Microsoft has released a working alpha demo of Infinite Canvas, a new app for presenting online comics. It aims to make a reality of one of Scott McCloud’s key ideas for the future of webcomics…

Indeed, McCloud has even supplied a short comic strip to test the system with…

For those who get huffy and Luddite about computers and comics, you can paddle off in your coracle to the Alternative Press Fair in London on Sunday 1st Feb 09. Strapline: “Pens, Pencils and Photocopiers”.