1996 / Web post / Surreal webcomic
Red Meat Online
Max Cannon’s surreal comic strip found a durable web audience.
The original is hosted off-site; this page provides context and a link to it.
What was this?
Deadpan characters treat bizarre situations as ordinary.
Why it spread
Short self-contained strips traveled outside the alternative-weekly circuit.
What happened
Deadpan characters treat bizarre situations as ordinary.
Where it came from
Max Cannon made Red Meat available online in 1996; his official archive remains live.
Why it mattered
Red Meat showed that creator-controlled web publishing could sustain a distinctive comic voice.
How it spread
Short self-contained strips traveled outside the alternative-weekly circuit.
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