Bacon, Guns and Chipmunks with Helmets

The widely popular and sometimes incoherent comic strip, Barkeater Lake, has freed itself from the constraints of a multi-million dollar conglomerate and ventured out on its own. As of January 6th, the feature ceased to exist on United Media's comics.com and has, as of this past Monday, taken up residence at www.barkeaterlake.com.

The site features a daily comic, a blog (how original) and the opportunity to sign up for yet another e-newsletter. There's also a store front that currently only offers a copy of the first Barkeater Lake book, Welcome to Barkeater Lake, which features a forward by our Drink at Work hero, Francesco Marciuliano. The site also offers memberships in the fake town of Barkeater Lake's Chamber of Commerce, which seems a welcome alternative to just donating money to another web comic. There are 3 levels of membership, each including different BL merchandise and art for joining.

There are some parts of the site not working, which is a bit annoying. The strip archives are not active and the comic database is not built, so to view previous comics, one as to type in the site address with the date of the strip following.

Nonetheless, its worth checking it out. There seems to be a cult following of sorts, plus there's a chipmunk militia.

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