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PaperorPlastic?:TheFirst20Strips1

The First 20 Strips

Written and drawn byMark A. Cooper

PaperorPlastic?:TheFirst20Strips2

Hello!

Welcometo

PaperorPlastic?:TheFirst20Strips

,asamplerofthewebcomicthatI’vebeenwritinganddrawingsinceDecember2008.I’mdefinitelysomeonewhohastoomuchtimeontheirhands,anditwasononesuchoccasionthatIstarteddrawing

Targetoons,

comicstripsbasedonthegoings-onatTarget,whereIwork(oratleastIwasworkingthereatthetimeofputtingthiseBooktogether!).Myco-workerslikedwhatIdid,andIhadplanstosendthemofftothecompany’sstaffmagazine,sothey’dgetanationalaudience.Theplan,however,fellthrough,whichleftmefeelingthattherewouldn’tbemuchpointcontinuingthestrips.Butthenafriend,code-named“Pencil”(toprotecttheiridentity),suggestedthatIshouldredrawthestripsminusalltheTargetreferences,andthensendthemto

NewYorker

magazine…Insteadofsendingthemto

NewYorker

,though,IdiscoveredthenicepeopleatComicGenesis(www.comicgenesis.com

),whohostwebcomicsforfreeinexchangeforhavingalittleadvertisingincludedonthepages.Now

PaperorPlastic?

hasan

international

audience:22countriesatthetimeofwriting,andI’mhopingtoaddalotmoretothelist!I’mthefirsttoadmitthatI’mnotthatgreatatdrawing,butIhaveadamngoodgoatit.Thesurprisingthingisthatofthereaderswho’vecommented,noneofthemseemtohaveaproblemwithmyham-fisteddrawingstyle;theyjustappreciatethehumor.Infact,I’vehadacoupleoffriendsaskingtobeinthestrips(actually,oneofthempractically

demanded

it),andtheydidn’tmindabitthattheirdigitalcounterpartslookonlyslightlylikethem.Theoneinthetopcornerofthispageis,ofcourse,me-my“DigiMe”…Yes,I’minthestrips,too-butatleastI’venotmademyselfthestaroftheshow!Ifyoulikewhatyousee,youcanfindtheongoingadventuresoftheSupa$hoppagangonline,asImentioned- justgotopaperorplastic.comicgenesis.com.NewstripsappearonMondaysandWednesdays,withoccasionalextras.Notethatyoudon’tneedtotype“www”togetthere;infact,tosaveyouallthattyping,I’veturnedtheaddressintoalinkonthispage!Aren’tInice?Elsewhereonline,I’vealsowrittenawikipage,withextrabitsoftrivianotincludedontheComicGenesissite,andaFacebookPage,incaseyoufeellikebecomingafan…(Oh,aquicknote:thequalityofthepicturesisalotbetterontheComicGenesissitethaninthiseBook;I’vetriedtokeepthefilesizeofthisthingaslowaspossible,sopleasebearthatinmindwhenyou’relookingatthefollowingpages.)Incidentally,Idecidedtocreatethestripsusing

American

English,despitebeingBritish.Thereason?Myinitialaudience(myfriendsandco-workersatTarget)wasAmerican,soItailoredittotheirversionofEnglish.Hopefully,British-English-speakerswon’tbetoooffendedbythis-andoneofthecomicstripsevenplaysonthevariationsinEnglish(you’llhavetogoonlinetoseeit,though).Also,ifyou’dliketoshowthissamplertootherpeople,feelfreetodistributeitbyemail,orsendthemtothewebsiteyougotthisfrom,orjuststickitonaflashdriveandtieittoacarrierpigeon’sleg.Ireallydon’tmindhowyoudoit…butifyou

decidetodoit,thankyou!

MarkA.Cooper

pricesamurai@aol.com

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Acknowledgements

•

JackBrackitt,whosuggestedcreatingthiseBookwhenIcomplainedtohimthatIdidn’tknowhowtoattractmorereaders…

•

ComicGenesis,thefreeweb-comic-hostingsitewhichhosts

PaperorPlastic?

•

A

big

thank-youtoallthereadersI’vehadsofar...



Dedication

PaperorPlastic?:TheFirst20Strips

isdedicatedto“Pencil”and“T-Bone”,whowerethefirsttoencouragemeinthislittleenterprise.Withoutyoutwo,I’dbeboredalotmoreoften!

Unlessattributedaccordinglywithinthestrips(trademarkedproductsandservices),allcontentandthiseBookare©MarkA.Cooper2008-9.DistributionofthiseBookworldwideispermitted,providedallcopyrightattributionsremainintact.

PaperorPlastic?:TheFirst20Strips

issuppliedfreeofcharge.IfyoupaidtoreceivethiseBook,seeaboutgettingyourmoneyback...

An apology about “white space”

Iwantedtokeepthestripsintheorderinwhichtheyappearedonthe

PaperorPlastic?

website.Unfortunately,asaconsequence,thereareafewpagesinthiseBookwhichcontainratheralotofwhitespace,becausethestripsonthosepagesarejusttoolargetoaccommodateadditionalstripswithoutmakingthetextdifficulttoread.I

could

havefilledthespacewithcommentsaboutthecomics,butsomehow,itfeltwrongtodoso.Iapologizeifmychoiceoffendsyoursensibilities.Ifyoureallyhateitthatmuch,getarefund.

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Paper or Plastic - The First 20 Strips

A FREE sampler containing the first 20 strips of "Paper or Plastic?", a gently-humorous, PG-13-rated web comic about the staff and customers at the fictional Supa$hopp... (More)

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