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title: 'Stripping in Portland'
date: '2008-01-18T13:59:34-08:00'
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categories:
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Tools
  - Toonlet
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# Stripping in Portland

Portland-based [Toonlet](http://toonlet.com "Toonlet") is a fun little Web-based Flash application that lets anyone create comic strips.

And while there are a wide variety of illustrations at your disposal, unfortunately there is no “make this funny” button—as is made excruciatingly obvious by the comic I created below.

[![Toonlet](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/coveringtoonlet.gif?w=925)](http://toonlet.com/archive?a=1&i=1045 "Toonlet")

Marshall Kirkpatrick of Read/Write Web (the blue panel above) [also covered Toonlet today](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/toonlet_diy_cartoon_strips_made_social.php "Marshall Kirkpatrick on Toonlet"), citing:

> There’s lots of sites on the web where you can create your own comic strips but few of them let you build your own characters…. Each character you build can have multiple versions, depending on the mood they are in in a particular panel. The variation of characters and moods makes the site a lot of fun to click through.

For more information or to create a comic strip of your own, visit [Toonlet](http://toonlet.com "Toonlet"). And feel free to share what you create, either by [replying to the comic](http://toonlet.com/archive?a=1&i=1045 "Stripping in Portland") or replying to this post.

*\[Update\]* Be forewarned. The traffic from Marshall’s post already took down the server once. And now [his story is climbing Digg](http://digg.com/odd_stuff/DIY_Cartoon_Strips_Made_Social "DIY Cartoon Strips Made Social on Digg"). So, response times may be a bit erratic. Stick with it. It’s worth it.

*(Hat tip [Raven Zachary](http://twitter.com/ravenzachary/statuses/611684912 "Raven Zachary on Toonlet"))*