The Future of Comics - A commentary

Finally! Webcomics! Webcomics have become a gateway for almost any artist that want to get there story out there..well.. out there without having to worry about having to work for a company to get published or whatnot. Since webcomic sites like Line, Hiveworks, and Webtoon's come into existence on the internet, new approaches to storytelling come into the spotlight. 

For this blog I've re-read 2 webcomics I was heavily influenced by:

Todd Allison and the Petunia Violet takes place in 20th century Australia, where clumsy neighbor Petunia is given a simple task in sending a letter. What seemed to be easy enough the post office she was supposed to be delivering the letter to is bombed by a mysterious terrorist. From then on Todd and Petunia try to just get things done and get on with life, but instead the webcomic slowly becomes crazier and captures the aesthetics of the 20s. When I was 12 and read this comic I was so enamored with the character design and color. Back then I thought it was the 1920s in America so I did mistake the aesthetics to be sort of Great Gatsby and... I'm still not fully opposed that it isn't that. 

I followed this series very closely up until 2014. It progressed sort of slowly so I never took the chance to step back to see how much the artist had improved from the beginning of the series. Sadly, the artist sort of disappeared off the face of the earth after some controversial stuff (not related to the comic!) and Hivework officially archived it as unfinished recently. 

Next webcomic I reread was My Kitty and Old Dog by Cho. If there was one comic in from any world/time this would be my all time recommendation to any reader. (Not just comic wise!) It is such a charming, tear jerking diary of the artist's pets. Some episodes are from interviews from other pet owners/people with their experience on certain things and some episodes can also be a pet's perspective on their life. (Of course she doesn't know exactly what they're thinking and just interpreting it, but it's a real tearjerker) A huge portion of the comic circles around her old dog (Nagnak) and new kitten (Soondae) and just makes comics on maybe some funny thing that might've happened with them or a genuine dairy update on her old dog's health or whatnot. Once her dog passed away in 2015 she posted her last comic. There was not a dry eye in the room and while her supporters encouraged her to keep making at least comics where she interviews other people, it was understandable that she was ready to move on and that this comic was originally intended to be one long goodbye for her dog. The art style is very cute and simple and holds a lot of charm from the yellow-ish filter that is sometimes put over it. Overall, this is definitely one of the best webcomics I have ever read and everyone should at least give it a chance because there will always be one comic that the viewer will be able to click with regardless of their standpoints with animals. Heck, there's a handful of episodes where she interviews people on why they don't like animals and most the times their answers are reasonable.