Random Tangent! 03: Webcomics...

Today, I venture from the realm of video games to an entirely different part of the internet.
Yes, today, we're stepping in...

WEBCOMIC TERRITORY.

I know that many of you are not familiar at all with webcomics, and that some of you even despise their existence. I used to be the same way - I despised any comic that I saw online, and dismissed all of them as trivial or just plain stupid. But XKCD and Homestuck have completely changed my opinion on the webcomic scene...Now I can't get enough of them.


XKCD was what began it all, so long ago. I was attracted to it randomly from a different side of the internet, and I found myself unable to leave. It's silly wit, yet interesting concepts kept me returning almost every day for at least a panel or two...

Then came Homestuck.
A few weeks ago, my friend convinced me to begin reading. At first, I wasn't interested at all - in fact, I was rather confused. It made absolutely no sense...but at the same time, it had a strange sort of humor that appealed to me. I continued reading, and I was surprised as a rather contorted plotline unfolded before me, and I found myself more and more addicted, until I plowed through the last hundred or so pages before the end of the first act. By this point, I couldn't resist reading, and every day, I would commit at least an hour to reading, progressing ever deeper into the depths of obsession.

What caught me so off guard was the sheer intensity and intricacy of the storyline, and the humor that was included with all of it. The comic gets incredibly intense - the plot continues to unveil twists throughout every section, and no detail is insignificant, no matter how it may seem as such. Characters are deep enough to be interesting, but not insanely impossible to follow, and in conjunction with perfect placement of facts, each plot turn they go around makes (or eventually comes to make) sense. Yet through all the action, hilarity is present. No matter how dark the moment might be, it eventually is brightened with a silly little joke, or the faintest glimmer of hope.

Though this is all incredibly and undeniably vague, it would be foolish of me to even attempt explaining it. It's simply impossible with written word alone. Which is precisely why I recommend you visit the site right now:
www.mspaintadventures.com
and begin reading.
Give the comic a chance: get through the first act. It isn't even that long, really...and I'm willing to bet quite a bit that you'll be hooked by then.


Have fun, good gaming, and remember:
don't feed the trolls.
-ToastTe