Volume III'' - Aug 2002. . *''Behold the Power of Ignorance: Goats, Volume IV'' - Nov 2001. . *''Scenes from a Multiverse book 1'' *''Business Animals: Scenes from a Multiverse book 2'' *''Greetings from bunny's planet, scenes from a multiverse''

Appearances in other webcomics

Rosenberg has occasionally appeared as a character in other webcomics, particularly as ''Mr. Jon Rosenberg'' in

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's '' Overcompensating''. That incarnation of Rosenberg's comic alter ego apparently has jewelry in his intestinal system and was fake-killed by

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Awards

*2011 National Cartoonists Society Online Comic Strip Award

References

External links

LiveJournal: Mr. Jon Rosenberg's Ice Cream Cavalcade and BoozatoriumAn interview with Rosenberg in Comixpedia (February 2006)Community interview with Rosenberg at Comixpedia''TPN: The All American Podcast'': Jon RosenbergInterview with Rosenberg at ''Fuzzy Blanket''Webcomics 101 class notes: ''Fleen'' article on 2006 Comic Con International where Rosenberg was a panelist''Wizard'': "Getting His Goat", Rosenberg interviewNPR: "Zany, Random Yet Fuzzy Goats"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenberg, Jonathan 1973 births American webcomic creators Cornell University alumni Living people Artists from New York City People from Westchester County, New York