For our final Eyeskream web comic we have True North. Written by Doug Curtis, who brought us Flying Ferret, this strips is about Swat the Mosquito awaking in the closet of Bucky the Golden Gopher to find that he must cope with winter. This is truly a gem of a comic with all the potential to be great. Generally the writing is silly and fun and is more a gag strip with most of the jokes having nothing to do with Swat being a mosquito but more with living in the North. Where the writing could improve is Doug does not go far enough along this vein. Continue reading →

In our forth Eyeskream review we bring you Boot Error. This is a cute little whimsical strip that follows the inner workings of Horizon Corporation and in particular, the Marketing Department where Ed, Brooke and Max work. Written by Ivan Pope the major plot involves mostly around Ed and his experiences while still making a gag in each strip. Never following conventional panel layout every day will look different then the previous day. This allows Ivan to take full advantage of the web while still looking clean and well done. Using vector art the characters are simple yet cute giving an overall playful quality. With a little more creative help this strip could easily expand to updating every day.

Our third Eyeskream review is Hellbound. It is an adventure/humor strip in color that follows a demon and an unemployed guy who’s helping her. Written by Eric Nault this is a fun read and has fairly good artwork.

The art is very reminiscent of 80’s comics but takes bits and pieces from different pop culture to help flesh out a growing style. Every once in a while Eric will throw in a little manga style facial expressions and does tend to have elongated necks and arms but in general presents a well draw comic book style strip with good line work and shading. The writing is good if a little goofy for an adventure strip thus the adventure/humor. He keeps the story moving from episode to episode leaving you with a longing for the next one. All around good strip that shows potential.

For our second Eyeskream review we bring Commissioned. This strip is written and drawn by Obsidian, I can?t find a last name, and is about a fantasy artist named O, the artist himself. It follows him as he tries to establish himself by doing Fantasy Art “commissions” and his life as he works and plays with his RPG group.

I have yet to find another strip with quite the same style. O does an excellent job with the panel layout and coloring while keeping the backgrounds and non character details simple. Continue reading →

This is our first review of 5 from the Eyeskream comics group. It’s rare to find a superhero strip that’s funny after spending most of my life reading the dramatic ones. In Flying Ferret we have one that comes pretty close. It is written and drawn by Douglas Curtis and follows an unlikely “augmented vigilante” by the name of Flying Ferret. The best way to describe it is as a spoof on superheroes with FF embodying whether a superhero should truly have anything to “angst” over.

The overall style of the strip is reminiscent of the golden age of comics. Continue reading →

You had to know this was coming. I made it through Fred Gallagher’s Megatokyo archives and I finally understand the love\hate relationship so many have with this strip. Megatokyo is an anime strip about two guys in their twenties, Piro and Largo, who are stranded in Tokyo. Piro is your normal sane artist who has a tendency to mess up all relationships while Largo is a maniac who is so completely addicted to games that he can’t separate reality from game fiction. Continue reading →

Here is a surprising strip by Jeph Jacques which I was led to by Scott’s blog. Questionable Content might be the best new strip I’ve read this year with many, many qualities I look for in a daily updated webcomic. The story revolves around Marten, a 20-something music nerd, his anthropomorphic PC named Pintsize, and Faye, who accidentally burned her apartment down while trying to make toast. The obvious plot line is the interaction of the seemingly plutonic relationship between Marten and Faye. There are also many side plots such as the Indie scene and making fun of Goths.

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