Keenspace sampler cover, by Ewan Baird

Comic Genesis(formerly KeenSpace) is a free hosting provider for web comics. KeenSpace is a service of KeenSpot, who cover hosting costs. As a whole, Keenspace and its subdomains rank as a top 10,000 website. [1] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (618x867, 332 KB) This image is the cover of an individual issue of a comic book. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (618x867, 332 KB) This image is the cover of an individual issue of a comic book. ... Digital War is a web comic by Ewan Baird. ... Web comics are comics that are available on the web. ... Keenspot (short for KeenSpot Entertainment) is the largest single publisher of exclusive webcomics on the Internet. ...

Services

In exchange for the placement of advertisements, Comic Genesis provides automatic updating tools, a free .comicgenesis.com domain, free domain hosting after a third-party registration, a free message board for hosted comics, and community/support in the form of an active forum. It is also supported by a group of volunteer administrators (known as the "Space Wranglers"). Jump to: navigation, search Gaia Online, the largest English language forum-based community as of April 2005 — powered by a modified version of phpBB. An Internet forum is a web application which provides for discussion, often in conjunction with online communities. ...

Comic Genesis is widely regarded as an excellent starting ground for prospective webcomic artists, as there is no requirement to join other than having a comic to put up. This negates some of the risks of venturing into webcomics, such as hosting costs and domain registration. Many well-known web comics started from it. See comedian Stand up comedian List of Comedians List of British comedians comics comic book comic strip underground comics alternative comics web comic sprite comics manga graphic novel List of comic characters This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Web comics are comics that are available on the web. ...

History

Official Comic Genesis logo

Official logo before the name change to Comic Genesis

Keenspace was created in July 2000 as a free webhosting service for comics. Since its founding, it has undergone many technological and design upgrades. Keenspace supports the use of flash content and many image formats. Keenspace also provides nearly unlimited creative control to its users, allowing custom web templates and minimal restrictions on web content. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Keenspace logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Keenspace logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search Macromedia Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both a multimedia authoring program and the Macromedia Flash Player, written and distributed by Macromedia (to be acquired by Adobe Systems), that utilizes vector and raster graphics, a native scripting language called ActionScript and bidirectional streaming of video and...

In 2003, Keenspace came under fire from its advertisement provider Burstnet, for allowing the popular Keenspace comic Ghastly's Ghastly Comic to display its advertisements while displaying a comic featuring Jesus having sexual intercourse with his wife. Currently, comics on Keenspace featuring sex or hentai themes do not display advertisements. Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ghastlys Ghastly Comic banner Ghastlys Ghastly Comic is a webcomic by Chris Cracknell, A.K.A. Ghastly, dealing with anime fetish and paraphilias. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Jump to: navigation, search The missionary position is the most common position for sexual intercourse in humans The cowgirl sex position is a position frequently combined with kissing, caressing, and embracing of the paramour The Doggy position is thus named because canines, as well as most other mammals, use this... Jump to: navigation, search Hentai (変態), a Japanese word meaning abnormal or perverted, is used in many western countries to refer to anime, manga, and computer games with explicit sexual or pornographic content (see Japanese pornography). ...

Former Keenspace logo

In March 2005, KeenSpot (KeenSpace's owner) announced a name change to Toonspace, but the users of KeenSpace vocally complained about the name change. On June 2, 2005, Chris Crosby opened a thread/poll "New Name Deathmatch". The winner from the poll is Comic Genesis, the url for which is comicgen.com. The reason for the name change is because of brand confusion between Keenspot and Keenspace. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Misconceptions

Keenspace, along with many free hosting providers, is subject to many misconceptions.

• Keenspace is not a breeding ground for next generation Keenspot comics. When Keenspace originally started, it partially existed for that reason. Keenspot openly denies that being hosted on Keenspace will enhance a comic's chances of being "spotted" (a term used for being invited to join Keenspot). While a large bulk of comics invited to join Keenspot do come from Keenspace, this is because a large majority of webcomics are hosted on Keenspace.
• Keenspace no longer hosts comics that breach copyright laws. Comics that use unoriginal characters and sprites are in violation of copyright laws, and will likely have their hosting terminated. One exception are "parody" comics, which are permitted under American Fair Use laws and are therefore allowed on the KeenSpace servers. However, credit to the original must be provided.
• Keenspace serves as a webcomic host, and does not provide services of other free web providers. Keenspace is not an image hosting hosting service for direct image linking, or a web FTP "dump site" used for storing and sharing online content.

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References

External links

• Comic Genesis - The Main Page
• Keenspace Gear - The official helpsite
• Keenspace Guide - The guide listing of all comics on Keenspace
• Comic Genesis Newsletter - The unofficial newsletter
• Comic Genesis Wiki - The built-in wiki
• KeenSpot

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Communities

• Keenspace Forums - Community Forums
• MySpace group
• Livejournal group