Line #6 Webcomic/AllNewIssues


1	''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140417212911/http://www.allnewissuescomic.com/ All New Issues]]'' was a SliceOfLife comic written by Bill Ellis and Dani O'Brien, about a guy who runs a comic shop, his friends, and the strange relationship issues they endure.
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3	[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140501094441/http://www.allnewissuescomic.com:80/ Due to personal and professional complications, the comic went on hiatus on April 28, 2014.]] The tentative return date was September 20th, 2015, but as of September 2020, the original website only connects to a generic hosting-service screen.
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6	!!This comic has examples of the following tropes:
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8	* AccidentalTruth: Although Karen gets a lot of material for her blog from [[spoiler: recording the shenanigans of the cast]], she often finds herself inventing stories for page hits (and also to make sure [[spoiler: the cast doesn't know she's profiting off of their real life drama]]). At one point, she invents a story about [[spoiler: the Robyn and Todd analogues having sex with each other,]] [[SchmuckBait because there was no way]] ''[[TemptingFate that]]'' [[RealityIsUnrealistic could ever happen.]]
9	* TheAlcoholic: Robyn tends to resort to drinking when dealing with emotional problems. Which is fairly often, given the nature of the comic. [[spoiler: Ironically, she seems to drink ''less'' once she gets a job as a bartender.]]
10	* AmicableExes: Desiree and Todd. Well, eventually.
11	* AscendedExtra: Karen was originally just a one-off character for the intro arc of the comic. She comes back later and becomes an important character in her own right.
12	* BelligerentSexualTension: Jason and Molly are pretty bad at [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150908060015/http://www.allnewissuescomic.com/comic/118-get-it-all-out/ actually talking to each other]], so they wind up having multiple fights, almost always ending the same way.
13	* BlindDate: Robyn is invited on a blind double-date with Jason, Molly and Molly's friend Brad. Robyn intends to skip out [[SculptedPhysique until she]] [[HeroicBuild sees Brad.]]
14	* BrickJoke: When Jason tells Robyn that he "[[UnusualEuphemism hit it off]]" with Molly five times after their first date, he holds up his hand for a high five... and Robyn leaves him hanging. [[spoiler: Later, he tells the same thing to Gavin, and gets his long-awaited congratulations.]]
15	--> "And ''that's'' how you're supposed to do it!"
16	** Later turned against him [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150106120121/http://www.allnewissuescomic.com:80/comic/112-one-upped/ by Robyn herself.]]
17	** Also, the holy water bottle reappears every once in a while.
18	** When Todd first pitches the Lobster Boy celebration idea, he mentions getting carolers to sing at the event. So guess what happens when [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150908040753/http://www.allnewissuescomic.com/comic/108-rock-lobster/ Jason stops paying attention to what Todd is doing?]]
19	* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler:holy water spritzer.]]
20	* CheshireCatGrin: Karen [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150908041028/http://www.allnewissuescomic.com/comic/145-denouement-part-three/ wears one]] as she finds her new topic for her blog.
21	* CloudCuckoolander: Todd becomes convinced that the reason the trades keep winding up out of order is because the store is haunted by poltergeists. So he steals holy water from a church and attempts to exorcise the comic shop.
22	** He also fails to notice that his girlfriend had broken up with him ''for two months,'' because he was busy ''playing a video game.''
23	* ClusterFBomb: What happens when Jason is asked to give a Career Day presentation about running a comic shop to a bunch of grade school kids. Despite being the teacher of the class, Desiree doesn't seem to mind.
24	* CutenessProximity: Even Jason isn't immune to Selena the cat.
25	* CrossOver: Robyn is the cousin of Hazel from ''WebComic/GirlsWithSlingshots.''
26	* TheCynic: Jason.
27	* DeadpanSnarker: Jason is the biggest offender, but almost everyone is at least a little snarky.
28	* DistractedByTheSexy: Jason is ''so'' distracted, in fact, that he doesn't notice that Todd has gone against his orders to throw a Lobster Boy event right under his nose.
29	** After a while, Jason begins to realize [[spoiler: his relationship with Molly isn't working, and considers dumping her.]] The thought is interrupted when he comes back to his apartment [[spoiler: with Molly in lingerie.]]
30	* DrowningHisSorrows: The first time we meet Robyn, she's just been laid off and has come by to raid Jason's liquor cabinet.
31	* DrugsAreBad: When Todd [[spoiler: starts having sex with Robyn]], everyone becomes convinced that he's started taking drugs... [[SubvertedTrope because he becomes more responsible,]] more mature, and ''actually does work.''
32	** This eventually results in [[spoiler: his mother kicking him out until he "cleans up."]]
33	* GeniusBruiser: Every single wrestler in the league appears to be an accomplished academic, or at least extremely cultured.
34	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Jason is never seen without his cigarette, which never seems to go out.
35	* GRatedDrug: Todd's mother mistakes a bag of Selena's catnip for marijuana, and accuses him of drug use.
36	* INeedAFreakingDrink: And none more than Karen when she finds out that the Lobster Boy even she was sent to cover [[spoiler: had been pre-emptively cancelled.]]
37	* IdiotSavant: Todd [[spoiler: manages to put together a complicated market analysis study on whether to sell card games at the store,]] but still can't do basic tasks, like catologuing comics, managing money or even feeding himself.
38	** This is due, in part, to having [[MyBelovedSmother a doting mother that does everything for him.]]
39	* IfItBleedsItLeads: While less graphic than most examples of this trope, Karen takes advantage of the dramatic goings-on at the comic store for her blog.
40	--> '''Karen:''' "[[LampshadeHanging Did somebody say drama?]]"
41	* InSeriesNickname: Desiree is often referred to as "Dee" for short.
42	* IntrepidReporter: Karen Lee wants to be one, but due to cursing on-camera, she gets downgraded to a blogger.
43	* JustFineWithoutYou: At first, Jason is happy to have had Todd quit [[spoiler: when Todd finds out that Jason made out with Karen.]] Then all the work Todd took care of starts piling up, and people start asking where Todd went... needless to say, [[NegativeContinuity this situation doesn't last long.]]
44	* {{Kayfabe}}: The reason Gavin needs to go out in his luchador mask on his date with Desiree. After all, a luchador cannot be seen without his mask and retain his honor.
45	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After [[spoiler: Robyn and Todd sleep together,]] they resolve to never tell anyone about it. So, of course, it takes ''one strip'' for them to falter.
46	* LikeBrotherAndSister: A relationship between Robyn and Todd is initially teased, but discredited based on this trope.
47	** [[spoiler: Later subverted- Robyn and Todd wind up sleeping together after a night out drinking, but it remains more of a FriendsWithBenefits situation.]]
48	* LoonyFan: Todd is absolutely obsessed with Lobster Boy. He blows his paycheck on Lobster Boy memorabilia, follows the comics religiously, and holds a memorial service when [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the actor that was going to portray]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight Lobster Boy]] [[TheFilmOfTheBook in a live-action movie]] [[Creator/HeathLedger dies.]]
49	* LousyLoversAreLosers: PlayedWith [[spoiler: Dee and Gavin]] are clearly kind people and care about each other a lot, but their relationship hits a major hitch when it turns out neither is able to please the other in bed. [[spoiler: At least, until they decide that Gavin should wear the mask again.]]
50	* LoveDodecahedron: Lampshaded by the characters, who note that their lives sound like a SoapOpera.
51	* ManChild: Todd, who still lives with his mother and lacks many important life skills.
52	* MaskedLuchador: Gavin as the Masked Marvel.
53	* MommasBoy: Todd, which is a big part of the reason for his AdultChild tendencies.
54	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The characters in Karen's blog are blatantly copied from the cast, only with their names changed to keep anyone from figuring that out.
55	** Unusually, she actually [[FanFiction invents new stories]] about the "characters" in her blog- partly to throw the cast off the scent, and partly to fill time when they're too boring to blog about.
56	* OneOfTheGuys: The reason Todd has had a crush on pretty much every woman who comes across his path ''except'' Robyn.
57	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Jason's mood improves as a result of dating Molly, his friends become increasingly concerned. Although, they have conflicting opinions on whether this is a positive development or not.
58	--> '''Robyn:''' [[WeWantOurJerkBack They have to-]]
59	--> '''Todd:''' [[YouNeedToGetLaid They can never-]]
60	--> '''Both:''' Break up!
61	* PlatonicLifePartners: Robyn and Jason [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zag]] between this and JustFriends. So far, it hasn't resulted in anything.
62	* PunnyName: The store is called Silver Rage Comics, a reference to [[DontExplainTheJoke Silver Age of Comics.]]
63	* RelationshipUpgrade: Played with. Though they spend a lot of time together, Desiree and Gavin hit a snag when Gavin wants to move in with her, and Desiree doesn't. [[spoiler: Eventually, Dee gets over her anxieties and decides to move in with Gavin.]]
64	* TheReveal: After [[spoiler: Jason breaks up with Molly and Robyn breaks up with Brad,]] the group goes out drinking. It looks like Robyn and Jason are finally about to resolve [[UnresolvedSexualTension their sexual tension,]] when [[spoiler: it's revealed that Robyn went home with Todd instead.]]
65	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Selina the cat, which eventually takes up residence in the comic shop.
66	* RuleOfDrama: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Karen, who notes that their lives [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall seem to provide a ready source of material for her blog.]]
67	* RunningGag: Todd's ongoing conflict with "seaf00dlover45," who he first meets after getting into a bidding war with him/her on eBay.
68	--> '''Todd:''' "One hundred fifty seven points?! seaf00dlover45, this just became Words with ''Enemies''!"
69	* SellOut: Karen is happy to do so [[spoiler: when a production company offers to buy her blog.]] [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that the moral quandary has less to do with the act of selling out, and more to do with [[spoiler: how her blog was using the real relationship issues of the cast as fodder for her blog, without their knowledge or consent.]]
70	* SheCleansUpNicely: Robyn, for the occasion of her double date. It does nothing for her personality, however.
71	--> '''Jason:''' You got dressed up!
72	--> '''Robyn:''' Shut it.
73	* SexChangesEverything: [[spoiler: When Robyn and Todd hook up, it changes their relationship dramatically.]]
74	* SexEqualsLove: Averted. Jason gets into a relationship with a woman that is almost entirely defined by the sex. [[spoiler: When Jason realizes how hollow the relationship is, he decides to break it off.]]
75	* SexGod: ''Todd.'' Seriously. It's the reason why Desiree was willing to put up with him and his antics for two years.
76	** Later confirmed by [[spoiler: Robyn.]]
77	* SharedUniverse: Hazel of ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'' is Robyn's cousin. Robyn's cat, Selina, is one of the offspring of Sprinkles (Hazel's cat) and Choo-Choo Bear of ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''.
78	* ShowWithinAShow: Lobster Boy, which seems to have a large mainstream fandom similar to ComicBook/SpiderMan or ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
79	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Karen and Dee still believe Robyn is protesting a bit too much when she says she and Jason are JustFriends. Thus far, however, it hasn't panned out into anything.
80	* TemptingFate: After Robyn puts Jason in the awkward position of choosing between keeping Todd on and hiring her, he thinks that he couldn't possibly feel any worse at that moment. And then it starts to rain.
81	** In order to deal with the lack of material in her blog, Karen invents a story about [[spoiler: the Robyn and Todd analogues having sex]], believing [[MillionToOneChance it could never happen in real life.]] Unfortunately for Karen, RealityIsUnrealistic, [[spoiler: especially when alcohol is involved.]]
82	* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Todd, who believes this to be happening between Robyn and Jason. So far, it hasn't panned out.
83	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Jason is so distracted by his relationship with Molly that he doesn't notice the Lobster Boy-themed decorations that Todd set up around the store.
84	* WhatTheHellHero: When Jason is asked by Desiree to give a presentation at career day to the kids she teaches, Jason decides to enlist Robyn's help... without telling Robyn first. She calls him out on it.
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