Roger Cosmonkey

Roger Cosmonkey is a series of webcomics created by filmmaker Cory Edwards. The series premiered on May 16, 2011{{cite web

| url =http://coryedwards.com/?p=428

| title =NEW PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT

| author =Cory Edwards

| work =coryedwards.com

| date =May 2, 2011

| accessdate =June 4, 2012

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and so far has consisted of two series; Roger Cosmonkey and Roger Cosmonkey 2: Mega-Pigeon.{{cite web

| url =http://coryedwards.com/?p=519

| title =Cosmonkey 2″ wraps up today

| author =Cory Edwards

| work =coryedwards.com

| date =August 4, 2011

| accessdate =June 4, 2012

}}

Both series were posted on Edwards' Twitter account, and consisted of two tweets a day, over the course of ten days. Each tweet, called a "Twittersode", included a link to a single comic strip in the series.{{cite web

| url =http://coryedwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ROGER-COSMONKEY-PR2.pdf

| title =Roger Cosmonkey 2: The Twittering Continues

| work =coryedwards.com

| accessdate =June 4, 2012

}}

It has been described as the world's first episodic Twitter series.{{cite magazine

| url =http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/05/16/roger-cosmonkey-twitter/

| title ='Hoodwinked!' writer-director launches world's 'first episodic Twitter series': 'Roger Cosmonkey'

| author =Clark Collis

| magazine =Entertainment Weekly

| date =May 16, 2011

| accessdate =November 14, 2012

}}

Edwards developed the idea shortly after his deal to write and direct a feature film of the television series Fraggle Rock expired. He found the process of creating the series for Twitter to be liberating since it gave him complete creative control.