Tropers / Byzarru

• Exurb1a - A cynical British-Bulgarian talks about philosophy and life.
• Kurzgesagt - A German design studio that decided they'd rather make animated videos about science and society.
• Apogee Of Fear - The first short film to be shot in space.
• Portal 2: Repercussions - A mod for Portal 2 inspired by Alien: Isolation.
• Zogg From Betelgeuse - An alien explains human society and convention with simplistic design and limited animation.
• Eltorro64Rus - Deranged Animations made in Garry's Mod.
• Doctor Lalve - Deranged Animations made in Garry's Mod but more limited.
• STBlackST - Deranged Animations made in Garry's Mod but more sex.
• Ennui GO! - NSFW webcomic about a game developer who earns more money than she could deal with.
• Who's Harry Crumb? - Comedy film about inept detective Harry Crumb, played by the late John Candy.
• Harry101UK - Music videos about Portal 2 and how much of a Crapsack World Aperture Labs is.
• Does Not Drive - A person's inability or unwillingness to drive reveals a facet of their character.
• Toon Sandwich - Animated parodies of upcoming film and TV trailers.

Nothing here yet. 😔

Academic Comics is the tentative name for a series of comics I initially produced as part of a course in comics theory and design, eventually moving away from the confines of the syllabus and instead working on comics with the advice and direction of my professor. So far, there are 29 comics with plans to make more before I graduate. Though there is not yet a centralized place to view them, the longest comic, "Severin and the Witch," can be read in this Twitter thread. I wanted to try to inventory tropes in my own work without getting into Auto-Erotic Troping so I'll reflect on them on my own Troper page. Hopefully one day I'll make something that merits its own page, but this section here is for dreaming... 😉

Tropes found in Academic Comics:

• Animorphism - Occurs several times in the comics but the Witch in particular and eventually Severin engage in Voluntary Shapeshifting for fun.
  • An organization named 'People Turning Into Animals' (PTIA) transforms stressed people into therapy dogs and cats.
  • Also seen in "What Men Really Want" as a young woman uses magic Valentine's Day candy to turn her boyfriend into a tiger. His reaction implies that this isn't the first time.
• Art Shift - Occurs in "Epilogue" as Zack finishes a phone call and is depicted in photos in the last two panels.
• Author Avatar - Appears in a few of the comics.
• Author Powers - Demonstrated in "The Art of Social Interaction" as Severin is drawn from a sketchbook into existence.
• Casual Interstellar Travel - As seen in "To Say, To Go, To Do," as Severin readily takes herself and Zack to a distant ice world using a shuttlecraft.
• Early-Installment Weirdness - The first four comics are single-panel cartoons, the first of those being an adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, and none featuring characters that appear in later comics.
• His Name Really Is "Barkeep" - The Witch, natch.
• Life Embellished - Some comics are this, in particular "1/27" to "2/1" and the Fortnights, being responses to assignments prompting reflection on real events.
• Magic Versus Science - The theme of "Severin and the Witch," though the Witch focuses more on comparing technology favorably to magic to disillusion Severin from the idea that magic is necessarily superior to science.
• No Name Given - None of the recurring characters receive names until "Severin and the Witch" names Severin and the Witch, and the Author Avatar is named Zack in "Epilogue."
• Shout-Out:
  • All "Chance Operation" comics are based on the randomly-generated "Chance Operations" comics of Todd Webb, themselves inspired by the musical ideas proposed by John Cage.
  • Severin and Xen appear as Miis in a panel of "Severin and the Witch"
• Space Is an Ocean - complete with a space mermaid seen in "2/1," no less.
• Three-Dimensional Episode - "The Tower."
• Transflormation - The Witch counts a tree as one of the many forms she has taken during her lifetime.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting - One of the Witch's powers, she can transform at will and spends most of her debut as a unicorn. She can also transform other people, turning Severin into a squirrel mid-conversation.
  • Severin's necklace grants her this power, using it to become a unicorn and a dragon.
• Wingdinglish - The Witch's letter to Severin at the end of "Severin and the Witch," though the script actually appears a couple of times earlier in the comic albeit more subtly.