History Webcomic / TheArtistIsDead

''The Artist is Dead!'' is a [[DoingItForTheArt handmade]] webcomic by [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-farlee-6a08127b Noah Farlee]]. It tells the story of five [[ArtInitiatesLife living drawings]] -- a woman, a witch, a child, an elderly man, and an unfinished figure drawing -- that are forced to deal with their own neuroses and a WorldOfChaos after an EldritchAbomination [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin murders their own artist.]]

''The Artist is Dead!'' is a [[DoingItForTheArt handmade]] webcomic by [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-farlee-6a08127b Noah Farlee]]. It tells the story of [[FiveManBand five]] [[ArtInitiatesLife living drawings]] -- a woman, a witch, a child, an elderly man, and an unfinished figure drawing -- that are forced to deal with their own neuroses and a WorldOfChaos after an EldritchAbomination [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin murders their own artist.]]

%%* AuthorExistenceFailure: An in-universe example.

The comic is currently still being uploaded and, as of September 2017, has just finished chapter four.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: An in-universe example.
* TheAssimilator: The Corpse's main goal.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: [[LiteralMinded Oh my, NO.]]
* EldritchAbomination: The Exquisite Corpse
* HedgeMaze: The setting of the 5th chapter.

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: HOW DARE YOU! ]]

* PosthumousCharacter: [[CaptainObvious The Artist.]]
* PowerOfTrust: [[spoiler: One of the main themes.]]
* RealityWarper: The Corpse. The Witch too, to a lesser extent.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=285 A spectacular one here.]]

* WordsCanBreakMyBones: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=282 The Witch's casting.]]

The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It then concluded on April 2013. The comic used to be available on [[http://theartistisdead.com/ this]] site, but it has since moved to the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr blog]], as said site [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com/post/164024161616/the-artist-is-dead-update broke]] and failed attempts by the comic's author to bring it back resulted in the loss of the entire comic.

The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he, instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages as they were in the website, has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of cheap scans. The artwork remains the same, though.

The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It concluded on April 2013. It used to be available on [[http://theartistisdead.com/ this]] site, but it has since moved to the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr blog]], as said site [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com/post/164024161616/the-artist-is-dead-update broke]] and failed attempts by the comic's author to bring it back resulted in the loss of the entire comic.

The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he, instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages as they were in the website, has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of cheap scans, the artwork is still the same though.

You can read the comic from the start by clicking [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com/post/164024276351/somewhere-theres-a-tangle-of-high-notes-and-then here]].

The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he, instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages as they were in the website, has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of cheap scans. The comic is currently still being uploaded and, as of September 2017, has just finished chapter four.

The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It concluded on April 2013. It used to be available on [[http://theartistisdead.com/ this]] site, but it has since moved to the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr blog]], as said site [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com/post/164024161616/the-artist-is-dead-update broke]] and failed attempts by the comic's author to bring it back resulted in the loss of the entire comic. The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he, instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages as they were in the website, has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of cheap scans. The comic is currently still being uploaded and has just finished chapter four.

''The Artist is Dead!'' is a [[DoingItForTheArt handmade]] webcomic about [[FiveManBand five]] [[ArtInitiatesLife living drawings]] -- a woman, a witch, a child, an elderly man, and an unfinished figure drawing -- forced to deal with their own neuroses and a WorldOfChaos after an EldritchAbomination [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin murders their own artist.]]

The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It concluded on April 2013. It used to be available on [[http://theartistisdead.com/ this]] site, but it has since moved to the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr account]], as said site [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com/post/164024161616/the-artist-is-dead-update broke]] and failed attempts by the comic's author to bring it back resulted in the loss of the entire comic. The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he, instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages as they were in the website, has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of cheap scans. The comic is currently still being uploaded and has just finished chapter four.

The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It concluded on April 2013. It used to be available on [[http://theartistisdead.com/ this]] site, but it has since moved to the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr account]], as said site [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com/post/164024161616/the-artist-is-dead-update broke]] and failed attempts by the comic's author to bring it back resulted in the loss of the entire comic. The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he, instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages as they were in the website, has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of cheap scans.

''[[http://theartistisdead.com/ The Artist is Dead!]]'' is a [[DoingItForTheArt handmade]] webcomic about [[FiveManBand five]] [[ArtInitiatesLife living drawings]] -- a woman, a witch, a child, an elderly man, and an unfinished figure drawing -- forced to deal with their own neuroses and a WorldOfChaos after an EldritchAbomination [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin murders their own artist.]]

The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It concluded on April 2013.

''Note: as of 2017 the pages no longer seem to display and the comic doesn't seem to have been saved by the Website/WaybackMachine. However, it also seems that the comic can be read (either partially or fully) through the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr account]], if you wish to dowload a mirror from said account or if you already have a downloaded copy of the comic in your hard drive, feel free to upload it on the [[https://archive.archive.org Internet Archive]] and add a link to it here.''

''Note: as of 2017 the pages no longer seem to display and the comic doesn't seem to have been saved by the Website/WaybackMachine, however, it seems that the comic can also be read through the author's [[http://farlee-wander.tumblr.com tumblr account]], if you wish to dowload a mirror from said account or if you already have a downloaded copy of the comic in your hard drive, feel free to upload it on the [[https://archive.archive.org Internet Archive]] and add a link to it here.''

''Note: as of 2017 the pages no longer seem to display and the comic doesn't seem to have been saved by the Website/WaybackMachine, If anyone has a file of the comic NOW would be a pretty nice time to post it.''

->''The world beyond the door is a strange one. It is crumpled and surreal and funny-looking and perhaps, at times, perplexing.''\\

''But that’s all right. The mystery is part of it. This is a story about creating the correct answer.''\\

->''The world beyond the door is a strange one. It is crumpled and surreal and funny-looking and perhaps, at times, perplexing.''


->''But that’s all right. The mystery is part of it. This is a story about creating the correct answer.''


->[[spoiler:''. . . There is also a monster in it. So watch out for that.'']]

!! ''The Artist Is Dead!'' provides examples of:
* AnachronicOrder: Attained via [[FlashBack flashbacks]] and [[PerspectiveFlip perspective flips]].
* ArtInitiatesLife

* JigsawPuzzlePlot

* MadLibsCatchphrase: The witch has one that's mixed between this and a magical incantation. "The word is X."

* MinimalistCast
* OntologicalMystery
** [[spoiler:{{Ouroboros}}]]

* [[spoiler: PowerOfTrust : One of the main themes. ]]

* VisibleSilence
* [[WordsCanBreakMyBones Words Can Sunder My Bones]]: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=282 The Witch's casting.]]

''Note: as of 2017 the pages no longer seem to display and the comic doesn't seem to have been by the Website/WaybackMachine, If anyone has a file of the comic NOW would be a pretty nice time to post it.''