What a brilliant day to start a blog! Comic Wonder has been officially online for a little over one month. We set out in beta five months ago. Lots of testing, set-backs, milestones passed, milestones delayed, and my personal favorite, milestones accomplished!

Comic Wonder was the brainchild of my husband Jeff and his business partner, Mike Dillon, back in 1999. The idea of user-generated content was in its infancy and the blogosphere had yet to be properly coined, but there was Jeff and Mike trying to explain the concept of user-generated jokes to traditional media companies. Their comments were along the line of, “Let’s leave comedy to the professionals, no one wants to hear from amateurs.”

How wrong they were!

After many starts and restarts, Comic Wonder raised $450K from its founders and launched its beta site in July 2007. We now have a team of seven dedicated to bringing smiles to the masses.

We wanted to keep this blog to track our progress with the site, share our stories and mishaps, and discuss industry trends. All the members of our wee community will be contributing. So, off we go!