1 | ->''The 503'' |
2 | ->''written by: stuart richards'' |
3 | ->''In defiance of: the laws of god and nature'' |
4 | -->-- Header notes for the proof-of-concept installment of ''The 503'' |
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6 | ''[[http://www.the503comic.com The 503]]'' is a rendered photograph/line drawing webcomic about several friends who move to Portland, Oregon together and the various events that transpire throughout the course of that journey. |
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8 | WordOfGod [[http://www.invisionplus.net/forums/index.php?mforum=foraaugusta&showtopic=5476 says]] that the strip is based on the real-life experiences of the author and his friends, so the comic is at least somewhat autobiographical in nature. |
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10 | Currently, the strip is dealing with AuthorAvatar [[AuthorAvatar Philip Archibald Stone]]'s journey to Portland, and the various people he meets along the way. |
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13 | !!This webcomic utilizes the following tropes: |
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15 | * AuthorAvatar: Philip Archibald Stone |
16 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: In the [[http://www.the503comic.com/?pageID=12 proof-of-concept strip]]. |
17 | * BarBrawl: Initiated by Demitri Kalinin and John Flatt in [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=53 this strip]], and continued [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=55 here]], with appropriate music ("London Calling" by The Clash). |
18 | * ClusterFBomb: Demitri's response to being HoistByHisOwnPetard in [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 this strip]]. |
19 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Phil obviously has one of these, first referenced [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=5 here]] and then made more explicit with a [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=40 dream sequence]] to the point where [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=41 other characters]] [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=31 noticed it on their own.]] |
20 | * DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Dawn Rachel Mcallender, Phil's girlfriend, dies in a wildfire in 2006.]] This is what motivates Phil to move to Portland and fills him with grief at the beginning of the strip. |
21 | * FunetikAksent: The Australian owners of the Jolly Swagman speak in a strong bogan accent represented as such and even lampshaded in [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=89 Strip 70]]. |
22 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Demitri asks Phil to prove his (Phil's) existence. Given that Demitri has a black eye as a result of an earlier BarBrawl, [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 the outcome is fairly predictable]]. |
23 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In Phil's conversation with Demitri in [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 this installment]]: |
24 | -->'''Phil:''' Okay, then, let's take your overly-skeptical approach to everything. Prove to me that ''you'' exist. |
25 | -->'''Demitri:''' Don't pull that Descartes crap. I'm right here in front of you, you can see me. Don't be ridiculous. |
26 | -->'''Phil:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall You could just be a figment of someone's imagination, for all I know. A character in a story, or something.]] |
27 | * PrecisionFStrike: The bouncer, [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=57 when he kicks John and Demitri out of the bar]]. |
28 | * OhCrap: When Phil Stone realizes he's . . . [[UnusualEuphemism become romantically involved with]] [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=10 the girlfriend of a Huskers lineman]]: |
29 | -->'''Phil:''' I. Did. '''WHAT'''. With. A. Husker's. Girlfriend. |
30 | -->'''Phil:''' Christ on a crutch. |
31 | -->'''Cindy:''' Or you, if he ever finds out! |
32 | * RailEnthusiast: Ryan Sangiorgio, who improbably [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=52 gets the girl because of it.]] |
33 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: As noted above, the webcomic is partly inspired by the author's life in Portland. |
34 | * RiddleForTheAges: The fairy which shows up in [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=40 this episode]] - is it a figment of Phil's imagination, or [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=60 is]] [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=61 it]] [[http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 real]]? |
35 | * SexForSolace: Averted when Shellie backs away from a kiss [[spoiler:with Phil after learning about the death of his girlfriend three years ago]] in [[http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=212 Strip 189]]. |
36 | * SliceOfLife: See "RealLifeWritesThePlot". |
37 | * [[TricksterArchetype Trickster]]: Demitri Kalinin |
38 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: Based on the author's experiences in Portland. |
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