Concluded earlier this year, Shortpacked was a mix of character-driven seriocomedy with a slight sci-fi tingle and one-off jokes about various pop-cultural topics, especially the Transformers and Batman, with the two sides of the series sometimes intersecting. (It's also one of those aforementioned old favorites, making it a challenge to determine where to place it.) Of all the series' many jokes about Batman, conveniently browsable here, none had the unique impact of the "breathe in space" bit, a response to the rather impractical design of some "Batman in Space" toys. It inspired a TV Tropes page and even got a brief reference in Lego Batman 3, which sparked an unpredictable response from the character who originated it.
T Campbell has written quite a few online comics series and selected work for Marvel, Archie and Tokyopop. His longest-running works are Fans, Penny and Aggie-- and his current project with co-writer Phil Kahn, Guilded Age.
