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[Link] Cynicalman Not Available Comics [Date] 10/28/99 [Comments] 
News Flash! Cynicalman is on the Web! While this is not exactly a Web Comic in that it isn't on the web for purposes of publication but rather as advertisement to get you to buy the products, I was so happy to learn (thanks Diane!) that it existed anywhere on the Web that it became this week's link. I first discovered Cynicalman in a discarded indie comics-only paper of the type that proliferated when I was in college. From that chance encounter, a whole unexpected world of underground comics opened up for me, the effect was sweeping and realligning. Cynicalman himself seems a part of the definition of his times; the small-shop punk attitude of the "franchise", the stories and style are inseparable from the 80's for me. On this topic, Matt's latest comic is as hilarious as ever, in which CM declares "Hey, Man, I remember the 80's! I was there!" The comics at the link given are all-new, and tailor-made for this media; Matt Feazell has several well thought-out innovations on his pages, and describes in great detail his method of preparing the comics for HTML. After consuming everything Matt's own site has to offer, you might follow his suggestion and read the hilarious Cute Girl comics at the old Not Available Comics site. You might then begin performing web searches for any other CM stuff out there. So far I've come up with: Kaplan's Rathskeller Cynicalman The Amazing Cynicalman Has A Cow Update 1/25/01Sorry about not getting to this sooner, but the big news is that Cyncialman has a great new home on the web, with a new reprint of a classic "Not Available Comic" every week! The archive is very long so you can catch up, and it's interesting to see the variety of dates these comics were reprinted from. I'm adding "Not Available Comics" to the original "Cyncialman" link to the left; check them both out.
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