Line #43 Webcomic/TheArtistIsDead


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4ff160a0_c9b0_465b_bdb4_6fe36baeb168.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:...where is everybody?]]
3	->''The world beyond the door is a strange one. It is crumpled and surreal and funny-looking and perhaps, at times, perplexing.\
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5	But that’s all right. The mystery is part of it. This is a story about creating the correct answer.\
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7	. . . There is also a monster in it. So watch out for that.''
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9	''The Artist is Dead!'' is a 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.]]
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11	The comic began in 2011 and was updated regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays until it 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.
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13	The author has, however, made the best out of this situation, as he has decided to remake the comic with high quality photography instead of simply reuploading all the crammily scanned 246 pages. The artwork remains the same, though.
14	The comic has finished uploading and can be read in its entirety on Tumblr.
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17	!! ''The Artist is Dead!'' provides examples of:
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19	* AnachronicOrder: Attained via {{flashback}}s and {{perspective flip}}s.
20	%%* ArtInitiatesLife
21	%%* TheAssimilator: The Corpse's main goal.
22	* TheBlank: The Figure lacks color and facial details shared by the other characters.
23	%%* DeadArtistsAreBetter: [[LiteralMinded Oh my, NO.]]
24	%%* EldritchAbomination: The Exquisite Corpse
25	%%* HedgeMaze: The setting of the 5th chapter.
26	%%* JigsawPuzzlePlot
27	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Sometimes as a plot point, as seen when the woman and the figure must bridge a gap... [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=419 Between one page and the next.]]
28	* NamelessNarrative: There is nary a proper noun to be found in this comic.
29	* MadLibsCatchphrase:
30	** The witch has one that's mixed between this and a magical incantation. "The word is X."
31	** Played with in one page. [[spoiler: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=642 The word is Sarcasm.]] ]]
32	%%* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: HOW DARE YOU! ]]
33	* MediumAwareness: The FourthWall remains intact, but the characters know they're drawings.
34	* MinimalistCast: There are only five characters.
35	%%* OntologicalMystery: [[spoiler:{{Ouroboros}}]]
36	%%* PosthumousCharacter: The Artist.
37	%%* PowerOfTrust: [[spoiler: One of the main themes.]]
38	%%* RealityWarper: The Corpse. The Witch too, to a lesser extent.
39	* RobeAndWizardHat: The Witch dresses like this. Plus [[ScaryShinyGlasses scary, shiny]] OpaqueLenses.
40	* RoomFullOfCrazy: The universe ''is'' one. The Corpse is almost a walking example of this.
41	* TitleDrop: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=202 "Dear, listen to me very carefully.]] '''The Artist is Dead.'''"
42	%%* VillainousBreakdown: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=285 A spectacular one here.]]
43	%%* VisibleSilence
44	%%* WordsCanBreakMyBones: [[http://www.noahfarlee.com/?p=282 The Witch's casting.]]
45	* WhiteVoidRoom: Whenever the characters are on a mostly blank page.

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