History Main / InteractiveComic

* ''Webcomic/LunarHill''

* ''Webcomic/{{Facade}}''

* ''Webcomic/{{Masquerade}}''

* ''Webcomic/{{Iji}}''
* ''Webcomic/{{ItsMidnightSomewhere}}''

* WhoWritesThisCrap: In stories with [[BreakingTheFourthWall a thinner fourth wall]], the characters in the story might rebel and refuse to follow instructions, as a means for the author to express displeasure with the decision-making of the audience.

* CerebusSyndrome: Specifically, once the OntologicalMystery is slightly less of a mystery, the author will often reveal a backstory for the world and the character. This generally tilts the comic away from silly hijinks to plot-driven story.

* ''Roleplay/{{Alanna}}''
* ''Webcomic/AllNightLaundry''
* ''Webcomic/ArtOfDomination''
* ''Webcomic/BeTheSeaDwellerLowblood''
* ''Webcomic/{{Castelocked}}''
* ''Webcomic/{{Chiasmata}}''
* ''Webcomic/ChildrenOfTheGun''

* ''Webcomic/ALittleTownCalledCoxwette'': A fugitive, randy tomcat tries to hide out in a lovely little TownWithADarkSecret.

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''Website/{{Questden}}'' was created to run image board quests, which use a mix of pictures and accompanying text to tell stories..

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[[Roleplay/Bay12PlayByPostGames Bay 12]] has several in the Forum Games and Roleplaying section, including such works as [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55601.0 thiiiiiiiis]].

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* ''[[Webcomic/AcidSoup Acid Soup]]'': A girl got something stolen from her, but she doesn't know what in a city where that could be practically anything.

* ''[[Webcomic/AsteroidQuest AsteroidQuest]]'': A sprawling science fiction adventure in a high tech setting featuring many distinctive alien races.
** ''[[WebComic/UnnaturalSelection Unnatural Selection]]'': An AI simulation happening in the greater Asteroidverse.
** ''[[Webcomic/KnightBlades Knight Blades]]'': A parallel story about a knight errant seeking to eliminate a great evil and to serve his master, Muschio.

* ''[[Roleplay/FenQuest FenQuest]]'': A kobold on a quest to make a name for himself and marry his love.
* ''[[Roleplay/MudyQuest Mudy Quest]]'': A kobold named Mudy out to claim a kingdom as his own.

* AscendedFanon: And ''nothing but''.
** Beyond direct suggestions, authors often take direction of the future updates by canonizing fan speculation.

* ForegoneConclusion: ''Homestuck'' has proven that as any interactive comic becomes popular enough, it begins to defy the medium. The creator of ''Homestuck'' has said that before ultimately closing the suggestion boxes, there were so many suggestions that he could pick any direction he wanted, subverting the idea of the interactivity.
** ''Homestuck'' is also an interesting case study in that the author eventually got incredibly fed up by endless streams of countless moronic suggestions; something usually considered a strength of this genre.
*** Even more interesting is that without suggestions, fans still affect the comic in small ways as community jokes and theories often appear in the comics or have nods to them. Also, the author himself said "90% of 'calling it' is actually influencing it in disguise."

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!Tropes common to Interactive Comics include:

The [[http://www.mspaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?85 MSPA Forum Adventures]] forum (now a redirect to the hereinafter mentioned archive website[[note]]The forums crashed, possibly after an attack, and could never be satisfactorily be brought back up; many adventures were continued on other forums such as Eagle Time and Omega Update.[[/note]]), which as the name suggests is part of ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures''' forum. A substantial number of these are fanfiction of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', and a lot of them are archived on [[http://mspfanventures.com/ MS Paint Fan Adventures]], a collaborative mirror site which transposes these adventures from forum posts into the style of MSPA proper.

!Tropes often used include
* AscendedFanon: and ''nothing but''. Collectively, these comics may well be the best example.

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* The genre really arose out of InteractiveFiction and joking around on forums (both Ruby Quest and [=MSPA=] started on forums), so pinning down the UrExample is probably impossible.
* ''Webcomic/RubyQuest'' and all the other [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Quest /tg/ quests]] are the [[TropeMaker Trope Makers]] (though ''Ruby Quest'' itself is younger than the TropeCodifier).
** ''Roleplay/JohnQuest'', GaidenGame-esque SelfParody of Ruby by the [[Creator/TheWeaver same author]].
** ''Webcomic/NanQuest'', ''Webcomic/RubyQuest''[='=]s SpiritualSequel.
** ''Webcomic/DiveQuest'', a fantasy roleplay and possible prequel to ''Webcomic/RubyQuest''.
* ''Webcomic/EnemyQuest'' is a Romance/Science-Fiction interactive comic in the same vein as Webcomic/RubyQuest and Roleplay/NanQuest. Created by [[http://questden.org/wiki/Bromeliad Bromeliad]], It follows the story of one Zack Nguyen as he's hired by a government agency to take place in a cultural exchange program with Earth's newest residents: the Visitors, a collection of four alien races from [[Main/AnotherDimension another dimension]].
* ''Webcomic/OldRepublicPaintAdventures'' is an interactive comic (loosely) set in the Star Wars universe.
* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' is the TropeCodifier.
** This has changed a bit since the site was started. While completed series ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' is still an excellent example of the genre, the current series ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has long since closed its submission boxes and is for all practical purposes a "normal" webcomic styled like an interactive comic. The audience still has a significant influence on the story, though, as author Creator/AndrewHussie enjoys reading fan theories and [[AscendedFanon employing]] the ones he likes into the story.
* In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay'', the guru is visited by the Goddess, which introduces a [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/146/ complicated puzzle game that few people have solved]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Voices}}'' (which was originally an [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures MSPA Forum Adventure]] before getting its own site.)
* ''Webcomic/LittleRobotBigScaryWorld''
* ''Roleplay/DorfQuest''
* ''Webcomic/SilentHillPromise''
* ''Webcomic/BlackWardEmptyChambers'': an [[InteractiveComic interactive]] horror comic and spiritual successor to VideoGame/SilentHill2. ''Black Ward'' updates daily and uses [[AudienceParticipation comments]] as AdventureGame style prompts to move the story forward. The story follows AmnesiacHero Callahan Westchester as he makes his way through the dark and mysterious ‘Black Ward’, searching for his brother and encountering twisted monstrosities.

* ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou''[='s=] Create.swf Adventures
* ''Epicsplosion: Tripp Rougestar's Space-filled Adventure'', whose story depends on which of several paths you take, something that Creator/AndrewHussie tried with ''Webcomic/BardQuest''.

* ''Webcomic/WickedAwesomeAdventure''
* ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' (which was also a [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures MSPA Forum Adventure]] before getting its own site.)

* ''Webcomic/{{Gengame}}''
* ''Webcomic/MorphE'', is like a visual novel, with animations and ''Franchise/{{Ace Attorney}}'' styled investigation sequences.

* ''Webcomic/OmnitopiaThePlayground'' where all the main characters are people from the Gitpg forums who have given permission to appear in the comic.
* ''[[http://banditsquest.com/ Bandit's Quest]]'', stated to have been inspired by MSPA, originated on [[http://banditsquest.tumblr.com/ tumblr]].
* ''Webcomic/CityOfTheDead''
* ''Webcomic/LunarHill''
* ''Webcomic/TinyCatPeople''
* ''Webcomic/EvilPlan'' switched over to a MSPA style for AprilFoolsDay 2012, and took suggestions from the readers. The comic was updated nearly a hundred times that day, with several of the images being [[http://evilplan.thewebcomic.com/comics/1460787/start-game/ animated .gifs.]]
* ''Webcomic/PantsSeatCarpetRide'', which is told from the third person and contains no images, was inspired by MSPA.

* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital''
** ''Webcomic/StrangeSchool'' (fancomic)

* ''Webcomic/BeCalm'' runs on reader commands, but [[spoiler: the characters are fully aware that they are being interacted with, and often break the fourth wall to address the "voices" giving them prompts.]]
* ''Webcomic/BasketsOfGuts''
* ''Webcomic/SaveThePrincess''
* ''Webcomic/{{Transverse}}''
* ''Webcomic/WayOfWushu''
* Downplayed in ''WebOriginal/{{Unichat}}'', which breaks from the genre's InteractiveFiction roots, instead allowing readers to interact with the narrative through the Unichat platform itself.
* ''Webcomic/BloodIsMine''
* ''Webcomic/RWBYQuest''
* ''Webcomic/MyDeliriumAlcazar''
* ''Webcomic/CutieClash''
* ''Webcomic/LandFall''
* ''Webcomic/NASAPone''
* ''Webcomic/TheComplex''
Several websites include entire sections in which {{Interactive Comic}}s can be created.
* The [[http://www.mspaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?85 MSPA Forum Adventures]] forum (now a redirect to the hereinafter mentioned archive website[[note]]The forums crashed, possibly after an attack, and could never be satisfactorily be brought back up; many adventures were continued on other forums such as Eagle Time and Omega Update.[[/note]]), which as the name suggests is part of ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures''' forum. A substantial number of these are fanfiction of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', and a lot of them are archived on [[http://mspfanventures.com/ MS Paint Fan Adventures]], a collaborative mirror site which transposes these adventures from forum posts into the style of MSPA proper.
** ''Webcomic/ABeginnersGuideToTheEndOfTheUniverse''
*** ''Webcomic/ChairmanJackEmerge'' (sequel)
** ''Webcomic/ACompleteWasteOfTime''
** ''Roleplay/{{Alanna}}''
** ''Webcomic/AllNightLaundry''
** ''Webcomic/ArtOfDomination''
** ''Webcomic/BeTheSeaDwellerLowblood''
** ''Webcomic/{{Castelocked}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Chiasmata}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Cordless}}''
*** And its short-lived Reboot, [[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?47265-Rebuild-of-Cordless Rebuild of Cordless.]]
** ''Webcomic/CorgiQuest''
** ''Roleplay/CrystalRave''
** ''Webcomic/CultFollowing''
** ''Webcomic/DarkDungeonsLightBot''
** ''Webcomic/{{Datastuck}}''
** ''Webcomic/DontNameIt''
** ''Webcomic/DoubleReacharoundOrange''
** ''Webcomic/DoubleReacharoundRed''
** ''Webcomic/DungeonsOfSunnydale''
** ''Webcomic/{{Facade}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Fortuna}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Godquest}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Heartstuck}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Hexane}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Hoofstuck}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Housetrapped}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Iji}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{ItsMidnightSomewhere}}''
** ''Webcomic/LegendOfTheHunter''
** ''Webcomic/{{Lucidstuck}}''
** ''Webcomic/MarySueQuest''
** ''Webcomic/{{Masquerade}}''
** [[Webcomic/DotMemoria .Memoria]]
** ''Webcomic/TheMotleyTwo''
** ''Webcomic/NepetaQuest2011''
** ''Webcomic/{{Nightfall}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Oceanfalls}}''
** ''Fanfic/{{Selfstuck}}''
** ''Webcomic/SinisterEvolution''
** ''Webcomic/StuckHomestuck''
** ''Webcomic/{{Superego}}''
** ''Webcomic/SynodicReboot''
** ''Webcomic/{{TheHumanGame}}''
** ''Webcomic/TrolSeasson''
** ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}''
** ''Webcomic/{{Wildlife}}''
* Sufficient Velocity Forums' [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/forums/quests.29/ Quests Section]], which includes these:
** ''Webcomic/TerreneSpire''
* A section of ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' forums (Facepunch).
* ''Website/{{Questden}}'' was created to run image board quests, which use a mix of pictures and accompanying text to tell stories..
** ''[[Webcomic/AcidSoup Acid Soup]]'': A girl got something stolen from her, but she doesn't know what in a city where that could be practically anything.
** ''Webcomic/ALittleTownCalledCoxwette'': A fugitive, randy tomcat tries to hide out in a lovely little TownWithADarkSecret.
** ''[[Webcomic/AsteroidQuest AsteroidQuest]]'': A sprawling science fiction adventure in a high tech setting featuring many distinctive alien races.
*** ''[[WebComic/UnnaturalSelection Unnatural Selection]]'': An AI simulation happening in the greater Asteroidverse.
*** ''[[Webcomic/KnightBlades Knight Blades]]'': A parallel story about a knight errant seeking to eliminate a great evil and to serve his master, Muschio.
** ''Webcomic/{{Dungeoneer}}'': A Dungeon Heart trying to expand her dungeon and maybe become a better person.
** ''[[Roleplay/FenQuest FenQuest]]'': A kobold on a quest to make a name for himself and marry his love.
** ''[[Roleplay/MudyQuest Mudy Quest]]'': A kobold named Mudy out to claim a kingdom as his own.
** ''Webcomic/TrashyVampireRomanceNovel'': TVRN is the un-life of the recently-turned vampire Ricardo Castro and the messy situations he gets into.
* [[Roleplay/Bay12PlayByPostGames Bay 12]] has several in the Forum Games and Roleplaying section, including such works as [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55601.0 thiiiiiiiis]].
** ''Webcomic/DarknessRedeemedNecromechanic''
** ''Webcomic/TheLittlestCheesemaker''
** ''Webcomic/LosingIsFun''
* [[http://www.evil-dog.com/storyshift.html StoryShift]], as written about by [[http://boingboing.net/2014/11/05/storyshift-is-a-new-storytelli.html BoingBoing]].
* ''Webcomic/D20Pony'' is a fantasy adventure set in the universe of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', in which the readers take control of a young earth pony as she explores the land of Equestria.

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