Line #20 Webcomic/Atland


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3	''[[http://www.realmofatland.com/ Atland]]'' is a fantasy webcomic by Creator/NatePiekos, the guy who also runs the font design Web site [[http://www.blambot.com/ Blambot]]. It follows the journey of the newly resurrected swordsman Barry the Brave, raised back from the dead by Lily White, the priestess of the local goddess of love. Lily has been [[TheChosenOne chosen by her order]] to be the one to stop {{The End of the World as We Know It}}, and she needs all the help she can get.
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5	Started in 2004, ''Atland'' ran every Thursday (except the last Thursday of the month), until the creator concluded it in 2012.
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7	In early 2015, however, the strip returned for another story arc, though how long it will last is currently unknown.
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9	!!''Atland'' provides examples of:
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11	* AnnoyingArrows: The arrow in Fat Naked Berserker's head not only didn't kill him, but gave him the ability to teleport because it turned out to be magic.
12	* ArtEvolution: Natural for a series that ran eight years.
13	* AssShove: The gem that brings Barry back to life only works a certain way...
14	* AuthorAppeal: If a woman is of the attractive variety, she's sure to be busty.
15	* BackFromTheDead: Barry, being killed and revived very early in the comic. The means to revive Barry work by a rare artifact, and won't work later.
16	* BigBeautifulWoman: The Diva, a fat scantly-clad, huge breasted performer who has an equally huge fanbase.
17	* BlackComedy: Used a few times.
18	* [[spoiler:BodyOfBodies]]: [[spoiler:The form the Nameless One takes when it finally shows up.]]
19	* ComedicSociopathy: Probably the only real reason guys like Bruce and Barry are seen as heroes is because sometimes the guy they end up taking out is evil. Barry especially has a pretty decent body count of innocents he killed through his own stupidity.
20	* DoomedHometown
21	* EvilWeapon: The Chimera blade: [[spoiler: It communicates telepathically to others asking what they want the most.]]
22	* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Inky slashing part of Nodd's face off with a knife.]]
23	* FairyCompanion: Inky the thief.
24	* {{Fanservice}}: Plenty!
25	* FullFrontalAssault: Fat Naked Berserker.
26	* GallowsHumor: Various people getting killed or horribly maimed are often played for laughs. A lot of victims had it coming, though.
27	* IdiotHero: Barry.
28	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Bruce.]] [[DeathIsCheap No magic butt gem or return trip from hell]] this time, WordOfGod is that he is dead for good.
29	* LastOfHerKind: Lily.
30	* MasterSwordsman: Barry the Brave, who has mastered the styles of The Seven Swordsmen of Atland.
31	* MsFanservice: Lily for season 1. Vanessa and Kitty for season 2.
32	* MyEyesAreUpHere: An attempted defense against the medusae was to look at their breasts.
33	* NoOntologicalInertia: Medusae have a petrifying gaze, but Larry returned to normal in the strip right after they were killed.
34	* OffWithHisHead: Happens to many characters, including [[spoiler:the BigBad of season 2.]]
35	* OurDwarvesAreDifferent: They're still bearded, but in Atland, they're marauding maniacal invaders.
36	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent
37	* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Bruce the Minotaur.
38	* OurMonstersAreWeird: Tunneling Potato Men, and thats just for starters...
39	* RapeAsComedy: Fat. Naked. Berserker.
40	* ResurrectedForAJob: Barry is revived at the beginning of the series for his skill as a student of the legendary seven swordsmen of Atland. Unfortunately for him, the gem used to bring him back also had the side effect of giving him green skin.
41	* SceneryPorn: As cartoony as most of the art is, the backgrounds are always stunning.
42	* SceneryGorn: A good bit of this happens from time to time as well.
43	* StatuesqueStunner: Lily is this, too.
44	* {{Stripperiffic}}: About 90% of the female characters are this.
45	* TalkingWeapon: The Chimera Blade. [[spoiler:This isn't limited to just humans...]]
46	* TheEndOrIsIt: Clarke is tempted [[spoiler:by the Chimera blade]].
47	* ThePlague: One was creates as a curse by medusae, while later in the comic, there's a more general plague (and Barry throws a healthy old lady into the plague pit).
48	* WorldOfBuxom: Any woman over the age of 18 is STACKED!

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