Online Comic- Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran

So I have never actually read a comic made to be seen via the web. It was interesting to see the different ways in which artist laid out their comics. For one of them a scrolling sideway technique was used so that the comic became one continuous strip, in others you must scroll down and in others, such as Octopus pie, you simple see one page, click an arrow and see the next. This process is the nearest to how actual comics are read for Meredith Gran makes sure you will only see the panels she wants you to see when she wants you to see them. Unlike scrolling which lets the eyes wander to a new page before you are done with the one currently be read. Anyway, back to Octopus Pie. This comic uses very fluid curvy line drawings with quite a thick line. It is completely black and white but is interesting to look at because of the fun and fluid style. The characters were a bit of a surprise at first, such as the new roommate who is fun and blonde and also a pot head. You don't expect it for the introduction of her character is set up by the main character, Ning's, mother. You are made to believe she is this pure little girl who is annoying with her almost cheerleader like enthusiasm. But no, she is enthusiastic for an entirely different reason- this reason is she is continuously on drugs. Other things are unexpected as well and just kind of ridicoulos. For example, Ning is off to work when she realizes her bike has been stolen and so she makes a new one with a security system that will shock anyone not authorized to ride it. But in the end she ends up getting robbed for she stupidly sold her keys to her house in exchange for the parts to create her new security bike. All in all, this comic works well online for I cannot see it much as a shelf comic. It possibly could become that for it does have a similar style to Persepolis with the heavy outlines but who knows. But I will say its most appealing factor is the crazy and random things that happen to Ning that you don't expect. For another example, you can go on and look at the newest pages and find that the first page is a "guide to preventing sidewalk shuffle". This page below: