Nikki – Group 2 Searchers(3/2/11)

I found this webcomic to be very relative to that of Maus I: My Father Bleeds History, in the ways the panels are constructed and illustrated. Of course within the story of Maus there are no stick figures as characters, or humorous talk about bands, but rather was drawn in a way that struck me as reminiscent to that of Maus. The lines used within this webcomic gave me that dark and somewhat eerie feeling just like in many panels of the graphic novel Maus. Everything within the panels is dark and extremely detailed with the added contour to the items within the frames. Just looking at the depth and boldness of the fire place gives me an uneasy feeling, like that of loneliness and anxiety. I know many might not understand my reasoning behind this, but it is the very first thing I felt while looking at this.

2 thoughts on “Nikki – Group 2 Searchers(3/2/11)”

  1. Definitely! Sorry about that. This particular webcomic is called XKCD: The Tell Tale Beat. It’s a comic series that is described on the website as “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” This is also my first time reading these webcomics, but I found the likenesses of drawing style was much like that of Maus, and if different at times, XKCD made me feel the same way I did while reading Maus.

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