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Eric: I wonder if it was like the chip we stick in our cats....
(From A Softer World. Click on the thumbnail for full sized adorable dystopia!)
There's lots to like about A Softer World. I like it's koan like invocations. I like its composition. I like its sense of aesthetics. I like its use of color (or grayscale) as a stylistic choice. I like its sense of humor. I like its sense of life. I like its sense of horror.
This edition, however, is interesting by how much is conveys in so little. Snarkoleptic Soul Brother Number One Mckenzee once described strips like A Softer World and his own Sinister Bedfellows as haiku-like, and that's a good description. The language here is simple and brief, but absolutely laden with imagery.
This installment frames a dark future, but it gives it a very human face. And at the same time, it makes you laugh. That's a hard hat trick to pull off, but they manage it.
Posted by Eric Burns at January 8, 2007 12:08 AM
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Comment from: Dragonmuncher ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.websnark.com/nav-commenters.gif)
posted at January 8, 2007 9:46 AM
Is it wrong that my favorite Softer World strip is actually xkcd's parody strip of ASW?
Microchip-pooping baby is pretty amusing, but Randall Munroe should just be given a federal grant to remake all webcomics in his image.
Comment from: LurkerWithout posted at January 8, 2007 2:44 PM
The only problem with thumbnailing is that you don't get the alt tags...
Comment from: Wistful Dreamer posted at January 8, 2007 4:14 PM
ASW is much like Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (http://www.smbc-comics.com/) in that what you see before you read the captions is a wild left turn from what you get afterwards. I like the subtlety of the ASW graphics more than the "first we have one joke, then we have another" format of SMBC.
Comment from: mckenzee posted at January 8, 2007 6:18 PM
Snarkoleptic Soul Brother Number One?
Totally going on my business cards!
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