, ▁is ▁his ▁full - time ▁job ▁and ▁source ▁of ▁income . ▁ ▁Comics ▁Row land ' s ▁com ics ▁were ▁used ▁along ▁with ▁Pen ny ▁Ar cade , ▁F et us - X ▁and ▁Question able ▁Content ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁com ics ▁using ▁the ▁web ▁to ▁create ▁" an ▁explos ion ▁of ▁diverse ▁gen res ▁and ▁styles " ▁in ▁Scott ▁Mc Cloud ' s ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁book ▁M aking ▁Comics ▁ ▁When ▁I ▁G row ▁Up ▁When ▁I ▁G row ▁Up ▁is ▁a ▁web com ic ▁written ▁by ▁Row land , ▁which ▁ran ▁from ▁June ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁until ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁It ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁fict ional ▁town ▁of ▁Sh allow ▁Brook , ▁Oklahoma . ▁The ▁main ▁characters ▁were ▁Ne al , ▁a ▁young ▁African ▁American ▁scient ist ▁working ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁government ; ▁Roger , ▁an ▁un emp loy ed ▁s lack er ; ▁Z oe , ▁a ▁self ish , ▁bitter ▁new sc aster ; ▁and ▁G ina , ▁a ▁college ▁student ▁and ▁part - time ▁employee ▁of ▁a ▁video ▁store . ▁ ▁The ▁structure ▁of ▁When ▁I ▁G row ▁Up ▁is ▁very ▁similar ▁that ▁of ▁Row land ' s ▁second ▁com ic , ▁W igu . ▁It ▁includes ▁five ▁different ▁story ▁ar cs , ▁which ▁are ▁often ▁interrupted ▁by ▁short ▁stories ▁or ▁single ▁stri ps . ▁ ▁When ▁I ▁G row ▁Up ▁was ▁hosted ▁on ▁Ke ens