History WebComic / MsPaintAdventures

** '''''[[Webcomic/HomestuckBeyondCanon]]''''' is the official sequel of the series, continuing on after the events of ''The Homestuck Epilogues''. This features contributions made not just by Hussie and the writers of the ''Epilogues'', but other fan-creators, as well. [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod As decreed by Hussie himself, the sequel is primarily more a continuation of the Epilogues than the main series, but it is the reader's decision to consider it all canonical or not.]]

** '''''[[Webcomic/Homestuck2 Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon]]''''' is the official sequel of the series, continuing on after the events of ''The Homestuck Epilogues''. This features contributions made not just by Hussie and the writers of the ''Epilogues'', but other fan-creators, as well. [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod As decreed by Hussie himself, the sequel is primarily more a continuation of the Epilogues than the main series, but it is the reader's decision to consider it all canonical or not.]]

* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: Done repeatedly with reader suggestions, with hilarious (and often plot-crucial) results. The rather silly idea of building a fort out of a desk in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' actually developed into a major game mechanic of the series.

** The only title to accurately describe its series is ''Bard Quest'', as while it's not quite a grand one, the Bard begins and sticks to an appointed quest the entire run.

* EldritchAbomination: Fluthlu. And possibly the lesser "loathsome beasts" as well. Not to mention the entire Noble Circle of Horrorterrors.

** ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' was nearly an aversion. Andrew had at one point considered naming the series ''Sburb'', which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is what the series is about]], but decided it wasn't nearly as distinctive. The name "Homestuck" is basically a nonsense word that only describes the initial conditions of the protagonists, as mentioned above, as a ShoutOut to old-school Adventure games. It also is sorta-synonymous with ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}'', which had an enormous influence on ''Homestuck''.

** ''Homestuck'' brings this UpToEleven, incorporating all previous elements plus web animation, music, and actual playable game interludes. The Epillogues take it further and incorporate WebSerialNovel ''and'' faux fanfiction into the fold.

* UpToEleven: Routinely. And it never turns it back to 1 before he [[SerialEscalation kicks it up again]]. Although it is nearly always put in with [[MoodWhiplash incredibly tame]], even dull moments in between one WhamEpisode and the next. A prime example would be Jane: Enter, a Flash animation which covers 413 years and detail a fatal mistake that quite literally changes the game. This is immediately followed by followed by [[AuthorAvatar Hussie]] feeding a character milk while in cosplay. Then the BigBad suddenly appears, marking the first time a character has [[TheGhost met him on-panel]].

'''[[DescribeTopicHere > Elaborate on faux-interactive media franchise.]]'''

'''> Elaborate on faux-interactive media franchise.'''

''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ MS Paint Adventures]]'' is a catch-all term for several webcomics by Creator/AndrewHussie which were originally made in Microsoft Paint, but [[ArtifactTitle later switched to]] [[NeverTrustATitle Adobe Photoshop, and later Flash]]. The TropeCodifier of the InteractiveComic genre, each is written in the style of an InteractiveFiction game, where each panel is accompanied by a text description, and the link to the next panel represents a player's command entered into a TextParser. It originated in 2006 as a series of games run on the Gangbunch forums, a small gathering of artists and miscellaneous people from the ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' forums which later became the MSPA Forums, and were played by a group of Hussie's online friends; it graduated to its own site and effectively became a webcomic in 2007.

* {{Imageboards}}: [[http://mspa.booru.org/ MSPAbooru]] (previously known as Skaianet) is the longest-lasting board, though others include the now-defunct [[http://www.mspachan.net/ MSPAchan.]] Despite the name, they're mainly dedicated to ''Homestuck''.

** The comic used to look like it was made in MS Paint (see [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4 the first page]] of ''Problem Sleuth''), but by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000924 a couple hundred pages later]] the style has evolved and it's quite a bit more complicated, to the point where being able to draw such things on MS Paint would be pretty amazing. Then, around a year later, we're at the point where we have interactive flash pages, elaborate animations, and almost every page in full color. The truth is: the comic was made in Adobe Photoshop from day two. The author does say right in the FAQ that only the very first page of ''Jailbreak'' was made in MS Paint. Everything else has been made in Photoshop and/or, startin, from ''Problem Sleuth'', with Flash.

* ContinuityPorn: Liberal use of ChekhovsArmory and numerous {{Running Gag}}s and {{Call Back}}s to minor details. Homestuck also adds {{Recurring Riff}}s and repeated art elements.

** ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' has this as a major element in the form of each characters weapons, which are also mundane items like a ring of keys or a lipstick tube. Most of the time, referring to an item as its counterpart seems to get around this (e.g. using the keys on the door shoots it with a gun), except when working normally would be [[RuleOfFunny more frustrating and funny]]. It's explicitly described in-universe [[BreakingTheFourthWall on [=GameFAQs=]]] as a bug, though considering how some later puzzles and battles are resolved, it may have become an AscendedGlitch in development.

** The comic used to look like it was made in MS Paint (see [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4 the first page of Problem Sleuth]]), but by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000924 a couple hundred pages later]] the style has evolved and it's quite a bit more complicated, to the point where being able to draw such things on MS Paint would be pretty amazing. Then, around a year later, we're at the point where we have interactive flash pages, elaborate animations, and almost every page in full color. The truth is: the comic was made in Adobe Photoshop from day two. The author does say right in the FAQ that only the very first page of ''Jailbreak'' was made in MS Paint. Everything else has been made in Photoshop and/or, more recently, with Flash.

* SchrodingersGun: Most of the early adventures and ''Problem Sleuth'' had their most important plot points made ftom one-off suggestions.

* CharacterBlog: Dave gets a [[http://dstrider.blogspot.com/ blog]]