Bobbins (webcomic)

Bobbins (webcomic)

Bobbins is a webcomic set in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Tackleford, England, and written by John Allison.

It ran from September 21, 1998, to June 3, 2002, but shifted into reruns with commentary on May 17, 2002. In 2002 Bobbins was nominated for the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards categories Best Use of Color, Best Site Design and Best Female Character (Shelley Winters). In June 2002 Bobbins was Runner-up best online comic strip in the UK National Comic Awards. Webcomics portal Keenspot keeps the Bobbins archive freely accessible online.

Upon its conclusion John Allison began another webcomic, entitled Scary Go Round (SGR). Most of the main characters followed him, and SGR, although originally intended to be a spin-off focussing on the minor characters of Tessa Davies and Rachel Dukakis-Monteforte, eventually ended up with roughly the same cast as the end of Bobbins.

Bobbins focused on the staff of City Limit magazine, their friends, relationships and lives.