Clickwheel was an

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that published

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s on the video

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, and it started in 2005. Clickwheel featured "quirky, independent ... character driven comics." The artists in the collective included

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, demian.5, Shaenon K. Garrity, Ryan North, and Tim Demeter. Demeter also served as editor. After the release of the iPhone in 2007, Clickwheel also created comics for mobile phones. Clickwheel used a mixed revenue strategy, selling advertising, selling subscriptions, and selling individual comics with an iTunes-style purchasing model. The service was replaced with a web-based outlet that offers purchases of web-based digital subscriptions with issues that can be downloaded.

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