Avalon (webcomic)
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 8 November 1999 and was originally scheduled to end in August 2002. "Avalon" was a member of Keenspot. Hiatus and Aftermath. After a series of lengthening delays, Phillips eventually placed the comic on indefinite hiatus on 24 August 2004. No new "Avalon" comics were produced until 24 January 2006, when  Phillips posted a new strip and stated his intention to finish the series. Only seven new strips were produced, the last of which was released on 28 February 2006. As of May 2006, no new strips have been released, and no explanation had been given. On 15 February 2007, Phillips revamped the site, linking to the text summary of the storyline's conclusion on the otherwise-blank main page. This summary described the intended endings of the story arcs introduced up to that point, including the revelation that a presumed-heterosexual character would enter a lesbian affair. After an extended  period of hiatus, Phillips mentioned that he was considering farming out the art and writing to fellow webcartoonist, David Willis, so that his dedicated fan-base could achieve closure from the storyline. Phillips announced that, having recently been married, he had "outgrown" "Avalon" and cartooning in general, and had no further need to continue the project. He briefly tried his hand at several smaller projects, such as the short-lived webcomic "Two-Eighty", but abandoned them after only a few updates. Awards. In 2001, "Avalon" won Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards for and . In 2002, it was nominated for and  , and won . "Avalon" was nominated for the 2003's as well.