1 | ->''Webcomics United: It's Awesome'' |
2 | --> -- '''[[http://webcomics-united.com/99 Actual slogan of the Webcomics United syndicate]]''' |
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5 | A webcomic featuring webcomic characters living their lives and working, you guessed it, in webcomics, focusing on the life of Zip M. Stiff, a young chibi Filler who has no idea how his work works, despite being one of the best qualified fillers in the whole syndicate. Together with a bunch of friends who are also Fillers and some bureaucrats, they poke fun at WebcomicTropes and have relatively normal lives [[HilarityEnsues in the funniest way possible]]. |
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7 | The comic started as a gag-a-day comic without many aspirations, and now has a big underlying plot that spans between other smaller plots. Not to mention the author is quite fond of {{Foreshadowing}} and {{Cliffhanger}}s... |
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10 | !!This comic provides examples of the following tropes: |
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12 | * ArtEvolution: Lots of it. Zip, for one, gets eyelids over time, and Theo's hair is always changing. |
13 | * ArtShift: Other comic's styles are mimicked as good as can be when featured. |
14 | ** In-story: Miss Ribbon undergoes "de-cheesecaking procedure", going from {{Animesque}} to a more rubbery style. |
15 | * AwfulWeddedLife: The briefly featured Lockharts, from the [[NewspaperComics Funnies Syndicate]]. |
16 | * TheCameo: Lots of extras in the background are actually characters borrowed from other comics. |
17 | * CerebusSyndrome: Known as [[http://webcomics-united.com/strip/71 "The Aardvark Flu"]]. It's a very serious disease. |
18 | * ChekhovsGunman: Flora, Jello's girlfriend, mentioned ''en passe'' in a very early strip, then becomes a permanent addition to the cast. The same happens to Ribbon, who starts as a random stall worker, then informercial hostess and, finally, VP of Human Resources and another addition to the regular cast. |
19 | * CheshireCatGrin: Ohm and his "sharky" grin. |
20 | * CloserToEarth: Ella to John, but smoothly being subverted. |
21 | * {{Crossover}}: Part of the premise of the comic. |
22 | * CuteMute: Mim, Zip's current girlfriend. |
23 | * DistractedByTheSexy: '''[[http://webcomics-united.com/strip/29 SEX!]]''' |
24 | * EmbarrassingMiddleName: Zip M. Stiff. The "M" stands for "Maid". |
25 | * {{Fanservice}}: Elevated to the category of [[http://webcomics-united.com/strip/31 holiday]] within the Webcomic World. |
26 | ** MsFanservice: Ribbon, until she decided to put a stop on that. It's unsure whether this worked or not. |
27 | * GentleGiant: From the looks of it, [[{{Kaiju}} Theo's father]]. |
28 | * GuestStrip |
29 | * HalloweenCosplay: Used once, averted in the next year. |
30 | * HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: September threatens to fire Zip so hard even his kids will be born fired. Given the current economy, that's one harsh threat! |
31 | * LampshadeHanging: Well, duh. It's a [[MetaWebcomics meta webcomic]]. |
32 | * FillerStrip: Sometimes in IncrediblyLamePun [[http://webcomics-united.com/strip/77 form]]. |
33 | * OnlySaneMan: Jello for the fillers, Ribbon for the bureaucrats. |
34 | * {{Meta Guy}}s: Zip sometimes wonders why they make comics, and who reads them, but that questioning is quickly dismissed. |
35 | ** Ms. Puchok exhibits some odd Fourth Wall awareness. |
36 | * NoodlePeople: The aptly named [[http://webcomics-united.com/strip/119 Noodle]]. |
37 | * NoFourthWall: Actually, there is one, and it's called... The Wall. Some people are said to come from beyond it, including [[spoiler:Ribbon]]. The people within don't talk much about it, though. |
38 | * TheNoseless: Zip takes that after his mother. [[WordOfGod To avoid the dreaded "snoutface" effect]], though, his nose is described as "mostly invisible", appearing in full profiles. |
39 | * PaintingTheMedium: Puchok gives a course on "Panel Dynamics", which consists in moving in a single panel. It's easier done than said, really. |
40 | * StealthPun: not wanting to give them away, but there's the one in [[spoiler:The Aardvark Flu]], and the title of [[spoiler:Flora Leaves]], which was admittedly unintentional. |
41 | * SpinoffBabies: [[http://webcomics-united.com/strip/63 Spoofed]]. |
42 | * SupernaturallyYoungParent: Because she's a sprite, Ella looks no older than her own son, even when displayed in higher resolutions. |
43 | * UglyGuyHotWife: John and Ella, a stick figure and a previously starlet and muse of sprite comics. He isn't bothered and loves messing up with her admirers. |
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