Line #3 Webcomic/Newheimburg


1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newheimburg_trope_2272.png]]
2	''[[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/ Newheimburg]]'' is a drama webcomic by Dinkygollier about the adventures of Jack Delitt and Mortimer Jones, in the city of Newheimburg. Both Jack and Mort are running away from serious problems in their lives, but just how long can they keep running?
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4	It began in February 2012 and updated every Monday but stopped updating in July 2019 with no explanation.
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7	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
8	* ArtEvolution: Inverted - the final comic is far cruder than the first one.
9	* ArtImitatesArt: Jack’s character design is a pretty obvious knockoff of [[Literature/TheMoomins the Moomins’ design.]]
10	* BilingualBonus: In Chapter Five, Rufus has a moment where he mutters a line in Spanish to himself.
11	* BizarreTasteInFood: Mort likes a very loaded pizza.
12	* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Jules pulls a non-option on Jack, by giving Jack the option of going to his house or ending up in jail.]]
13	* BloodIsSquickerInWater: [[spoiler:[[NauseaFuel Especially in an unflushed toilet.]]]]
14	* BriffitsAndSqueans: These visual shorthands come up a number of times throughout Newheimburg. Wafterons are used as a regular motif for Jack's emotional state. Plewds and blurgits are often used to indicate nervousness and movement as well.
15	* CheshireCatGrin: From [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/43 this comic]].
16	* TheCity: The titular Newheimburg.
17	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: All of the comic is desaturated into a grey palette.
18	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Mort.
19	* DreamSequence: Mort has a kind of fever dream with his fish in Chapter Three.
20	* DrowningMySorrows: Hinted at with Mort, [[DescentIntoAddiction becoming more and more explicit as time goes on.]]
21	* EmbarrassingTattoo: Jack has an unusual scrawling of a cat with the phrase 'FUK U' etched on his belly.
22	* ExpressiveMask: Mort.
23	* {{Fat and Skinny}}: Jack and Mort.
24	* FarmBoy: Jack used to live on a farm before moving to Newheimburg.
25	* FacePalm
26	* FiveFingerDiscount: Jack does this regularly.
27	* FunctionalAddict: Sarah, as she alleges:
28	-->''I'm not taking this seriously?! I'm sick, you little asshole! I'm sick, and the medicine I've been getting's not helping me! I thought you, of all people, would understand that!''
29	* GagNose: Just about everyone that does, in fact, have a nose.
30	* GottaGetYourHeadTogether: From [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/48 this comic]].
31	* HandBehindHead
32	* TheInsomniac: Jack has some trouble with racing thoughts when falling asleep.
33	* InterruptedSuicide:There's a brief [[TroubledBackstoryFlashback flashback]] near the end of Chapter Three, where [[spoiler:it's revealed that Mort is a suicide attempt survivor, who was rescued by his parents and by Carol.]]
34	* IrisOut: Used several times to convey a shift in Jack's mental stability.
35	* IrrationalHatred: In Chapter Three, [[spoiler:Barry gets pissed at Jack for not making sure Mort was talking care of himself.]]
36	* LongNeck: Carol.
37	* ManBitesMan: [[spoiler:Jack bites into a mugger's leg in Chapter Two.]]
38	* ManHug: Once in Chapter Three.
39	* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:Jack gets the better of an armed mugger in Chapter Two.]]
40	* MyCard: Jules gives Jack this line at the bar after [[spoiler:realizing Jack lifted money off of him in Chapter One.]]
41	* NervousWreck: Jack.
42	* NoMouth: Jack doesn't have a discernible mouth like the rest of the cast.
43	* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: There's a sub-plot involving a plane crash survivor eating her best friend after being stranded in the mountains for ten days.
44	* PerpWalk: From [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/38 this comic]].
45	* PipePain: [[spoiler:Jack's weapon from Chapter One.]]
46	* PostStressOvereating: From [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/15 this comic]].
47	* RageBreakingPoint: One point in the comic where a power outage and Jack's babbling causes Mort to [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/87 lose his patience.]]
48	* ReluctantPsycho: Jack.
49	* TheRunaway: [[spoiler:Jack admits to Mort that he ran away from home trying to escape the situation with his sister.]]
50	* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: Mort tries to hide his disease from Jack, and ends up coming clean about it at the start of Chapter Three.]]
51	* ShoutOut: There are mainly song references added to the comic, namely:
52	** [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/17 Barry's ringtone]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJztXj2GPfk Mundian To Bach Ke by Panjabi MC]].
53	** [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/50 Mort's uncle Rodney is shown singing part of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vRvW3QUys Beer Run by Todd Snider]].
54	** [[http://newheimburg.thecomicseries.com/comics/85 Jack is shown humming]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urdZ0g83HC0 The Way by Fastball]].
55	* SpikyHair: Barry.
56	* ToughRoom: Mort introduces himself to Jack with a joke, getting no response. It didn't help that his joke was [[StayInTheKitchen unusually sexist.]]
57	* TryingNotToCry: [[spoiler: Mort has an emotional breakdown at the dinner table in Chapter Two.]]
58	* {{Yonkoma}}: The comics after the first chapter are all in this format.

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