Sunday, July 18, 2010

Scenes from a Multiverse (webcomic)

My newest webcomic find is Scenes from a Multiverse by Jonathan Rosenberg. The gimicky thing about this comic is that the author takes a weekly poll of the audience to choose the setting and characters of future strips.

Scenes is a science-fiction strip set in a "an ordinary, everyday multiverse." Each day's comic takes place in a different location, in any one of the many goofy parallel universes, and with different zany alien characters. A new comic appears each weekday and on Friday there is a poll on the best of that week. The next Friday's strip is then a continuation of the scene in the winning strip of the poll. A popular scene can then be continued for several weeks. The strip on the last three Fridays has been set in the Inner Science Rings, Branes of Curiosity. These strips have been following the trials of ScienceMaster Adler whose first appearance is found here. It looks like Adler's strip will win again this week so we'll see more of him next Friday.

It's fairly funny, if not completely hilarious, with the punchline in the mouse-over alt-text probably the funniest part of a strip in a laugh-out-loud way. However the settings themselves, which are completely new at least four days a week, are the most rewarding features of the strip. Besides providing a new style of artwork in each setting, they often have funny or interesting themes. The setting names are usually good gags, too, so don't neglect to find the locale in the gray bar above. Also, the artwork is pretty colorful and crisp and it's all rather professionally done. All in in all, I'd say this is definitely worth checking out.

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