Read NAMESAKE!

[seawasp]

I follow several webcomics these days, and I've followed others in the past; but I want to specifically discuss one amazing newcomer today:

Namesake.  (that link goes to the very first comic)

I mentioned this comic before, but it deserves another mention. Isa and Meg are creating something amazing here. They have taken us to Oz, a new vision of Oz, but one that clearly owes much to Baum's original vision (we even have General Jinjur, with a new, yet completely in-character, motivation); they've shown us Alice, grown-up after Wonderland. We have references to fairy tales that most younger people won't even have heard of. And it's all tied together with a concept that binds reality and fantasy together in a single inextricable unit and makes those people who cross the borders the epicenters, I suspect, of disaster and salvation.

In many ways it reminds me of my own Polychrome, as they have so far had some similar approaches to the same problems I had... but at the same time they've come up with very different twists.

It's well-written, the art style is nicely done with both Western and Anime elements combined, and the characters leap off the page from their first appearance. I can't wait for the next installments.

Comments

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Verrrrry interesting! Odd (and the fate of the Dorothies are suitably creepy). Reminds me of a more faithful version of the Tin Man miniseries, sorta.

[seawasp]

I loved Tin Man, though I didn't expect to. Despite its odd exterior, I found it very faithful to the spirit of Oz.

This is Fairly Cool

[tamahori]

Well, it's on my RSS list, have to see how it goes, but it's looking interesting.

And the stuff with the Dorothies is fairly creepy.

In the Pathfinder D&D game setting, elves always refer to other elves that grow up around humans as 'Forlorn Elves', because they have slowly grown to adulthood while surrounded by friends that keep getting old on them, tends to leave with with a fairly bitter mindset. I can see how Osma would get very strange after a while of that.

-- Brett

[rdmasters.livejournal.com]

That is a keeper.

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

Another thank you!

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Just what I need, more webcomics to read! As a new webcomic, though, it hasn't gotten much story told yet; it looks promising and might develop into something very good indeed. It took Wapsi Square years to get where it is, for example, so I'm inclined to give it the time it needs.

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

Thank you again for the awesome recommendation! Word is slowly getting out it seems. I found this review (http://johnwallie.com/wpmu/mainblog/2011/02/03/circuit-reader-2-namesake/) early this morning that was quite interesting.