There are a few people who can still recall the golden age of Sunday Comics. Bright, colorful pages filled with full-page multi-panel comics drawn by talented artists. Story arcs took weeks to unfold, characters developed distinct personalities and backgrounds were as detailed as a landscape painting. Not too long ago, Bill Waterson brought a return of fantastic detailed landscapes back to the funny pages with Calvin and Hobbes' many sojurns into the world of Dinosaurs or far off spacescapes, but since Watterson disappeared years ago, the world of vivid Sunday Comics seems to have gone into hiding.
Fortunately, some true comic artists have started to emerge on the web. One of the most talented comic artists can be found drawing the story of a little girl with mysterious and whimsical powers in the webcomic Minus. Drawn by artist Ryan Armand, Minus is a small child with magical powers she uses as an impulse moves her. Whether she’s using it by capturing bullies by entwining them in spontaneously growing trees, having a snowball fight with an angel statue, or jumping from one painting to another, there is a childhood innocence to Minus’ travels. Captured in beautiful watercolor with painstaking detail, Armand’s panels each look like a painting in and of itself. Armand handles sophisticated high concepts like greed and selflessness with a blend of mischief and sweetness. It’s a very sophisticated comic that leaps from the screen, in a form that can only be presented on the web in its full size and full color glory.
With 66 comics in the archive, you might be able to scan through the entire archive quickly, but the images are so iconic that you will certainly find yourself visiting those archived comics often.
Minus is updated every Thursday.
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