History Webcomic / MSPaintAdventures

* AbandonedInfoPage: The [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?viewpage=new New Reader]] page claims that Problem Sleuth is 'by far the longest adventure'. All of the Adventures other than Homestuck compromise about 2,000 of MS Paint Adventures' pages. Homestuck has over 5,400, with text, animations, and games.

-->-- '''AndrewHussie'''

''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ MS Paint Adventures]]'' is a catch-all term for several webcomics by Creator/AndrewHussie which are all, [[ArtifactTitle as the name suggests]], [[NeverTrustATitle made entirely in Adobe Photoshop and later, Flash]]. The TropeCodifier of the InteractiveComic genre, each is written in the style of an InteractiveFiction game, where each panel is accompanied by a text description, and the link to the next panel represents a player's command entered into a TextParser. It originated in 2006 as a series of games run on the Gangbunch forums, a small gathering of artists and miscellaneous people from the ''PennyArcade'' forums which later became the current MSPA Forums, and were played by a group of Hussie's online friends; it graduated to its own site and effectively became a webcomic in in 2007.

''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ MS Paint Adventures]]'' is a catch-all term for several webcomics by AndrewHussie which are all, [[ArtifactTitle as the name suggests]], [[NeverTrustATitle made entirely in Adobe Photoshop and later, Flash]]. The TropeCodifier of the InteractiveComic genre, each is written in the style of an InteractiveFiction game, where each panel is accompanied by a text description, and the link to the next panel represents a player's command entered into a TextParser. It originated in 2006 as a series of games run on the Gangbunch forums, a small gathering of artists and miscellaneous people from the ''PennyArcade'' forums which later became the current MSPA Forums, and were played by a group of Hussie's online friends; it graduated to its own site and effectively became a webcomic in in 2007.

** A single panel exists of a standalone Midnight Crew adventure.

** ''Jailbreak'' subverted this by having an ending written for it years after it was originally stopped.

''MSPA'' has [[WebcomicsLongRunners outstripped]] the much longer running ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' as the longest webcomic in existence in terms of page count, which numbers over 6000. However, the mixed media and the fact that several distinct stories are told leaves this fact somewhat open for debate.

* WebcomicsLongRunners: Counting all the stories together, ''MS Paint Adventures'' became the single largest webcomic in existence on 2/11/2011. It only started five years before.

* WebAnimation: One of ''Homestuck''[='=]s primary draws is the [S] updates.

* AbandonedInfoPage: The [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?viewpage=new New Reader]] page claims that Problem Sleuth is 'by far the longest adventure'. All of the Adventures other than Homestuck compromise about 2,000 of MS Paint Adventures' pages. Homestuck has over 7,000, with text, animations, and games.

** Funnily enough, the grandaddy of these fan [=MSPAs=], Bird Wizard, had a suggestion from Andrew Hussie ("Squawk like an idiot and shit on your desk." that made it into Homestuck (though the character resisted it.)

* {{Imageboards}}: [[http://ib.skaia.net/ Skaianet imageboard]] and [[http://www.mspachan.net/ MSPAchan]].

* AbandonedInfoPage: The [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?viewpage=new New Reader]] page claims that Problem Sleuth is 'by far the longest adventure'. All of the Adventures other than Homestuck compromise about 2,000 of MS Paint Adventures' pages. Homestuck has over 4,000, with text, animations, and games.

* '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''' is the current series. It begins with 13-year old John Egbert, who's trying to get around to to playing a hot new video game called "Sburb" while contending with a poorly-designed inventory system and his father, but snowballs very quickly into an epic of children trying to survive {{After The End}} in a world [[YouCantFightFate predestined to work against them]]. While still happily displaying the energetic imagination and lightheartedness of ''Problem Sleuth'', it has increased focus on deep characterization and dialogue, dramatic moods and a wildly twisting plot. It was [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=5 initially done]] entirely in Flash, before Hussie decided to switch back to Photoshop because Flash is a pain to write comics in, though Flash is still occasionally employed for animated sequences and brief exploration games.

* ScheduleSlip: Subverted. Regular webcomics might have 3 or 5 pages a week, with some having as many as 7. ''MSPA'' averages about 40. In a single day there have been upwards of 30 pages. Andrew describes ''MSPA'' as less of a job and more of a lifestyle; he literally does little other than update constantly.

* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: From Problem Sleuth onward, to the point where the wiki has an [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Acronym_Cheatsheet acronym cheatsheat]].

* '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''' is the current series. It begins with 13-year old John Egbert, who's trying to get around to to playing a hot new video game called "Sburb" while contending with a poorly-designed inventory system and his father, but snowballs very quickly into an epic of children trying to survive {{After The End}} in a world [[YouCantFightFate predestined to work against them]]. While still happily displaying the energetic imagination and lightheartedness of ''Problem Sleuth'', it has increased focus on deep characterization and dialogue, dramatic moods and a wildly twisting plot. It was initially done entirely in Flash, before Hussie decided to switch back to Photoshop because Flash is a pain to write comics in, though Flash is still occasionally employed for animated sequences and brief exploration games.

These comics are a stated favorite of Ryan North of ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics''[[hottip:*:http://wooopedia.com/wooo/Andrew_Hussie]], and Hussie and North tend to be [[http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/12963616983/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-pasta-la-vista all about the incredibly silly hijinks]].

!!MSPaintAdventures as a whole includes these tropes:

* ScheduleSlip: Subverted so hard it's not even funny. Regular webcomics might have 3 or 5 pages a week, with some having as many as 7. ''MSPA'' averages about 40. In a single day there have been upwards of 30 pages. Andrew describes ''MSPA'' as less of a job and more of a lifestyle; he literally does little other than update constantly.

These comics are a stated favorite of Ryan North of ''DinosaurComics''[[hottip:*:http://wooopedia.com/wooo/Andrew_Hussie]], and Hussie and North tend to be [[http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/12963616983/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-pasta-la-vista all about the incredibly silly hijinks]].

''MSPA'' has [[WebcomicsLongRunners outstripped]] the much longer running ''KevinAndKell'' as the longest webcomic in existence in terms of page count, which numbers over 6000. However, the mixed media and the fact that several distinct stories are told leaves this fact somewhat open for debate.

* ArchivePanic: Oh dear lord. If you are foolish enough to start ANY of these, but particularly Homestuck, '''only''' start it early in the morning on a Saturday. Do '''not''', under any circumstances, let ''Homestuck'''s slow start lull you into a false sense of security about your ability to put it down.

** Not only that, but the titles ''ProblemSleuth'' and ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' only reflect the initial circumstances of each adventure, and don't give a very good glimpse into what the actual story will be like. In ''ProblemSleuth'', no cases are solved, clues found, or culprits apprehended instead, the plot evolves into sort of a pastiche of {{Eastern RPG}}s, culminating in a final battle where the entire universe is at stake.

* OneManArmy: In ''Problem Sleuth'', Andrew did all the work himself and posted around 5-6 pages per day for a year. In ''Homestuck'', he does the majority of a workload for an entire ''animation team'' and manages to keep the 5-6 pages average ''per day''. While there is now a dedicated art team which assists him in the [[AnimationBump Flash animations]], there are still the hilarious moments in which he says he'll be slowing down for a while... [[BeyondTheImpossible and posts 80 pages in the span of a week.]]

* UpToEleven: Routinely. And he never turns it back to 1 before he [[BeyondTheImpossible kicks it up again]].

* WebcomicsLongRunners: Counting all the stories together, ''MS Paint Adventures'' became the single largest webcomic in existence on 2/11/2011. [[BeyondTheImpossible It only started five years before.]]

* In addition Hussie has some older works (listed here for sake of convenience) which do have some significant impact on the actual comics that comprise ''[=MSPA=]'', though they are not a part of it:
** [[http://www.andrewhussie.com/comics.php andrewhussie.com]] contains Andrew's old webcomics, and some one off ideas. Notably it includes comics like ''Humanimals'', ''Whistles'', and ''And It Don't Stop'', all of which are heavily referenced in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/user/andrewhussie Andrew's Youtube channel]] contains some old ''StarTrek'' [[YouTubePoop episodes rearranged to be completely bizarre]].

It has absolutely no relation to ''MSPaintMasterpieces''.

** [[http://www.andrewhussie.com/comics.php andrewhussie.com]] contains Andrew's old webcomics, and some one off ideas. Notably it includes comics like ''Humanimals'', ''Whistles'', and ''And It Don't Stop'', all of which are heavily referenced in ''{{Homestuck}}''.

* CerebusSyndrome: Very noticable over the course of the comic. ''Jail Break'' was driven completely by user suggestions without regard for quality, and as a result is completely nonsensical and gag-driven. ''ProblemSleuth'' was still largely user-driven, but managed to incorporate characters and a plot (albeit a comedic, cartoon-y one). ''{{Homestuck}}'' has a pre-planned story arc and serious themes mixed in with its humor.

** ''{{Homestuck}}'' does the same thing with the Midnight Crew's decks of cards / storage items.

** Not only that, but the titles ''ProblemSleuth'' and ''{{Homestuck}}'' only reflect the initial circumstances of each adventure, and don't give a very good glimpse into what the actual story will be like. In ''ProblemSleuth'', no cases are solved, clues found, or culprits apprehended instead, the plot evolves into sort of a pastiche of {{Eastern RPG}}s, culminating in a final battle where the entire universe is at stake.
*** ''{{Homestuck}}'' was nearly an aversion. Andrew had at one point considered naming the series ''Sburb'', which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is what the series is about]], but decided it wasn't nearly as distinctive. The name "Homestuck" is basically a nonsense word that only describes the initial conditions of the protagonists, as mentioned above, as a ShoutOut to old-school Adventure games. It also is sorta-synonymous with ''{{Earthbound}}'', which had an enormous influence on ''Homestuck''.

** The stride does slow significantly when Hussie is utilizing Flash for pages in ''{{Homestuck}}''.

* WebAnimation: One of ''Homestuck'''s primary draws is the [S] updates.

* WebAnimation: One of ''Homestuck'''s primary draws is the [S] updates

** Most recently, a MSPA styled fanfic titled ''{{Fanfic/Portal 3}}'' has begun. It uses the standard "pictures, text and flash movies" format to affectionately parody the FandomSpecificPlot "Chell saves Wheatley after ''Portal 2''".

''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ MS Paint Adventures]]'' is a catch-all term for several webcomics by AndrewHussie which are all, [[ArtifactTitle as the name suggests]], [[NonindicativeName made entirely in Adobe Photoshop and later, Flash]]. The TropeCodifier of the InteractiveComic genre, each is written in the style of an InteractiveFiction game, where each panel is accompanied by a text description, and the link to the next panel represents a player's command entered into a TextParser. It originated in 2006 as a series of games run on the Gangbunch forums, a small gathering of artists and miscellaneous people from the ''PennyArcade'' forums which later became the current MSPA Forums, and were played by a group of Hussie's online friends; it graduated to its own site and effectively became a webcomic in in 2007.

** Most recently, a MSPA styled fanfic titled {{Fanfic/Portal 3}} has begun. It uses the standard "pictures, text and flash movies" format to affectionately parody the FandomSpecificPlot "Chell saves Wheatley after ''Portal 2''.