It seems just plain wrong that A Lesson is Learned But the Damage is irreversible and Copper, probably my two favorite web comix are on hiatus. In the mean time you can enjoy the stunning work in the archives of these two remarkable comix. For all their differences, they have some striking similarities. For example:

1. Both ignore that old web publishing chestnut: "thou shalt put no critical content below the fold." Both comix require scrolling, even though my display is set to 1152 x 864, and I think most folks are probably at 1024 x 768. Copper seems to publish at a pretty consistent 900 x 900 (give or take 10 now and then) but when you throw in the browser chrome and such, even at 1152 x 864 nearly 30% of the thing is off the screen. And aLiLBtDiI is much more variable in its ratio but always has stuff below the fold. I think it proves what I've always suspected about scrolling: folks will happily scroll if the content is worth it.
2. Both traffic in their own idiosyncratic flavor of surrealism. Lesson is aggressively so, and Copper, with it's happy/melancholy sensibility (sort of a Gen Y blending of Calvin and Hobbs with Mobius) is more whimsical surreal.
3. ...and here's the kicker: the color. Although totally divergent in their use of color, for both of these titles, color is absolutely central to the flavor. Both of them leverage that specific luminescent, rgb quality of projected display to their utmost advantage.

Have a good rest you guys, but come back soon!