Chopping Block

Chopping Block is a webcomic by Lee Adam Herold, hosted on Keenspot. The strip takes a one-panel format with a text caption underneath the picture, and is updated sporadically; Herold admits that he will "update from time to time, then... disappear for even longer."[1]

Chopping Block
Author(s)Lee Adam Herold
Websitehttp://www.choppingblock.org/
Launch dateJuly 25, 2000
Genre(s)Dark humor

Chopping Block uses a gray-tone art style that is inked and sponged before being scanned into the computer.[2]

Awards

In 2001, Chopping Block won the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards for Best Concept, Best Male Character (Butch), Best Gag Comic, and Best Other Genre Comic; it was also nominated for the award for Best Art.[3] The next year it again won the awards for Best Male Character, Best Gag Comic, Best Other Comic, and Best Art; it was also nominated for Best Comic.[4] In 2003 it was nominated for Outstanding Art, Outstanding Black and White Art, Outstanding Short Form Comic, and Outstanding Gag Comic.[5]

Collection

  • Chopping Block Vol. 1: Always Remember to Bring the Scythe (2004) ISBN 0-9722350-3-5

Notes and references

  1. Herold's announcement regarding update frequency Accessed 19 April 2007.
  2. "Chopping Block creation process". Retrieved 2006-04-14.
  3. "WCCA 2001 Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2006-04-14.
  4. "WCCA 2002 Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2006-04-14.
  5. "WCCA 2003 Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2006-04-14.
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