Comics tagged with 'character driven'

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    SlumberTown
    SlumberTown
    Creator(s): Mac H.
    Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Slice of Life, Urban Fantasy
    Content Warnings: bullying, domestic abuse, drowning/suffication, emotional manipulation/gaslighting, mental illness, substance abuse
    Update Schedule: Mondays

    Summary: Romy, a socially anxious retriever, is the newest resident to move to Slumber: An unsuspecting ghost town that ALSO happens to exist as a collective dreamscape of 32 trapped villagers! Most of the residents, including Romy, can't quite remember why they moved to Slumber... or how. Some memories get repressed, while others resurface. Life in Slumber isn't entirely normal - but then again, neither are its residents. What - or who - is keeping them there? And why?
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    Entropy
    Entropy
    Creator(s): beanycoffee
    Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: profanity, violence/blood
    Update Schedule: Wednesdays

    Summary: Entropy is an adventure story set in a time of international tension and a mysterious spreading sickness called the "scourge." Arielle is an impulsive, headstrong blacksmith's apprentice who comes in contact with a strange magical artifact that seems connected to an otherworldly being. As she tampers with powers beyond her understanding, she comes to realize it might be possible to accidentally kickstart the apocalypse.
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    Ingress Adventuring Company
    Ingress Adventuring Company
    Creator(s): Kay Rossbach
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: blood/gore, fantasy disease outbreak, fantasy violence, profanity, teeth
    Update Schedule: Thursdays

    Summary: Ingress Adventuring Company is available to hire for all of your questing needs, and has one employee: wizard extraordinaire Toivo Kissa. The comic follows his misadventures as he fights monsters, discovers treasures, releases demons to plague an unsuspecting college, and tries to relate to his teen daughter.
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    Brothers
    Brothers
    Creator(s): Breen Heath
    Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: fantasy violence, profanity, religious content
    Update Schedule: Fridays

    Summary: Postmasters Sprout and Oz become unlikely heroes after discovering a magic mailbox.
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    Honestly not a Robot!
    Honestly not a Robot!
    Creator(s): Emma Thatcher
    Genre(s): Drama, Slice of Life
    Content Warnings: blood, blood/violence, mental illness, swearing
    Update Schedule: Fridays

    Summary: Honestly not a Robot! is an ongoing webcomic following the everyday trials of staff members working at Damnsons, a local premium supermarket.

    It is no secret that juggling awkward customers, co-worker squabbles and impractical management dogma is a delicate balance to maintain even for seasoned staff like Damian, Flori or others; so how will a completely inexperienced newbie like Ash cope?

    *Based on true stories from my previous career
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    Runaway Drakaina
    Runaway Drakaina
    Creator(s): cosmignon
    Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: child abuse, death, harm to animals
    Update Schedule: Wednesdayevery other week

    Summary: Ellie is an anxious girl who seemed perfectly normal until she was mysteriously afflicted with glittering green scales and large dragon tail. Her parents have done their best to slow this curse and hide their daughter from the world. However, they could never stop Jane, a rowdy child with big plans, from discovering this secret. Runaway Drakaina is the story of these two best friends running away together. While the journey is difficult, the two are determined to find a home of their own.
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    Key to the Future's Fate
    Key to the Future's Fate
    Creator(s): Gabby Lippolt
    Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
    Content Warnings: none listed
    Update Schedule: Thursdays

    Summary: Key to the Future's Fate follows the brilliant young Leon Candel, after he finds himself brought to the future - by two groups he'll eventually help create - with the expectation of making the world a paradise.

    As Leon explores this beautiful solarpunk future, he'll discover that this already challenging mission is even more complicated than it first seemed. Something's wrong... are the groups hiding something? Is the goal even possible?

    Well, if anyone can handle this, it's Leon.
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    True Magic
    True Magic
    Creator(s): Aja Vanilleon
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: fantasy violence
    Update Schedule: Tuesdays

    Summary: In a world where nobles can throw fireballs and peasants are their favorite practice dummies, one group of friends sets out on a quest (well, more of a day trip) for justice. But help is hard to find, and the imperial capital has worse things in store for them than the familiar pyromaniac sorcerers.

    Cast into the labyrinthine ruins of the undercity, they encounter something intent on subjugating ALL citizens, peasant and noble alike... and it doesn't necessarily need them alive.
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    Castoff
    Castoff
    Creator(s): Star Prichard
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: blood/gore, profanity, violence
    Update Schedule: Mondays, Fridays

    Summary: After getting kidnapped and dragged halfway across the world, scaredy-cat Vector finds himself a long, long way from home. Now, with the help of a short-tempered bounty hunter, a happy-go-lucky cartographer, and many more unlikely friends, he has to try to make it home in one piece.
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    Banished
    Banished
    Creator(s): Ryan Smith
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
    Content Warnings: blood/gore
    Update Schedule: Once a week as best we can

    Summary: Rak is imprisoned and left to await the repercussions of his crimes on the desolate planet Strix 13. The planet's not quite as empty as he thinks as a curious robot appears on a mission to explore the strange wonders surrounding them.
    Ancient ruins, alien conspiracies and more are uncovered as Rak and his ally attempt to escape with their lives as intergalactic war unfolds before their very eyes!
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    Arrhythmia
    Arrhythmia
    Creator(s): E.D. MacDonald
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
    Content Warnings: body horror, profanity, violence/blood
    Update Schedule: Mondays

    Summary: Felix Lacarne is trying to survive his reinstatement as lieutenant to the Guild of Sorcery's Enforcement Branch, and he's trying to keep his new platoon of Guild rejects alive with him. Air Zhao is trying to keep her employer, wealthy theologian and archaeologist Vera Winters, from getting both of them killed in her search for answers. Rey...well, no one's quite sure what Rey's doing.
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    The Bright Side
    The Bright Side
    Creator(s): franzmacabre
    Genre(s): Slice of Life, Urban Fantasy
    Content Warnings: bullying, death, homophobia, mental illness, on scene death, suicide, swearing
    Update Schedule: Saturdays

    Summary: An existential story about friendship and philosophy.

    Emily is a prickly and reclusive teenage girl. After a couple of random tragedies, she befriends Death - who turns out to be naive, neurotic, and completely endearing. Despite being eternal, "Dee" has at least as much growing up to do as Emily does. Over the years, they expand each others' worlds and forge a friendship that will ultimately test every limit they have.
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    Yokoka's Quest
    Yokoka's Quest
    Creator(s): ClefdeSoll
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: none listed
    Update Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

    Summary: none listed
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    Tamuran
    Tamuran
    Creator(s): Aron Fitzgerald, H. A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: blood/gore, body horror, death, fantasy prejudice, harm to animals, illness, non-sexual nudity, profanity, trauma, violence
    Update Schedule: Fridays

    Summary: A young exiled prince, a shapeshifting court lady, a wild elf searching for his lost family, and a curiously academic beast must carry a message far across the wilds of Tamuran before all the land falls to a terrible curse. But the road to save their home will be a long one. Dark secrets are everywhere, and the long-banished ancient enemy now rising from the shadows have had nine hundred years to prepare their revenge.
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    Court of Roses
    Court of Roses
    Creator(s): Kelsey Peterson
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: alcohol, blood, death, fantasy violence
    Update Schedule: Mondays, Thursdays

    Summary: As summer comes to an end in the kingdom of Prismal, the Bardic Festival is in full swing, bringing together musicians and minstrels from all over. But amidst the celebration, a sinister plot of murder unfolds...
    Court of Roses is a D&D-inspired and LGBTQ-friendly fantasy tale following a ragtag troupe of bards formed by their mutual friend, a charismatic-if often drunk-bagpiper, Merlow the Rose, and who knows, mayhaps they'll solve a murder mystery together!
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    Autumn Wing and the Crown of Fire
    Autumn Wing and the Crown of Fire
    Creator(s): Brandon Hankins
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: abuse, death, emotional manipul, harm to children, trauma, violence/blood
    Update Schedule: Wednesdays, Fridays

    Summary: Autumn Wing follows a small half-angel child on a big quest to create his own halo! Adventuring through a beautiful but cruel land, Autumn's gentle nature is tested time and again in his bid to find his worth in a world that says only the hard-hearted are worthy. Inspired by JRPGs of yore, this story is an homage to the video games that shaped my childhood, while also telling personal stories of what it was like to grow up as a "soft" Black boy. I tell this story of acceptance to heal
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    The Nightmare Witch
    The Nightmare Witch
    Creator(s): Jules
    Genre(s): Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life
    Content Warnings: harm to children, mental illness, strong language, violence
    Update Schedule: Sporadic

    Summary: For decades, a sickness has spread among the entire population of Mars causing shared hallucinations. A small fraction of the population had been found to disturb these hallucinations in destructive ways -- the condition known as Mentimoria. Through their phobias, patients with Mentimoria bring forth uncontrollable apparitions that can physically harm the patient or those around them. In order to treat them, they must be contained. To rehabilitate, they must never be afraid.
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    LittleLight Asylum
    LittleLight Asylum
    Creator(s): Esther Pimentel, Julian Dominguez, Toben Racicot
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
    Content Warnings: none listed
    Update Schedule: Fridays

    Summary: In a strange orphanage where the little monsters really are little monsters, three friends are constantly getting themselves into supernatural misadventures.
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    Fate
    Fate
    Creator(s): Anthea West
    Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: fantasy prejudice, fantasy violence
    Update Schedule: Tuesdays

    Summary: After a failed forced rescue attempt involving a bear and a not so sturdy tree, a talking, grumpy dustbunny finds himself out in the big wide world. Where he's going to soon discover that life outside of his books and tree just isn't as simple.


    Fate is an all ages, fantasy about being misguided by the past and dealing with loneliness. Updates Tuesdays
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    Accursed Dragon
    Accursed Dragon
    Creator(s): Ryan Smith
    Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
    Content Warnings: fantasy violence
    Update Schedule: Once a week as best we can

    Summary: The world of Ternion seems normal to everyone, but look too deep and a bizarre distorted reality lurks within this fantasy realm. Magic, dragons and otherworldly beings pervade the countryside as Coven adventures to find a cure to his unwanted dragon affliction. Friends and allies appear and help him in this epic journey to help save their home.
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    Numb
    Numb
    Creator(s): Nina Salmelin
    Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Mystery
    Content Warnings: body horror, dark/disturbing themes, violence
    Update Schedule: Wednesdays

    Summary: Numb is a horror mystery comic that brings together surreal horror, character driven drama and traditional art made with watercolors!

    Susan and Levi are childhood friends who have drifted apart. However their plans to reunite take a drastic turn when Levi ends up in an accident that has something else behind it than just careless street crossing. Old strains are being brought up and something sinister is lurking around.
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    Earth in a Pocket
    Earth in a Pocket
    Creator(s): Helen Greetham
    Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
    Content Warnings: none listed
    Update Schedule: Thursdays

    Summary: When she crash-lands on a strange alien world, anthropologist Halisi Mwangi must survive and teach the local alien denizens about humanity... armed only with the contents of her pockets.