Romantically Apocalyptic is a morbidly funny webcomic from Russo-Canadian digital artist
Vitaly Alexius (
interview,
gallery). Set in the
starkly diaphanous wreckage of post-nuclear Manhattan, it follows
an eccentric contingent of Soviet soldiers as they poke through the detritus of the past and contend with the mutants, cultists, aliens, and other horrors that inhabit the ruins. The comic's
striking art style is the result of an arduous process, using
"Photoshop, live actors, dead actors, sexy assistants, greenscreen, a camera, and a Wacom tablet" to composite "6 years worth of textures: 1 terabyte of stock footage, shot in real abandoned, forgotten places of our world." This multimedia ambition has burgeoned into plans for a
community-powered animated/live-action web series (
teaser video,
animatic,
fanart). While waiting for that to come together, be sure to spend some time on
Kimmo Lemetti's excellent
Gone With the Blastwave (
previously), a very similar webcomic project with a more subdued palette that turned out nearly fifty pages of richly-illustrated post-apocalyptic humor before going on indefinite hiatus.
posted by Rhaomi
on Mar 3, 2011 -
18 comments
Based on
a quirky animated short that
charmed MeFi four years ago, Pendleton Ward's
Adventure Time is arguably the most delightful thing in animation right now. Following the surreal adventures of 12-year-old Finn and his magical dog Jake in the fantastical post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, the series has breezed through two seasons and
secured a third -- while generating a devoted fandom along the way (partially through savvy callbacks to things like 4chan's
Courage Wolf meme and
Kate Beaton's pudgy Shetland pony).
There's
an exhaustive wiki,
an active discussion board,
oodles of fan-art, and
AdventureTi.me, a fan-made repository of previous episodes (complete with
a mobile version) that makes catching up a cinch. Want more? Then check out the show's
bountiful production diaries, its
equally in-depth blog at Frederator Studios,
catch some official clips, follow Pen Ward
on Twitter, or
buy or
make your own awesome Finn hat (though not necessarily
what lies beneath). Oh, and a new episode is airing... oh, right now. Totally math!
[more inside]
posted by Rhaomi
on Jan 24, 2011 -
54 comments
It's a simple story about a responsible owl, trying to raise a curious (human) son and a geeky (human) daughter in their giant treehouse while dealing with his longtime bear buddy (and honey researcher), Steve. Though it
debuted, humbly enough, in the Cracked.com forums,
Benjamin Driscoll's drolly sweet comic
Daisy Owl soon gained a loyal following, earning
a regular feature there (courtesy of David Wong) and routinely making the front pages of sites like Digg and Reddit. In March 2009, Driscoll went pro, quitting his job to work on the comic full-time and making Daisy Owl one of the few
self-sufficient webcomics on the net. Its quirky, character-driven humor, focused mainly on children, friendship, and families, has earned more than a few comparisons to
Calvin and Hobbes, as well as plenty of
fan art. Highlights:
Basement -
Honey -
Parenting -
Shampoo -
Skittle on the Moon -
Nightmare -
Movie Night -
Thrift Store -
Classic Dad -
Wallpapers
posted by Rhaomi
on Apr 21, 2009 -
24 comments
