Some more than others

Let's face it. Thurbear's basically a newspaper-style comic strip being posted to the web. And that's OK because, at its heart, Thurbear is a strip originally drawn with the thought of seeking newspaper syndication -- and I still might. But the spectre haunting Thurbear is the fact that the time for pure newspaper-based comic strips may have passed. I spend a lot of time thinking about that. What will be next? There must be some sort of engaging middle ground between the static panels of comic strips and merely animating them. I stumbled upon an interesting hybrid yesterday called Bitstrips. At this site, the reader can customize their own characters and easily create their own one-of-a-kind strips. I don't know if it's the answer, but it's certainly interesting. Check it out. -- casey