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Winger is a webcomic by Carson Fire (real name Eric Gustafson). It follows the relationship of Dab Winger, a conservative Christian, and Mineola Marlowe, a guilty liberal, in the bookstore where they work. The setup allows Fire, a conservative cartoonist, to explore political issues, and just as often the meta-political issues that arise when political ideologues clash. Dab Winger, the title character, is described in the comic's subtitle as 'a wingnut with a screw loose.' The comic is hosted by Keenspot.
Before Winger, Fire drew Elf Life for more than five years.
Winger was put on hiatus in September 2006 , shortly after an attempt to restart the comic as an SF story .
In certain sports, such as football, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, rugby union, lacrosse and rugby league, winger is a position. It refers to positions on the extreme left and right sides of the pitch (the "wings"). In American football and Canadian football, the analogous position is the wide receiver. Wingers often try to use pace to exploit extra space available on the flanks that can be made available by their team-mates dominating the centre ground. They must be wary however of not crossing the touchline and going out of play. In sports where the main method of scoring involves attacking a small goal (by whatever name) in the centre of the field, a common tactic is to cross the ball to a central team-mate.
In football, a winger is an attacking midfielder in a wide position. Wingers are usually players of great pace or dribbling ability so as to provide cut-backs or crosses from which strikers can score. Their main function is to support attack from the wings. Wingers do lots of high-speed running from defence to attack.
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