Line #9 LighterAndSofter/Webcomics


1	* Dave Kelly, known for webcomics such as ''Webcomic/PurplePussy'', ''Living In Greytown'', and his animations on Website/SomethingAwful, also made a webcomic called ''Lizard''. Unlike everything he's ever made ever, it didn't involve extreme profanity, massive violence, people getting killed off, or nudity. In fact, it was downright ''cute.'' ''Living In Greytown'' itself was made lighter and softer midway through the comic's life. The wacky vulgarity and silly deaths started being played for drama, and the comic was literally made lighter and softer by being drawn with pencils in bright soft colours, and culminating with a heartwarming ending.
2	* ''Webcomic/ZeusAndSons'' is lighter and softer than the Greek mythology that it parodies, turning even the most horrible acts of the Greek gods into comical mishaps.
3	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
4	** After several very dramatic arcs in a row, "New and Old Flames" is...well, something else entirely.
5	** Grace's Birthday Party was full of genderbending hijinks after the mega-grimdark Painted Black arc. The writer doesn't like DarkerAndEdgier and doesn't find it fun to write, but drama begins to creep up, so its pretty cyclical.
6	* At one point, ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' went from extremely cynical to very optimistic about how the very human characters dealt with the temptation of sin while exploring the connections they had with each other. [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-01-25 Earlier on, it even had God rejecting the notion of toning down his art work for this.]] This phase lasted until 2011[[note]]even if the cynicism had started to gradually return before that[[/note]], when CerebusSyndrome and AuthorTract took over, leaving the LighterAndSofter era as a weird relic in the comic's run.
7	* ''Webcomic/FluffyBunnyDomination'' lives and breaths a lighter and softer version of UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}.
8	* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
9	** The alien trolls are [[DarkerAndEdgier violent, amoral, and unstable]]. In their previous incarnation they were peaceful, kind, and [[spoiler: so weak they couldn't play the game that would create a new universe so they had to reboot it and be manipulated into something more aggressive]].
10	** Homestuck was mostly kids and fun [[BloodierAndGorier until we hit Act 5, when people started to drop like flies.]] But suddenly, with Act 6, we were [[spoiler: introduced to the Alpha kids,]] and the story suddenly became much lighter again, before [[DarkerAndEdgier going straight back into grimdark territory again]] when it was revealed that [[spoiler:the Condesce took over the world in the future and Dirk and Roxy are from 2422, where she rules over a flooded earth populated by Exiles and they are the last two humans in existence]].
11	** ''Homestuck'' itself is significantly more lighthearted and gentle than Creator/AndrewHussie's earlier works like ''Whistles'', ''Humanimals'' and ''Team Special Olympics'' (all of which [[OldShame date]] from his {{Troll}} days). The difference is so extreme that ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fans looking at his earlier work often report being {{Squick}}ed beyond belief at his utterly bleak CrapsaccharineWorld settings (in ''Whistles'') and extreme amounts of VulgarHumor directed at formerly acceptable targets (basically everything else).
12	* ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'' is set in [[Webcomic/{{Bobbinsverse}} the same universe]] as ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', but focuses on pre-teens instead of adults, and thus contains comparatively little sex, gore, or severe cursing.
13	%%* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' is this for gaming webcomics.
14	* ''Webcomic/NightTerror'' 3 is a lot lighter than either of the two installments in the Night Terror series that came before. Fitting, for its ([[{{Prequel}} canonically]]) first entry.
15	* ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'' is lighter and funnier than many Franchise/{{Batman}} media, which normally skew towards the grim (as they star a dysfunctional group of vigilantes who operate out of a Wretched Hive). This one is a DomCom featuring Bruce as a loving parental figure to a group of colorful youths.

Context LighterAndSofter / Webcomics