The Story of the Eman Boys, in What Is Known as the Mansion of E
July 16, 2018 6:52 AM   Subscribe

The Mansion of E, the daily fantasy webcomic by Robert M. Cook (who self-admittingly compares his work to that of Henry Darger - minus the creepiness, I assure you), today celebrates its 15th anniversary. If you dare delve through 5000+ strips of the worldbuilding-packed adventures of minor aristocrats in a post-magic world and their mansion so big its basement and garden contain entire civilizations, start in the same place 15 years earlier - or should that be two days earlier? Day 0 goes to July 31 2003 plus the Early Hours strips linked from there. Day 1 (aka the Endless Day) takes up a literal decade. We are currently in Day 2. (There are helpful Recap and Wiki links on the front page and there is also a TVTropes page.)
posted by BiggerJ (6 comments total) 16 users marked this as a favorite
 
Holy crap. I saw this years ago when it had already been running for a good while. It’s still going. I’m amazed at his dedication.
posted by egypturnash at 4:26 PM on July 16, 2018 [1 favorite]


Thank you. I've started from the beginning, and look to be dungeon crawling for some time.
posted by Quasirandom at 11:03 AM on July 18, 2018 [1 favorite]


I have done the same thing. ^^^^^
posted by seasparrow at 12:12 AM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


I have made it up to #2408 so far.
posted by egypturnash at 4:22 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


I’ve been binge-reading for the last four days and I’m up to #2433.
posted by tdismukes at 10:42 AM on July 20, 2018 [1 favorite]


I’m up to 4048. It’s really fascinating how little interest this story has in being told. Wandering around worldbuilding is its focus. Here’s the Mansion, here’s its caretaker, would you like to follow him around listening to him tell you the slightly goofy details of the Mansion and the world it’s in? And now and then we’ll take a break from this to watch some of the other people living here bounce off of each other. There’s lots of overlapping plots there but nothing ever emerges as the Real Story that the worldbuilding is the background to.

It’s kind of calming.
posted by egypturnash at 9:16 PM on July 29, 2018 [1 favorite]


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