Stripgenerator

Registration: Registration is not required to play with the basic Stripgenerator, however to access more features, creating a user account is required.

Background: The only background option for for Stripgenerator is white.

Body Language: There are two means of producing characters; either choosing from the large list of pre-made bodies or creating new ones. The user can choose from a list of ready made drawings of hair, eyes, mouth, head and body. Once created, they are stored away for future comics.  Most characters are  black and white and can be polar-reversed once in the panel.  The facial expressions range from happy to moody, sad to grumpy. The characters have no arms or legs, hence gestures are limited to the props that are used to illustrate gesture.

Clothing: Clothing is a considered a body part  and thus is a part of the body selection when creating a character. Clothing is simple, black and white and in the case of this comic strip, sets the tone of each character.

Devices: There are only four devices, a wisp of steam, motions to show that an item or person has disappeared, a sound word (BAM) and music notes. However there are props that could be used as devices for example the bundle of flames could be used above the head to indicate anger.

Lettering: Only one font and font size is used.

Speech Balloons: There are 9 Speech Balloons, half that do not have a tail to connect the box to the character. The balloons are all squares and the color of the box is white or black. The white or black background of the speech balloon can be one way of portraying emotion.

Gutters: Gutters are a regular thin white strip.

Panels: Panels range from 1-3 and offer no variety in width or height proportions.

Focus: Depth of field is created by the zooming feature of the characters. Characters can also be rotated and placed on their heads, or on their sides.

Stereotypes: The only stereotypes in this comic creator are the characters. They could be portrayed as gothic, emo-ish or vampire-ish.

Accessibility: Sharing a newly created strip is easily done through email, embedding the code into any social networking site or providing a link.

Intended User: Users would most likely be from the teen or adult group just because of the overall tone that is set by the black and white colors, and punk style characters. Presenting this comic creator to students would be at the teacher's discretion. Librarians could use this comic creator with their teen groups to create stories or discuss issues through creating comics.

Summary: Stripgenerator is easy to share, flexible with its characters, and creative in its content. This comic creator's characters, props and shapes are rather unique compared to other comic creators. Not alien but not human, this comic creator gives a different comic experience.