Tristan Alexander Farnon is an American

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, creator of

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''Leisure Town'', the ''Silent Key''

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and Spigot. He is one of the founding creators of the

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-based webcomic Jerkcity, now known as ''Bonequest''.

''Leisure Town''

''Leisure Town'' features photographs of bendable toy figures digitally superimposed onto separately photographed backgrounds to create each frame. While the "characters" are children's toys, the comics explore mature themes. The strip ran from 1997 to 2003 (although in a reduced format from 2001 to 2003); some limited additional content was published in what appears to have been a one-time event in 2005. The strip is still being published on the Internet, but no new content has been published since 2005.

References

* Crane, Jordan (April 2001). ''A Silly Little Coat Hanger for Fart Jokes: Talkin' Comics with Leisuretown.com's Tristan A Farnon''. ''

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'', no. 232. Pg. 80-89 * Hattori, James (February 2, 2002). "NEXT@CNN 13:00". ''CNN'', Transcript #020200CN.V30 * Pearson, Kali (January 19, 2002). "Net buskers have lots of freedom". ''The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)'', Pg. W7.

External links

Leisure Town

BoneQuest

Gaping Maw

Silent Key Podcast on iTunes

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