I’m currently reading a webcomic called ‘Ratfist’ by Doug TenNapel (Creator of Earthworm Jim).
It follows the story about a guy who’s pressing on 40 who’s a bit of a rat, dresses up like a rat (think batman), is obsessed with rats and is slowly turning into an actual rat.
Doug TenNapel is quite political so in an ‘interview’ of sorts he expressed that it’s somewhat his view on that people in society are like rats. But if you don’t want to look into the ideology of the plot, it’s still enjoyable plot.
The humour is a good mix of goofy and witty, and doesn’t throw the pop-culture, and his past projects, references in your face too much to the point it could get dated in the future.
The artwork is nice, I’m really in love with that style of lineart and a woman called Katherine Garner does the colours, which are just as lovely.
The pacing throws you into the story straight away, but if you’re familiar with Doug’s work (Such as the game ‘The neverhood’) it doesn’t come to much surprise, I’m not far enough into the story to see if the pacing slows down a bit as the story gets going, but hopefully it will. But webcomics do naturally have a different pacing to printed comics/graphic novels (in my opinion).
You can check out the comic here at
www.ratfist.com
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