Line #65 Main/JournalComic


1	A lot of webcomic authors tend to [[LifeEmbellished embellish their own lives]] or [[WriteWhoYouKnow take inspiration from real people]] or even [[AuthorAvatar insert themselves into their story]]. However, there's another sort of comic that prefers to stay within the believable bounds of RealLife: the JournalComic.
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3	A JournalComic is different from a normal autobiography, as it's usually done day to day or week to week instead of being written in retrospect; really, it's more or less the comics equivalent of a blog. Each comic chronicles a day in the life of the creator, either reflecting on events or retelling them as a story. Unlike LifeEmbellished comics, they usually stay fairly true to life -- occasional exaggerations and simplifications are about as far from reality as they get.
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5	The comics themselves tend to be drawn quickly, so that the artist can manage to crank them out something close to daily, but this isn't always the case. Some journal comics have a sort of indie vibe to them, due to being less story-focused and more focused on "being real" and being genuine... which may be a good or bad thing, depending on who you ask.
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7	A possible occurrence is a CrossOver between Journal Comics if two writers meet each other, such as the one between ''Webcomic/TheDevilsPanties'' ([[http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/3591 in this strip]] and [[http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/3592 this strip]]) and ''Webcomic/TodayNothingHappened'' ([[http://www.todaynothinghappened.com/index.php?c=74 on this page]]).
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9	Might include a ConRecap (when the creator devotes an episode to recounting their experiences in a fandom convention) or two.
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11	!!Examples:
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13	* ''[[http://www.alexsguide.net Alex's Guide to a Life Well-Lived]]''
14	* ''[[http://www.allancomic.com/ Allan]]''
15	** ''[[http://somethingoriginal.rampagenetwork.net/about/ Something Original]]'', done by Allan's girlfriend Amanda.
16	* ''[[http://www.americanelf.com/ American Elf]]''
17	* ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', from the pre-internet days, may be the TropeMaker.
18	* ''[[http://asivt.livejournal.com/ As Seen In VT]]''
19	* ''[[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rabbit/ Bad Rabbit]]''
20	* ''Webcomic/BouletCorp''
21	* ''LetsPlay/{{Bravemule}}'' A tale of dregs and clods, of elfs and other elfs, of squares and octogones, of murder and death.
22	* ''[[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com/ ChaosLife]]''
23	* ''Webcomic/ConventionalWisdom'' is a webcomic about what goes on at anime conventions.
24	* ''[[http://www.darcomic.com/ DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic]]'' (Unfrequently [=SFW=].)
25	* ''Webcomic/DeanNalaVinny'': Takes a LifeEmbellished approach to Dean Nicholson's real life adventures cycling through the world with his cat Nala.
26	* ''[[http://destinyfailsus.com Destiny Fails Us]]'' Based on embellishments on the artist's life through her experience in highschool, friendship, and love.
27	* ''Webcomic/TheDevilsPanties'' is probably one of the most famous journal comics on the internet.
28	* ''Dirty Laundry'', a print comic made by Creator/RobertCrumb and his wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
29	* ''[[http://doodlediaries.comicgen.com Doodle Diaries]]''
30	* ''[[http://www.fartparty.org/ Fart Party]]'', an "autobiographical comic (with frequent but obvious exaggerations)."
31	* ''Webcomic/HangInThereKogasaSan'', which retells a {{doujinshi}} author's life, Franchise/{{Touhou\|Project}}ified.
32	* ''[[http://www.horribleville.com// Horribleville]]''
33	* ''Webcomic/HyperboleAndAHalf''
34	* ''Webcomic/ImMyOwnMascot''
35	* ''[[http://ghostcarpress.com/inkdick/ Inkdick]]''
36	* ''Jim's Journal'' is another print example.
37	* ''Webcomic/JohnnyWander''
38	* ''Manga/JunjiItosCatDiaryYonAndMu'', a comedic slice-of-life manga by Creator/JunjiIto, who's more famous for his horror manga.
39	* ''ComicStrip/TheKChronicles'' and its daily spin-off ''The Knight Life'' are also print examples.
40	* ''[[http://www.kevinsjournalcomic.com/ Kevin's Journal Comic]]'' is in a 2x2 format but it outlines the highlights of Kevin's day from his senior year all the way to the present... over a 4 year period.
41	* ''Webcomic/LetsSpeakEnglish'': the artist of ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'' and her adventures as an English teacher in Japan.
42	* ''[[http://www.mostlytruecomics.com/ Mostly True Comics]]'', an interesting example in that it frequently departs real life, but always identifies this departure in the "truthometer" that accompanies every comic, rating it on a scale of "Pants on Fire" to "Stick a Needle in my Eye.
43	* ''Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}}'' is an undisguised subversion of the journal comic; it claims to be the "100% True Journal Comic about Real Things that happen everyday," despite featuring the webcomic artist's journey to Hell, encounters with Chupacabra, adventures with CERN's Large Hadron Collider and loads of other hilarious and unabashedly false "real-life" exploits. In fact, its new tagline is "The journal comic with a seething disdain for reality."
44	* ''[[http://www.permanentlyseated.com Permanently Seated]]''
45	* ''Les Petits Riens''/''Little Nothers'' (originally written in French, but there's a translation of the first volume into English called ''Little Nothings: the Curse of the Umbrella.'')
46	* ''[[http://planetkaren.girl-wonder.org/ Planet Karen]]''
47	* ''[[http://www.prettyjeff.com// Pretty Jeff]]'' Like ''Overcompensating'', abnormal events happen to the author, like turning into a snail or sleeping for five years. But most of the characters are real people, and the events expose real-life dilemmas the author has.
48	* ''[[http://rationalnonsense.com Rational Nonsense]]'' is steadily turning into a journal comic post-hiatus.
49	* ''[[http://www.sexdrugsandjunecleaver.com/ Sex, Drugs, and June Cleaver]]''
50	* ''Webcomic/SketchComedy'': the thrilling life of a cartoonist inside his own comic strip.
51	* ''Manga/SkullFaceBooksellerHondaSan'' was originally published as a journal webcomic about the author and her coworkers' antics around a book store.
52	* ''Webcomic/SnailDiaries'' turns everyone in the author's anecdotes [[FurryLens into animals]].
53	* ''Webcomic/TerrifyingMonsters'' follows the author's daily life with the only difference being that he and his friends are represented as monsters.
54	* ''Webcomic/TheaterHopper''
55	* ''Webcomic/TodayNothingHappened''
56	* ''Manga/WakakoZake'' follows the format of a journal comic very closely, and the eating establishments portrayed therein are based on real places, but the stories themselves are at least somewhat fictionalized.
57	* ''Webcomic/WastedTalent'': The everyday life of Angela Melick (aka Jam), first as an engineering student and now as a full-fledged engineer.
58	* ''[[http://absurdnotions.org/listwtlf.html Why the Long Face]]'': As the author once put it, it was the comic about his everyday life and himself as an anthropomorphic dragon in a world of anthropomorphic animals. While his other comic ''Absurd Notions'' was about entirely fictional humans. Yes, counter-intuitive.
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