Dead Days

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What comes to mind when you think of college newspaper comics? Hasty comics scrawled during lectures? A dozen strips that vanish once the semester ends? References that only make sense to students of the school in question? Nothing but the standard repertoire of college jokes (dining-hall food, roommates, boring lecturers and the like)? Continuing with my theme of comics-which-aren't-like-the-ones-you-see-everywhere, Dead Days is indeed different.

The art is clean and professional. Even the first strips of the archives have shading. What impresses me, are the fold-lines in the clothing; have you ever noticed how many mature webcomics believe clothing needs nothing more than a line at the obvious joints (shoulder, knee and so on). If that wasn't good enough, watch the eyes: squints, raised eyebrows, all the little tweaks are there.

As for single-semester work, Dead Days has a solid 250 strips in the archive. The artist is beyond college (joining that strange world of the gainfully employed). The comics still come at a better than weekly basis. Moving on to the topic.

No limitations on the content range. Running through the archives there's a possum-moose hybrid story arc, jury duty, and further adventures like the one to the left. Those topics are in addition to the normal ones. The normal college subjects are addressed, and often quite cleverly. Like this one for example.

Then there are times when you just seem something cute and clever, no need to say any more.

Enjoy.

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