Sharing the shinies
I have been privileged to read two astoundingly good webcomics this weekend:
Irrational Fears by Ursula Vernon
Spiders by Patrick Farley
The first is simply as wonderful as anything from Ursula's pen -- how does she make a chupacabra cute?! -- and has really gotten me to thinking about how all children know, instinctively, that A) there's something under the bed and B) you're safe from it if you get under your blanket and tuck it in all around. Think about it: nobody told you that, did they? But it's true. You know it is.
The second, like last year's still-wonderful Dionaea House, is (to me) an example of how storytelling can (and should!) evolve to take advantage of this new environment, with the preconceptions of the comic page and the three-panel strip. It sidescrolls, it's animated (in small tasteful places that further the story), there's mock messageboards and AIM windows and appropriate Flash components...there's even a Java pop-up the made me scream with delighted surprise when it happened. It won't make sense out of context. You'll know it when you see it. :)
Totally unrelated, Sky High was loads of fun.
The first is simply as wonderful as anything from Ursula's pen -- how does she make a chupacabra cute?! -- and has really gotten me to thinking about how all children know, instinctively, that A) there's something under the bed and B) you're safe from it if you get under your blanket and tuck it in all around. Think about it: nobody told you that, did they? But it's true. You know it is.
The second, like last year's still-wonderful Dionaea House, is (to me) an example of how storytelling can (and should!) evolve to take advantage of this new environment, with the preconceptions of the comic page and the three-panel strip. It sidescrolls, it's animated (in small tasteful places that further the story), there's mock messageboards and AIM windows and appropriate Flash components...there's even a Java pop-up the made me scream with delighted surprise when it happened. It won't make sense out of context. You'll know it when you see it. :)
Totally unrelated, Sky High was loads of fun.