History Webcomic / DresdenCodak

* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly of Kimiko herself. Special mention goes to Kimiko [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/07/the-sleepwalkers/ naked]] (Mildly {{NSFW}}), and Kimiko in a [[http://dresdencodak.com/2008/01/25/future-memories/ loose dressing gown]]. One of the odder examples is when [[spoiler:she has an entirely new body built from scratch]], but the robots responsible don't bother to give her a full set of clothes, so she [[http://dresdencodak.com/2015/07/08/dark-science-49-exode/ just walks around in her underwear]] for a few pages.

* IncomingHam: The Aligeri, all except one of whom announce themselves with MyNameIsInigoMontoya, a flourish of grandiose violence and a PreAsskickingOneLiner:

-->'''Vola''': [''who manifests as two people''] Relax, you gals are in good hands. We're Vola the Gambler. [''fuses into person and then takes out a bunch of mooks with a dual arrow thing'']

* IncomingHam: The Aligeri, all except one of whom announce themselves with a flourish of violence and a PreAsskickingOneLiner:

* IncomingHam: The Aligeri. Well, except for one of them.

* PacingProblems: One of the most commonly recurring criticisms of the comic is that it has these--not Padding or ArcFatigue, but ''too much plot'' in each episode. One [[https://www.saffroncomic.com/2017/09/06/patron-review-dresden-codak-dark-science/ review]] pointed that the first storyline, "Hob", had ''twelve'' significant plot twists in 80 pages, many of which overrode previous plot twists. The effect of reading several strips in a row is that the reader feels like intervening strips, where the story actually breathes, have been skipped. This may be a feature of how slowly the comic gets written, but for all the awesome art and good ideas, the storytelling has been repeatedly [[https://webcomicoverlook.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/wco239-dresden-codak/ criticised]] as very poorly paced.

''[[http://dresdencodak.com/ Dresden Codak]]'' is a webcomic by Aaryn Diaz that has been running at an irregular (and very slow) pace since 2005. It offers whimsical humor focused on physics, philosophy, and transhumanism -- except for the Hob storyline, which, while having the same focus, was much more serious. The current extended story, [[http://dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/dark-science-01/ "Dark Science",]] starts out humorous, but [[CerebusSyndrome that doesn't last long.]]

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: [[http://dresdencodak.com/2012/09/26/dark-science-21/ Kimiko borrowing a party dress from Yvonne]] is a rather humorous example, as the latter is taller and much... ahem, [[BuxomIsBetter bigger]] than the former. Also, Vonnie's preference for AbsoluteCleavage leaves Kim with some "severe structural questions" (namely how one holds up the front without using their hands).

* ShoutOut: Kimiko "[[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Thunderbolt]]" Ross (née Kimiko Sarai '''Kusanagi''') dresses (and at times acts) a lot like her [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell namesake]]. What's more, in the original manga Kusanagi's name was described as "an obvious alias" (roughly the equivalent of the last name "Excalibur") and it turns out [[spoiler:it isn't even her father's real surname either]].

* SkunkStripe:
** Kusanagi, in his later years.
-->'''TheRant:''' I could draw [[http://dresdencodak.com/2012/02/15/dark-science-16/ Kusanagi's hair]] forever.
** Kim herself [[DiseaseBleach acquires one]] after [[http://dresdencodak.com/2014/07/24/dark-science-33/ her battle]] with "Leviathan".

* Kimiko "Thunderbolt" Ross: A misanthropic, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetically]]-enhanced MadScientist.

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: [[http://dresdencodak.com/2012/09/26/dark-science-21/ Kimiko borrowing a party dress from Yvonne]] is a rather humorous example, as the latter is taller and much... ahem, [[BigBraToFill bigger]] than the former. Also, Vonnie's preference for AbsoluteCleavage leaves Kim with some "severe structural questions" (namely how one holds up the front without using their hands).

* MixedAncestry: Kimiko Ross is [[http://dresdencodak.com/2008/10/02/epilogue-2/ half Japanese]] (paternal side) [[spoiler:whoops, change that to half Korean]] and [[http://dresdencodak.com/2008/05/02/copan/ half Caucasian]] (maternal side).

* TerminallyDependentSociety: "Mother" is a world-assimilating ArtificalIntelligence[=/=]GreyGoo/[[TheSingularity Singularity]] that provides everything Humanity asks for -- to point of making people unnecessary, irrelevant and progressively infantile. They go to the verge of extinction as life in the virtual worlds she/it provides takes precedence over breeding. When humanity finally goes to war with Mother, victory comes at a terrible cost: much of human history and culture dies with Mother, and every human is blinded.

* TerminallyDependentSociety: "Mother" is a world-assimilating {{AI}}[=/=]GreyGoo/[[TheSingularity Singularity]] that provides everything Humanity asks for -- to point of making people unnecessary, irrelevant and progressively infantile. They go to the verge of extinction as life in the virtual worlds she/it provides takes precedence over breeding. When humanity finally goes to war with Mother, victory comes at a terrible cost: much of human history and culture dies with Mother, and every human is blinded.

* SkunkStripe: Kusanagi, in his later years.
-->'''TheRant:''' I could draw [[http://dresdencodak.com/2012/02/15/dark-science-16/ Kusanagi's hair]] forever

-->'''TheRant:''' I could draw [[ http://dresdencodak.com/2012/02/15/dark-science-16/ Kusanagi's hair]] forever

* InfiniteCanvas: [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_029.htm Several]] [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_031.htm comics]] [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_027.htm are]] of a length that would be at best impractical for a print comic. Note that the linked comics are not apt to be split into smaller sized comics either. This has continued into his later strips; [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/12/16/lantern-season Lantern Season]], arguably the largest one to date[[note]]5,195 pixels tall[[/note]], is, according to the author, "the exact height of Dustin Hoffman".

* Kimiko "Thunderbolt" Ross: A misanthropic, cybernetically-enhanced MadScientist.

''[[http://dresdencodak.com/ Dresden Codak]]'' is a webcomic by Aaron Diaz that has been running at an irregular (and very slow) pace since 2005. It offers whimsical humor focused on physics, philosophy, and transhumanism -- except for the Hob storyline, which, while having the same focus, was much more serious. The current extended story, [[http://dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/dark-science-01/ "Dark Science",]] starts out humorous, but [[CerebusSyndrome that doesn't last long.]]

* ArtEvolution: The art quality increases immensely as the comic progressed. For full effect, compare [[http://dresdencodak.com/2005/06/08/the-tomorrow-man/ this first strip]] to [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/07/the-sleepwalkers/ this more recent strip]] and [[http://dresdencodak.com/2010/07/10/dark-science-03/ this even more recent strip]]. The art is actually starting to get kind of ridiculously detailed. Perhaps not coincidentally, author Aaron Diaz considers Creator/{{Moebius}} to be his most important artistic influence.

* CastOfSnowflakes: Aaron Diaz [[http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/3583964949/figures-they-speak-for-themselves-mildly-nsfw makes a point to do design characters this way]] (mildly NSFW).

* NerdsAreSexy

* NewFirstComics

* PlotRelevantAgeUp

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "I'm not a criminal, I've never even been convicted of a felony in this state," gives us three. "Convicted"[[labelnote:*]]Which leaves the possibility of mistrials, "not guilty" verdicts, and committing the crime undetected.[[/labelnote]], "felony"[[labelnote:*]]Leaves open misdemeanours.[[/labelnote]], and obviously "in this state"[[labelnote:*]]There are many other states.[[/labelnote]].

* AnAesop: Transhumanism is a good idea and cyborgs and robots should get the benefit of the doubt...
** ... because preserving your flesh does not automatically preserve your humanity; guarding your humanity is on you.