Tim Buckley (comics)

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Tim Buckley
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NationalityAmerican
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Tim Buckley (born 1980 or 1981) is an American webcomic artist and writer. He is best known for creating the gaming webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del . Buckley lives in Secaucus, New Jersey with his wife and two children.[ citation needed ]

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Early life

Career

Buckley launched his webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del in 2002, which mixes video game humor with dramatic storylines. He has mentioned using current video game trends and his personal experiences as inspiration. [1] [2]

Buckley often listens to reader feedback and has used it to guide story changes in the comic, and even allowed readers to vote on how the story should proceed. [3]

A 2008 Ctrl+Alt+Del strip titled "Loss", about the protagonist suffering a miscarriage, led to much discussion and derision online over the jarring shift in tone and has become a popular and enduring internet meme. [4]

In January 2003, Buckley introduced a gaming holiday called Winter-een-mas in his comic. [5] Ubisoft celebrated it in 2011 by offering discounts on purchases of digital download games from their web store. [6]

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Awards and nominations

In 2004 and 2005, Ctrl+Alt+Del was nominated for the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards Outstanding Gaming Comic award, [7] and in 2005 it was nominated for Outstanding Comic. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Liming, D. (Fall 2012). "Bloggers and Webcomic Artists: Careers in Online Creativity" (PDF). Occupational Outlook Quarterly: 18–19. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ Cruz, Larry (June 3, 2014). "'Fanboys': gamers evolved". CBR. Archived from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ Walters, Maria (May 1, 2009). "What's up with Webcomics?: Author-Reader Relationships and Finances" (PDF). Interface: The Journal of Education, Community and Values. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ Feldman, Brian (November 6, 2015). "Talking to the Man Behind 'Loss,' the Internet's Longest-Running Miscarriage 'Joke'". nymag.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ Buckley, Tim (January 27, 2003), First strip introducing Winter-een-mas , retrieved September 24, 2025
  6. ↑ "Celebrate Winter-Een-Mas 2011 With Ubisoft Discounts – Tech Olive". techolive.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards 2004 Results". Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards 2005 Results". Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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