K: ...God is so fucking me. Liz: Dude, you have no idea.
Blip is the story of K, a girl that was never meant to exist, and is, according to Lucifer, a great cosmic mistake on God's part. Because her actions have serious effects on other people and can greatly change the path of destiny, God has angels look after her and make sure she does not become anything special.Among the cast are K's friends, most of whom are involved with the supernatural in one way or another, a couple of Chibi angels whose job is to censor K, a couple of little demons who like to beat up the angels, and a strangely Bishōnen Lucifer.Found here. Currently in indefinite hiatus.
Apocalypse Maiden: K via Ascended Fridge Horror; her interactions with people and her creative projects have altered the cosmic scheme and the cosmic powers that do exist have absolutely no idea what is going on.
Who's that young man in the college library stocking books in this strip? If you read Questionable Content I think you know the answer to this already.
Cyborg: Mary is described as one early in the strip, but later (and especially once her full back-story is revealed) it becomes clear that she was always entirely robotic.
Genre Busting: Slice of Life about a girl unaware of the fact that she was never meant to exist, is central in the battle between heaven and hell, that her best friends are a vampire, a witch, and a cyborg, and that her ex-boyfriend is apparently The Messiah, which is something he is also unaware of. And that's not even addressing every story thread: a demon is now in love with the witch after she saved his life because the devil tried to kill him, so now he and his sister are recruiting for a war to rebel against hell, the protagonist's ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend ended up having cancer then died so heaven could punish her parents...you know, let's just say that this comic can be full of amazing surprises.
The Good, the Bad, and the Evil: Heaven is willing to screw our protagonist over for the sake of preserving order. Hell is trying to help her — because they're hoping she'll bring about The End of the World as We Know It. Most of the real good guys aren't allied with either side.
Light Is Not Good: The forces of "light" actively seek to ruin an innocent person's life.
Living Shadow: Liz has the power to become this. By incorporating herself into someone else's shadow, she can follow them around, even through daylight.
Louis Cypher: My who's that mysterious, suave, blonde man who keeps appearing in the background?
Magnetic Hero: K in general. Elizabeth is one of the most powerful vampires on Earth, Mary is a unique Robot Girl who was built by Frankenstein, Hester is a very powerful witch, Angela is a saint, and Bishop is The Messiah.
Masquerade: How the series has (so far) balanced mundane Slice of Life with Urban Fantasy. The non-supernatural characters are completely unaware of the forces at work around them, and the fact that their actions have cosmic consequences.
Medium Awareness: More common in the early strips. For example, here K complains about how she was drawn in a prior panel, and here she argues with the narrator.
Power Limiter - Stated recently to be the reason why people like Hester have magic, and others do not. In K's case, this is apparently a good thing because she has a vast reservoir of magic within her.
Pretender Diss: Here the girls watch a marathon of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Twilight, and Terminator Salvation. The girls in question are a witch, a vampire, and a cyborg. Their reactions are priceless (Gell-Mann amnesia is at work).
Rashomon-Style: Deliberately invoked and lampshaded. Surprisingly, we actually find out exactly what happened, due to the fact that Mary is a robot, and as she put it, "Free of errors and inconsistencies of the hippocampus."
Robot Girl: Mary. Liz also has a robot body, supplied by Mary, which she can possess when she needs to go out in daylight.
Room Full of Crazy: The interior of Bishop's mind manifests itself as a dark little room with four endlessly tall walls with every little secret he's had throughout his life scribbled on them.
Running Gag: Someone sneezing when other characters talk about them, a common superstition in Japan.
Satan: Interestingly enough, two separate characters. Lucifer is (loosely) the Christian concept (i.e. the angel rebelling against God) while The Adversary is (loosely) the Jewish concept (i.e. the loyal opposition in God's court).
However, closer to the original ideas of Satan, Lucifer is vastly out matched by Heaven, as opposed to more modern conceptions where Satan is nearly an equal force to God.
Schedule Slip: After managing to go one strip per day for ages, the comic eventually dropped to a strip every few days, and then stopped altogether. Apparently, the author was in a car accident, and was unable to draw for two months. After two months, the comic resumed on December 15, although updates have slowed down to almost a monthly basis now, as of March.
Shaggy Dog Story: K and Mohag driving several hours to help Bang who they thought had been brutally attacked. He was OK, he only got stabbed in the arm and broke his phone. His attacker ended up much worse, possibly dead.
Your Cheating Heart: Subverted. K believes Bishop is cheating on her, but he is actually helping and consoling his ex-girlfriend who has found out she has cancer.
Currently in indefinite hiatus.
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