First off, If this has already been mentioned in the forum I apologize, but without a "search" function I couldn't determine it (that's a subtle hint to the managers, by the way..
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I guess you all know what web comics are- at least from the "tron" strips made by the guys of Penny Arcade and General Protection Fault. Myself, I'm a web comics junkie, an I've been following a number of them for years now. You can find every kind of story, in every style ever concieved.. it's not just gaming strip. Some of them are funny, some of them are dramatic, and some are genuine works of art- you don't have to take my word for it, just have a look around and you'll see.
I could talk about web comics forever, but the point of this blurb is to raise attention to
Kid Radd, a sprite comic(*) with many points in common with
. It's the story of a videogame character, from a eighties console game, brought into the contemporary cyberspace. I'ts a beautiful tale, long, articulated, and full of plot twists: I won't spoil it. It's also self-contained, since KR ended a few months ago and it can be downloaded as a handy archive. I couldn't think of something more suited for a Tron fan
Give it a try, fellow conscripts, and tell me if you liked it. Also, why don't you post your favorite webcomics (if any) so we can compile a good old favorities list?
* sprite comics are a subgenre of webcomicdom, almost single-handedly created by the "bob and george" strip. SC defines both comics crafted by using sprites from existing games - typically, 8- and 16-bit sprites from classics such as Mega Man and Final Fantasy- and original comics who "mimick" that peculiar style. Kid Radd is a case of the latter, just like the Tron strip by Sketch is. Some authors prefer do refer to this second genre as "pixel art", since "sprite comic" has gained for some a bit of a derogatory meaning- mostly because of the hundreds of Bob&George ripoffs.