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Webcomic: The Misadventures Of Gerbil
The Misadventures of Gerbil is an ongoing webcomic by Ralf Corsten, about a New Transfer Student called Gerbil whose new school turns out to be World of Weirdness. It’s not very long yet, but has its own page because the artist is One of Us and made it himself.It’s being published every other day and can be found here
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The Misadventures of Gerbil provides examples of:
.The Misadventures of Gerbil provides examples of:
- The Ace: Ace is so good, he makes it better by just being there!
- All There in the Manual: A lot of background info is given in the commentaries.
- Author Avatar: He never interacts with the character, only with the reader. He would be just a narrator if he hadn’t been given a face in his first appearance. Appears now and then to explain something to the reader.
- Burger Fool: Responds to a certain cat.
- Brawn Hilda: A very skinny one.
- The Bully: Well, sort of. Bill and Ted switch roles as nerd and bully from time to time.
- Bully and Wimp Pairing: Bill and Ted.
- The Cheerleader: Amy is a superhero cheerleader.
- Embarrassing First Name: Downplayed, as Heinz is only a reasonably embarrassing name. Played more straight with Gerbil.
- Fun with Acronyms: GUS.
- Girl Posse: The Valley Girl has one that marches.
- Horny Vikings: In the opera.
- Hypocritical Humor: A stick figure complains about XKCD in this comic.
- Lethal Chef: Ms. Hag, the lunch lady.
- Loads and Loads of Characters: So far the only plot is,Gerbil being introduced to new characters.
- McDonald's: With the golden arch upside down, so that it forms a W.
- New Transfer Student: Gerbil is introduced this way.
- School Idol: Two are mentioned, a boy and a girl.
- School Newspaper News Hound: “Deep School” is one.
- Second Year Protagonist: Inverted. The protagonist is a New Transfer Student, but everyone else is second year.
- Terrible Artist: Discussed. In the very first comic, the artist warns for his art skills, which he then shows by drawing a sandcastle.Caption: "(It’s a sandcastle. Am I that bad?)"
- Unfortunate Names: Gerbilliam Überwurst Sandwich.
- Valley Girl
- World of Weirdness: Shows hints of this, with a superhero cheerleader as a secondary character. So far, it’s more about general weirdness.
- The Verse: Called the Gerbilverse. The artist seems to have an obsession with background info.