Online Identity

Webcomics are a medium used by authors to establish their voice and identity through autobiographical comics, niche audiences, and online communities. Authors are sometimes unable to demonstrate their ideas and emotions through standard print texts that have no images. Instead, they are able to form niche audiences and convey their emotions through different webcomics or autobiographical comics. This collection explores how webcomics are able to gain a niche audience and establish a voice in various webcomics. Alternatively, this collection contains a counter-example to demonstrate a poor way in which a webcomic failed to gain an audience and establish an online identity. Through webcomics, authors are able to convey their online identity and create online communities.