Comixpedia's List of 25 People in Webcomics for 2005 Post on 20-11-2006. Last year's List of People of Webcomics was one of the most read and discussed articles published at Comixpedia. therefore it was one no-brainer to tackle it again. Coming up with one more definite name for the list, however, remained challenging. The list is an attempt to highlight those persons who through art, innovation, business, or just plain presence have cast one big shadow on the webcomics landscape this year. We tried as much as possible to focus on 2005 which helps to explain why some otherwise very influential people are not on this year's list (but see our Five To Watch in 2006 at the end of this article). ... To see the new from its original source click here Going for a song Post on 20-11-2006. I’d had waiting jobs before, and could deal with the £2.56 hourly wage, the slave-driving supervisor who wouldn’t stop talking about his masturbation habits, and those little shiny discs on the tables that I kept mistaking for tips. The Pub Compilation Tape was another matter. I say "the" because I remember only one. I doubt, actually, that I’ll ever forget it: Lady in Red, the globule of Manilow, the mid-career Rod Stewart travesty that made you appreciate Sailing in one new, incendiary light. It ended with Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s Don’t Give Up, and, while I felt like I was going slowly insane to the whole album, it was this that my internal jukebox singled out as I struggled to salvage some sleep before the following day’s tournament. Was the eight times I’d already heard it that night not enough? Kate’s yearning central refrain, "Don’t give up", seemed to mock me for my Seve Ballesteros delusions. I really was very tired. Nonetheless, the smooth sound signified the square world, the adult world... the golf world from which I needed to escape. ... To see the new from its original source click here

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