Those three are the only ones I read, though I hear CAD does it too. Still, one reason for the proliferation of webcomics is their low entry standards, literally anyone with a scanner or digital art program can make one. Animation and sound effects require an entire new skillset. I think these will become more common, but I very much doubt they'll become the standard.
Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.Prequel is another (which makes sense, due to it being a Homestuck-style comic in the Elder Scrolls verse), as is The Pocalypse (which is probably the most advanced use of it I've seen).
Oh, and it's spelled "multimedia".
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You also only need some program to make animation and sound. It is not all that different from drawing. Sure, it won't necessarily be groundbreaking, but that is the same with art. I agree multimidia comics might not become the standard, but only because it requires extra sets of skills, not because it is particularly more difficult.
Btw, any link for that CAD thing? It is not exactly a searchable name.
Thanks for the examples.
About The Pocalypse. Can this one even be called a 'webcomic' at this point? I know the definition can be real murky sometimes, but, from what I can see, this is downright entirely flash. Not really a 'comic' at all. It seems like a great use of Flash as a media, but not quite the kind of multimedia mix I was thinking about.
Ops. Can a mod fix it, please? Can't edit the title.
edited 5th Nov '13 6:34:46 PM by Heatth
I think the key distinction is continuous animation versus short bursts of animation spaced between a big "next" button popping up (creating a "panel" effect).
It is right at the boundary between Webcomic and Web Animation, but since the makers chose to classify it as a comic, there's no reason for us not to.
(On the subject of The Pocalypse, after looking at their site, it looks like I have to post about it in a different thread too...)
edited 5th Nov '13 6:46:47 PM by TotemicHero
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Hmmm, I have to think about it. I don't see it being on any kind of boundary. Seems just straight up animation to me. I don't think it is the first one to do "short bursts of animation" either, although it is probably the first one to consider itself as a comic. It just don't feel right to me. I just would never consider it a comic at all. If I have met it on my own and didn't read the 'about' page, I simply would call it a flash animation and call it a day. Probably something you would find on Newgrounds.
I suppose the one differential is it have actual written dialogue, with is not common in animation. I don't find it weird as I am used to subtitles, but maybe is it why it is called a comic? Anyway, I need to reflect on it.
At any rate, I don't think it is quite what I meant by 'multimedia webcomic'. Maybe my definition is too specific and/or maybe I was using the wrong term, but I meant comics that mixed a bit with variated forms of media. In the end of the day, as far I can tellnote , The Pocalypse have only one media. It doesn't matter if you call it a comic or an animation. It is the same single thing. At most it is a merge of the two different media. The comics I mentioned actually use the different medias separately to tell the story. The Pocalypse, on the other hand, uses its own singular media to do its thing.
Not that I am saying we can't discuss The Pocalypse,and similar "comics" here. But I feel it is a very different beast on its own, and that the distinction should become clear.
PS:Now I think on it, Brawl In The Family is another good example. With the differential it doesn't use animation, but only music instead.
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Flatwood was the first comic I read that used animated gifs amongst more typical panels; mainly dramatic changes in lighting. Sadly it is no longer online.
Instant Classic has indulged in automatically playing background music from time to time, including one moment of actually briefly becoming a musical.
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOThis is another one that uses A LOT of animation with an otherwise comic strip format. It updates fairly slowly, I think. I don't think it's used any sound yet.
Anyway, the potential of making comics in a different way has been discussed for a while now. Animation seems to be the most effective way of using that potential, since other experiments have involved a whole lot of scrolling one way or another.
There are a lot of fan-done examples of that on You Tube, but I can't think of any that started that way.
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You could use autoscrolling, like that one horror comic does...

This is a thread to discuss webcomics which uses more than the standard comic format. Such as including sounds, music and animation to further tell its story.
The first of such comics I've noticed was Homestuck. As I read it, I greatly enjoyed the animations, music and interactive elements, that gave a whole new dimension to the story. Since then, it was brought to my attention Avas Demon and Olympus Overdrive, both which uses at last flash animation to complement its story telling as well. That made me wonder if this wasn't the future of webcomics. Certainly there is a world of possibilities that can come from this blend of media that I hope will be explored in the future.
So, what do you guys think about the subject? Do anyone know another example beside the 3 I mentioned?