1 | ''Listening to 11.975 [=MHz=]'' is a {{Webcomic}} started in December 2002 by Ethan Forsythe. |
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3 | And it's ... ''[[MindScrew really weird]]''. It's about a girl (whose name is never given within the comic but WordOfGod says is [[http://www.succubi.org/ Deco Bleu]]), and her, um... ''adventures'' in a very surreal dream world. |
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5 | The comic is filled with obscure references (especially to shortwave radio), and the comics sometimes contain messages to the author's friends. These are incomprehensible to anyone else. |
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7 | It can be found [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=01 here]] (currently down, but the strip has since been made available on the creator's [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/listening-to-11-80225183 Patreon page]].). |
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9 | In late 2014 the author re-launched the comic as a self published indy comic, "11.975 [=MHz=]", which is available via [[https://www.comixology.com/11-975MHz/comics-series/27105 ComiXlogy]] for a small fee. The updated version is simultaneously much less and much more surreal than the original, switching the storytelling style to a more traditional comic format while retaining much of the Dadaesque elements. |
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11 | "Deco and her mother, Pascale, wake up one day to find themselves in "The Archives", a near-infinite warehouse of every known archetypal location in the Multiverse." |
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14 | !!This webcomic provides examples of... |
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16 | * ArcWords: wm |
17 | * ArtEvolution: As in most webcomics, the art gets better and better as the comic progresses, with a particularly noticeable shift when the shading style changes. Another trend is how Deco seems to be looking younger and younger. |
18 | * BadassCape: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=30 This one here.]] |
19 | * BarbieDollAnatomy: Averted like crazy with the Brazilian hippie, aka Fussy Britches. Most pages with her are somewhat NSFW due to nudity. |
20 | * BeautifulAllAlong: The Girl Who Speaks Math (Caboose) is [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=39 adorable]] when she takes her [[NerdGlasses super-thick spiral glasses]] off. |
21 | * BigBallOfViolence: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=115 here.]] |
22 | * BilingualBonus: Averted; while the comic uses a myriad of languages (see below) all of them are apparently nonsense aside from the references, which are always in English. |
23 | * BilingualDialogue: Multilingual would be more accurate; between Deco's French, Lunchbox's Chinese, Fussy Britches' Portuguese with occasional Italian, whatever the white-haired devil speaks, the English used by signs and assorted one-off characters, and the ''calculus equations'' used by Caboose, this trope is present in spades. |
24 | ** The white-haired devil's speech in [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=82 at least one strip]] seems to be Dutch/Flemish. [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=49 Elsewhere]] she seems to speak Greek, or at least in Greek letters. Sometimes it’s Dutch/Flemish written in Greek. |
25 | ** And [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=160 starting here,]] a floating mouse-like creature (with a distinct resemblance to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]) speaks Catalan. |
26 | * BodyHorror: Whatever is happening on [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=22 this page]], [[{{Squick}} it's a good thing Deco is turned the other way...]] |
27 | * CantYouReadTheSign: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=07 Of course the signs warning of the deep, deep hole ahead aren't worth noticing.]] Though neither Deco nor Lunchbox actually speak English, so I suppose it's justifiable. |
28 | ** [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=17 This one specifically says, "No one listens to me anyways."]] |
29 | * {{Catgirl}}: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=21 Deco, in one comic only,]] [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=85 and these one-off characters.]] |
30 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Deco says "Bassoon!" quite a bit at the beginning. |
31 | ** The phrase "drink Early Times" shows up with fair frequency in later comics. Early Times is a brand of whiskey, by the way. |
32 | ** The radio with legs [[BrokenRecord keeps repeating the phrase]] "Zachary. Acetaminophen. Beige." |
33 | * CuteMute: Antithesis (Fussy Britches' daughter) [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=37 has blank speech bubbles.]] |
34 | * DadaComics: Of which this is a prime example. |
35 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The character often called "The Girl Who Speaks Math" is exactly that. Though her real name is Caboose. |
36 | * {{Fanservice}}: The characters are randomly naked every so often. ([[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=105 Here]]'s an example.) |
37 | * GodivaHair: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=105 Deco, in this comic.]] |
38 | * GuestStrip: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=87 Only one, by someone named Divine.]] It makes about as much sense as the rest of the comic, as in none. |
39 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: The Brazilian hippie girl who rarely wears pants or underwear and frequently doesn't even button her shirt. |
40 | * LargeHam: The '''TWONKY'''. A boon to mankind? Or '''''its terrible fate?!''''' |
41 | ** A ShoutOut to a short story by Creator/HenryKuttner and Creator/CLMoore, alias Lewis Padgett, and/or [[Film/TheTwonky the movie adaptation]] thereof. |
42 | * {{Mindscrew}}: Almost inverted, it's the parts that near comprehension that are disorienting. |
43 | * MoodWhiplash: The comic is cute and whimsical, right? [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=85 Then you have this]], which is pretty damn depressing. Then it's back to cute and whimsical. |
44 | * MsFanservice: Fussy Britches, the hippie. See InnocentFanserviceGirl above. |
45 | * MushroomSamba: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=28 What do you expect from brownies made by a hippie?]] |
46 | ** [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=73 Possibly here as well, though it's hard to understand.]] |
47 | * ShoutOut: Lots and lots, particularly to old video games such as Pac-Man (Deco's headband has the game's titular character and a ghost, not to mention [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=15 this]]), VideoGame/{{Zork}} [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=08 (when Deco and Lun Che Box fall into a pit, the opening text is in the background)]], and plenty to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. There are also excerpts from ''The Idiot at Home'' by John Kendrick Bangs every once in a while, and one comic has the last few lines from Tennyson's Sir Galahad. |
48 | ** [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=30 This comic]] references the last two lines of the song "Truckstop" by Marty Stuart. |
49 | ** There are many, many references to the end text of VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}. |
50 | ** Deco must have dialed the 80's into the [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=134 Dial-A-Decade machine]], because [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]] walked out. |
51 | * TalkativeLoon: Nearly all characters gives off this impression. |
52 | * SistineSteal: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=21 Tag!]] |
53 | * TheUnintelligible: EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER. But especially Deco herself, the AnimeChineseGirl Lunchbox, and Caboose. |
54 | * UnsoundEffect: Many of the "sound effects" are things like celebrity names. Actually, none of them are real sounds... |
55 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: One-off character [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=68 Sinbios]] |
56 | * WrenchWench: [[http://www.succubi.org/db/index.php?strip=124 Caboose.]] |
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