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158: 141:, allowed people to build up characters from pre-defined parts which users were also free to supplement with their own. When their character was ready, they could save, and then swap out parts to build up a library of moods or poses to use in their comics. Completed comics were automatically posted in a forum format to the site. Others could reply with their own comic. 144:
Five to ten of the previous day's comics were added to the Top Strips section of the site daily. Comics could be sent to friends via email or embedded onto a blog or website. In addition to other users of Toonlet, art packs had been created for the site by comic artists such as
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Seth Ladygo. The two made a beta version of the site live to the public at the end of the year. Previously, Schwartz worked at the video game publisher
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in 2008, Toonlet differed from other webcomic building tools of the time in that comics are published on the site (or embedded elsewhere) similar to
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video game in late 2007. In mid-2008, Schwartz and Ladygo asked friend Ian Schlein to join the company as part-time
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start-up
Dot com
Portland
Oregon
toonlet.com via the Wayback Machine
website
cartoon
webcomics
beta
forum
blog
Adobe Flash
Peter Bagge

Maker Faire
Portland, Oregon
CEO
CTO
Electronic Arts
The Sims
SimCity
institutional
venture capital
angel investment
Spore
Community Manager
"Cartoon You: Creating Easy Avatars"
"Toonlet: yet another (good) comic strip builder"
CNET

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