Alice, also known as Alice!, is a web comic by Michael McKay-Fleming currently steadily updated on a Monday-Friday schedule. It is (almost) completely comedy, and is composed of a mix of gag strips and short story arcs, mostly the latter. Alice combines fantasy sequences with real-life situations in a manner reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes without nearly as much social commentary. After coloring the occasional strip for most of its run and switching to very large, full-colour ones for a while, Michael is now delivering the comic in a conventional black-and-white, four-panel newspaper format. The art style has remained fairly static for several years, but also high in quality. The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... The webcomic genres are the types of themes a webcomic can take. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... Look up ALICE and Alice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Web comics are comics that are available on the web. ... Monday is considerd either the first or the second day of the week, between Sunday and Tuesday. ... Fifth day of the week, falling between Thursday and Saturday. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. ... For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic—albeit stuffed—tiger. ...

The strip was in hiatus for about a year, until it was relaunched in March 7, 2005. Alice is a member of Keenspot. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Keenspot (short for KeenSpot Entertainment) is the largest single publisher of exclusive webcomics on the Internet. ...

Characters

The core of the comic is formed by a trio of Canadian preteens/early teenagers. They all moved from grade seven to grade eight at the relaunch, which, save the appearance of breasts, has had little consequence. A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... A pair of human female breasts The term breast, also known by the Latin mamma in anatomy, refers to the upper ventral region of an animals torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. ...

• Alice Dobson - The eponymous main character, Alice is a cheerful and active redhead girl with an imagination the size of Montana that leaves little room for a grip on reality. She initiates and dominates the many and varied fantasy sequences and is a majority supplier of mayhem, and also by far the least boy-crazy of the lot. Aka Amazing Girl, aka leader of the Star Amazons, aka the Dragon Slayer, aka...
• Dorothy "Dot" Robert Carroll - A strong-willed and realistic straight man to Alice, Dot is in many ways a contradictory character. She has a strong friendship with Alice and serves as a voice of reason that is seldom listened to. Constantly featured in Alice's imaginings and as often irritated by them, there is some evidence that her resistance is at least partially a facade. Dot grew up with three older brothers, and consequently has been known to hogtie bullies with their own braids when pushed.
• Joanne Kovanchuk - Hor-mones. The third girl of the trio was a somewhat later addition and is going into puberty with a gung-ho attitude. A budding man-eater, all signs say that she would've ended up as yet another popular gossiper was it not for her association with the other two. Joanne enjoys Alice's flights of fancy more than Dot claims to, but is seldom included in them. She should not be trusted with anything stereotypically associated with teenagers.

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Spinoff

L'il Alice

L'il Alice is a weekly spin-off comic to Alice! that is only available to subscribers of Keenspot Premium. It is writtenn by McKay-Fleming, author of the original alice, while Tariq De Vore does the artwork. It is set before Alice!, following Alice in her younger years. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Keenspot (short for KeenSpot Entertainment) is the largest single publisher of exclusive webcomics on the Internet. ...

Alice: The Summer Years

Alice: The Summer Years is a spin-off comic to Alice! that has yet to be published. It covers the life of Alice, Dot and Joanne as they leave home for the first time. Unlike the other two Alice comics, it has a rating of PG.

Books

• Alice: Forsooth! Methinks yon Lass hath a Screw Loose by Michael McKay-Fleming.

External links

• Alice!