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enchantedsleeper) wrote2024-03-24 09:33 pm
enchantedsleeper) wrote2024-03-24 09:33 pm
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A new webcomic, an old webcomic
I've been doing this post series that I call "Something old, something new" over on Pillowfort (things are still going well there, btw! Having a lot of fun) where I post about an old thing (book, TV series, film, song, etc.) that I've been enjoying over the past week, and a new one. Well - it was meant to be at weekly intervals, but in practice it's been more like every 10-14 days. Or whenever I feel like I have something to write about.
I will say, though, that no-one has seemed super interested in the posts (I got a couple of likes on the first one, and nothing since) but I was pretty pleased with the edition that I wrote most recently, where I talked about a new webcomic that I'd got into, and then an old favourite. They're both solid webcomic recs (the 'old' one barely even needs reccing, but I wanted to talk about why I love it), and so I thought I would also bring the post over here for anyone who might be interested.
First, the New: Infernal Relations by Tab Kimpton
I discovered this comic on Monday and couldn't stop bingeing it (work be damned! ...which is apt, given the subject xD) until I was sadly caught up. I also became a Patreon supporter and enjoyed the bonus NSFW scenes there, as well as some early-release pages from the current chapter.
Infernal Relations is a fun story about a romance between an angel and a demon, set in a corporate version of heaven/hell - but contrary to what you might assume, it's the angel who does the seducing >:3 If "huge and broad but self-conscious and awkward demon is seduced by flirty twink angel and they try to keep a sexy office romance a secret from their respective sides" appeals to you, then you will love this webcomic. (The actual sexiness is all on Patreon as I referenced above, but even reading the SFW version, it's very clear they are getting it on off-page xD)
Unsurprisingly, the creator gets a lot of comparisons to Good Omens (or assumptions that it's Good Omens-inspired), but says that it's much more of a Monsters, Inc. vibe with the worldbuilding - you know, the nightmares from your bedtime stories all have boring office jobs and there's a bunch of bureaucracy. But also goofiness. Anyway, it's a fun comic that I highly rec! It's also nearly complete - so if you're hesitant to follow something that's still in-progress, you won't have to wait very long.
And now, the Old: Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques
Since I decided to give this edition a webcomic theme, I thought I'd talk about my oldest webcomic love: Questionable Content. I've been reading this comic for something like 18 years (I can't remember when exactly I got into it via a link from my best friend, but let's say 2006) and I still read it daily and enjoy it so much.
It's a bit hard to sum up QC (or recommend a jumping-in point if you're new - pick a comic, any comic!) but it's a slightly futuristic slice of life webcomic that started out as being mainly about indie music (and jokes about indie fans) and developed into a sprawling, complex cast of weird and funny people, and increasingly also sentient robots/AI ("AnthroPCs"), all in this one town. (Though the setting has also expanded a bit with one of the recent arcs. And at one point some key characters went to a space station).
The characters are delightful and loveable, and I really appreciate creator Jeph Jacques' commitment to making the cast increasingly diverse and queer as time goes on. I think he quipped once that every time someone complains about the amount of queerness in QC, he adds another queer character to the cast. The prevailing joke among fans is that no-one in QC is straight xD (There are a few straight characters, but you can pretty much count them on one hand, and many of those aren't proven to be not queer xD)
Anyway, I'm sure I don't need to sell QC to anyone because it's pretty damn famous as a long-running and beloved webcomic, but then again, because no-one really feels the need to sell it, how are you meant to learn what it's about? I love the fact that the comic is still going strong more than 20 years on, and Jeph has made it known that he doesn't have plans to end it any time soon (despite someone predicting it roughly every 5th comic).
The drawback of the huge cast is that your favourite character might not appear in any strips for a couple of years if Jeph is busy telling some other stories, but on the plus side, there's always more stories to tell. And if you're feeling bereft, that's what fic is for! (I do wish that QC had a bigger fic-writing fandom, but I'm over here contributing anyway ^^)
I will say, though, that no-one has seemed super interested in the posts (I got a couple of likes on the first one, and nothing since) but I was pretty pleased with the edition that I wrote most recently, where I talked about a new webcomic that I'd got into, and then an old favourite. They're both solid webcomic recs (the 'old' one barely even needs reccing, but I wanted to talk about why I love it), and so I thought I would also bring the post over here for anyone who might be interested.
First, the New: Infernal Relations by Tab Kimpton
I discovered this comic on Monday and couldn't stop bingeing it (work be damned! ...which is apt, given the subject xD) until I was sadly caught up. I also became a Patreon supporter and enjoyed the bonus NSFW scenes there, as well as some early-release pages from the current chapter.
Infernal Relations is a fun story about a romance between an angel and a demon, set in a corporate version of heaven/hell - but contrary to what you might assume, it's the angel who does the seducing >:3 If "huge and broad but self-conscious and awkward demon is seduced by flirty twink angel and they try to keep a sexy office romance a secret from their respective sides" appeals to you, then you will love this webcomic. (The actual sexiness is all on Patreon as I referenced above, but even reading the SFW version, it's very clear they are getting it on off-page xD)
Unsurprisingly, the creator gets a lot of comparisons to Good Omens (or assumptions that it's Good Omens-inspired), but says that it's much more of a Monsters, Inc. vibe with the worldbuilding - you know, the nightmares from your bedtime stories all have boring office jobs and there's a bunch of bureaucracy. But also goofiness. Anyway, it's a fun comic that I highly rec! It's also nearly complete - so if you're hesitant to follow something that's still in-progress, you won't have to wait very long.
And now, the Old: Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques
Since I decided to give this edition a webcomic theme, I thought I'd talk about my oldest webcomic love: Questionable Content. I've been reading this comic for something like 18 years (I can't remember when exactly I got into it via a link from my best friend, but let's say 2006) and I still read it daily and enjoy it so much.
It's a bit hard to sum up QC (or recommend a jumping-in point if you're new - pick a comic, any comic!) but it's a slightly futuristic slice of life webcomic that started out as being mainly about indie music (and jokes about indie fans) and developed into a sprawling, complex cast of weird and funny people, and increasingly also sentient robots/AI ("AnthroPCs"), all in this one town. (Though the setting has also expanded a bit with one of the recent arcs. And at one point some key characters went to a space station).
The characters are delightful and loveable, and I really appreciate creator Jeph Jacques' commitment to making the cast increasingly diverse and queer as time goes on. I think he quipped once that every time someone complains about the amount of queerness in QC, he adds another queer character to the cast. The prevailing joke among fans is that no-one in QC is straight xD (There are a few straight characters, but you can pretty much count them on one hand, and many of those aren't proven to be not queer xD)
Anyway, I'm sure I don't need to sell QC to anyone because it's pretty damn famous as a long-running and beloved webcomic, but then again, because no-one really feels the need to sell it, how are you meant to learn what it's about? I love the fact that the comic is still going strong more than 20 years on, and Jeph has made it known that he doesn't have plans to end it any time soon (despite someone predicting it roughly every 5th comic).
The drawback of the huge cast is that your favourite character might not appear in any strips for a couple of years if Jeph is busy telling some other stories, but on the plus side, there's always more stories to tell. And if you're feeling bereft, that's what fic is for! (I do wish that QC had a bigger fic-writing fandom, but I'm over here contributing anyway ^^)
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That's a good idea.
>>Well - it was meant to be at weekly intervals, but in practice it's been more like every 10-14 days. Or whenever I feel like I have something to write about.<<
Recurring posts are a good way to keep up activity on a blog or website. It doesn't have to be a tight schedule, although it can.
>> I will say, though, that no-one has seemed super interested in the posts <<
Have you tried putting a feedback question at the end? Usually people are more inclined to comment if you ask something like, "What are some of your favorite old or new things in this category?"
>> The characters are delightful and loveable <<
Not so easy to find nowadays.
Re: Thoughts
Exactly - that was the idea behind it! Rather than trying to pigeonhole myself into a certain type of media (e.g. new music this week), I thought keeping it open would make it easy to find material.
However, I have found it surprisingly difficult to fill both categories. Sometimes I'll know what I want to write for the "new", but landing on an "old" that I have something to say about eludes me. Or, I'll struggle to think of any new material I've interacted with.
Have you tried putting a feedback question at the end? Usually people are more inclined to comment if you ask something like, "What are some of your favorite old or new things in this category?"
It's true; I guess I assumed that if people were interested in what I had to say, they'd read it (and interact) regardless of whether it had a question in it. But I'm trying to get into the habit of including questions at the end of most of my posts as a matter of course.