SPLINTERS
By Bryan Vinson Tuesdays and Thursdays
Alma Mater
By Whitney June Robinson Updates MWF
Adventures In Stereo
by Aaron DeLaRosa on hiatus until January 2010
Click
Written by Sara Ryan, Illustrated by Dylan Meconis One-shot
MOSH
by Julian Grant Weekly
Nuclear High School
by Tony Lewis Mostly Sundays
Nachos Con Carne
a production of KITSCHENSYNGK currently on re-developmental hiatus
Project Jae
By N8 Dawg and friends Monday, Wed, and Fri. Usually.
Confusion Incorporated
by Communal Whoevers daily
The New In Crowd
By keion pitts update every tuesday and Friday (for now)
Beelzebuds
Excreted by James Williams Sundays, hopefully.
LUNY High
by jnxt Manic Mondays
Cloaca Maxima: A Tween Pregnancy Story
by Ben Costa One shot mini-comic
Ugly Girl
By Nanda Mondays (usually...)
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Recommended Reading
Strip away noses, complicated backgrounds, boobs, and fussy detail, and what do you get?
Strip away noses, complicated backgrounds, boobs, and fussy detail, and what do you get? A tight focus on characters and body language. It's surprising how expressive the characters in "Ugly Girl" are, considering their cartoonish eyes, lack of nose... lack of detail, in fact. Yet Nanda pays attention to her craft, and the stripped down style she uses is excellent for conveying the raw, powerful emotion of the high school years. She uses body language to express and puncuate what's both said and unsaid.
The storyline is pretty cliched. There's an unpopular girl who other students think is ugly. She's lonely. There's a fat kid (also unpopular) who likes her. There's heartbreak at a school dance. And I'm still reading. Because Nanda manages to make this fresh and interesting. I care about these stick figures. And that's a powerful thing.
Read this.
Learn from its simplicity.
... read it now!
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