I
totally forgot it was Webcomic Wednesday. Totally thought I was getting a head
start on future articles and have the next three weeks written, to bad none
were about Webcomics. I fail at remembering my own schedule, which is why this
is late. So onto the Webcomic of choice, which is: Chirault. I believe I’ve
mentioned before how as of yet-meaning without audience suggestions- I come
across the webcomics for these specialized days but incase I haven’t here it
is. I go on webcomic lists, close my eyes, press the up and down page keys
until I am satisfied and click the link below my cursor. Some times I cheat and
go, “Oh no. So not reading that!” then do it all over again until I am happy
with my ‘random’ choice.
This
time it took me three tries to find Chirault and I am satisfied with the
choice. Unlike majority of webcomics this one is in comic book/graphic novel
form instead of strips and is organized into chapters. I read until the end of
chapter two which didn’t take long since the pacing is quick but not to fast. I
honestly got to about a page or two before the end of chapter two before I even
thought to check when to stop.
So
aside from the pacing we have an interesting storyline with a nice clean yet
intriguing fantasy world. With webcomics if it’s set in a fantasy world I’ve
noticed it either goes one of two ways most of the time: 1. It’s simplistic and
has been done before or 2. New and inventive but extremely complicated and
takes an ass-long time to figure it all out. Same rule applies to all those
sci-fi comics out there.
Chirault
seems to fall comfortably in the middle.
It’s so much in the middle that after a while it does get a bit dry but
as I said before I only read two chapters in and hopefully the creator was
using it mostly as set-up. This could very well be true since it hints heavily,
to the point of smacking us in the face, that a big bad event/villain will be
coming up on the horizon. So far the story is well done but when things start
going bumpy for the characters sometimes the creators fall apart. I hope this
does not happen here- granted it has already been written for the most part so
nothing can be done- since it started off nicely.
So
moving on from story, the next thing that stood out for me was the art. I give
a lot more leeway with art on webcomics than I do with printed comics. The art
for Chirault is passable, neither cringe-worthy nor shockingly good. The
character designs are extremely boring, the demon has horns, the Elves have
World of Warcraft like ears and the shrunk down girl has animal ears like 95%
of anime characters. The designs bore me to death and that’s definitely a
negative quality for me since with fantasy races they already have a
stereotypical look and it’s just lazy to not move pass that.
Also
so far from what I’ve seen the characters are a bit- well Anime like. Not just
in appearance because that is definitely true but in action, dialogue and
thought. Everything just seems child-like and not in the good way. I really
don’t know the best way to describe the Anime observation because you will only
get it if you are/were a fan of Anime. I held the secretary position for my
college’s Anime club for a full years and then moved onto a secretary for a
gaming club. Yes, I win the nerd points but also I by accidently overdosed on
Anime which gives me these extraordinary- not really since most Anime fans past
and present have it- powers of deducting a bit of Anime in non-Anime things.
Confused yet? Good it means you were never an Otaku in any way.
Chirault:
3 out of 5. This is a Webcomic I will keep reading on and might revisit it next
month or somewhere down the line. Over all it’s interesting but the juvenile
art and characters- seriously even the bounty hunting demon is cutsie- kind of
make me cringe more times then when I catch sight of a crowd of Twilight fans.
It has potential but it’s one of those titles that full on straddle the line
between good and bad, like what’s his name in Doctor Strangelove did with the
bomb. And no I was not a live when that way made. Not. That. Old.
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