Avalon (webcomic)

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Avalon
Avalon strip from 2006-02-08
Author(s)	Josh Phillips
Website	http://www.avalonhigh.com/
Current status	Permanent hiatus
Launch date	1999-11-08 [1]

Avalon was a webcomic by Josh Phillips set in the fictional city of Avalon, Ontario, Canada. It focused on a group of high school students, and while it was originally gag-a-day, it evolved into a coherent, long-term story with realistic characters. The comic launched on 1999-11-08 and was originally scheduled to end in August 2002.^[1]

After a series of lengthening delays, Phillips eventually placed the comic on indefinite hiatus on 2004-08-24 and posted a text summary of the how the story was to play out^[2].

Avalon is a member of Keenspot.

[edit] Post-Hiatus

Between January 24th and February 28th, 2006, seven new strips were posted to the site. The strip has not been updated since.

After an extended period of hiatus, Phillips has said that he was debating farming out the art and writing to fellow webcartoonist, David Willis, so that his dedicated fan-base could receive resolution of the story-line.^{[verification needed]}

[edit] Awards

In 2001, Avalon won Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards for Best School-based Comic and Best Dramatic Comic.^[3] In 2002, it was nominated for Best Reality-based Comic and Best Dramatic Comic, and won Best Romantic Comic.^[4] Avalon was nominated for the 2003's Best Romantic Comic as well.

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Phillips, Josh. About Avalon. Retrieved on April 6, 2006. It mentions the original target date for the comic's conclusion.
2. ^ Phillips, Josh. Text summary of Avalon's planned conclusion. Retrieved on April 6, 2006.
3. ^ 2001 Web Cartoonist's Choice Award Results. Retrieved on April 6, 2006.
4. ^ 2002 Web Cartoonist's Choice Award Results. Retrieved on April 6, 2006.