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Many web comics are little different from traditional paper comics, but a few web comics artists have taken advantage of the web's unique abilities. Scott McCloud has pioneered the idea of the infinite canvas, the idea that web comics should be free to spread out in every direction indefinitely, rather than confining themselves to dimensions that would fit on a piece of paper. A prime example of this principle would be the latter-day installments of T. Campbell's Fans, or Cayetano Garza's Cuentos De La Frontera. Other artists have experimented with the incorporation of animationThis animation moves at 10 frames per second. This animation moves at 2 frames per second. At this rate, the individual frames should be discernable. Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether into their comics (although purists may believe animation has no place in comics). Critical analysis of this medium can be found at ComixpediaComixpedia is an online magazine that provides coverage of the new medium of webcomics. Comixpedia is published by Xaviar Xerexes. Its first issue premiered in February of 2003 and provides updates every week. Comixpedia has featured cover art from leadin, an online magazineThis article is about the magazine as a published medium. For other meanings, see magazine (disambiguation A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. some magazines Magazines are typically published weekly ( ezineAn Ezine is a periodic publication distributed by email or posted on a website. Ezines are typically tightly focused on a subject area. Ezine's in concept are reworking of the popular magazine format of monthly, or weekly topical publications, in an elect) covering webcomics.

The web has, at least potentially, several advantages over the conventional form of publishing. It has removed many of the traditional barriers that prevent an independent comics artist from having his work published (in this sense, web comics are a continuation of the independent comics movement that began with underground comicsThe term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. The movement was centered in San Francisco, but also included important artists and publishers in New York, Chicago an, and later alternative comicsThe term alternative comics is one of several labels applied to a wide range of comic books, graphic novels, and allied forms created independently of large comic publishers such as Marvel comics or DC comics. These comics have appeared since about 1980,). As stated above, the restrictions of the usual comic format are lifted, though for functional reasons most still follow it. While newspaper comic strips have to be comprehensible to the average reader, the huge potential audience provided by the Internet allows much more specialization, as can be seen in the rise of video gamescreenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game BoyA video game is a game played using an electronic device with a visual display. Overview Often "video game" is taken in a narrow sense to mean those games played on consoles for television and similar handheld-oriented comics and the Transsexual Biographies. Much deeper plotlines and characterization are also made possible. And, of course, some (such as Eric Millikin's Fetus-X) delight in the fact that very few things short of blatant breaching of international law will lead to censorship.

To the criticism of many (especially established cartoonists) computer technology has made it no longer necessary for a webcomic artist to actually be a skilled artist. One popular form of webcomics that have become feasible due to the proliferation of video game sprites are sprite comics, in which existing images of video game characters are pasted into panels and dialogue is added in the form of speech balloons. These types of comics should not be confused with ones that use pixel art, an artform where the artist draws his own low resolution artwork from scratch.