Frickin’ Webcomics for the Ages: #1
Hey! Let me tell you about Crosslink!
A story that might not be the best “webcomic” to start F'WFTA with, since it REALLY stretches the definition— much more-so than the other comics I’ll cover later (stay tuned!). Anywhoo, Crosslink is an interactive story that hooked me right from the cover (web?) page. Even through all the comics I’ve read, Crosslink’s set up and introductory segment is one of THE most engaging ones I’ve ever experienced. The opening track, the gleaming background image— and then the abrupt image of an ice-cold mountain, with You traveling into the barren landscape… It was so cool!!
The story boasts music tracks for each page, with a very unique narrative style that I honestly wish I’d see more of? It really lends itself to the format of a webpage, I really enjoyed it. AND it has a lot of fully colored and painted drawings for some of the pages— with backgrounds and everything!
If there's one thing about it I’d tell someone about, its the music. The absolute range on display is so cool, and they all play alongside the writing.
And the writing! It’s great! It’s incredibly natural, the character dialogue is at the forefront here and it’s lovely. And every now and then there’s hints at the extent of the worldbuilding at play here, the places have history, characters have connections and a general feeling of there’s something just beyond the veil…
I feel like I need to talk about the— THE SHEER SCALE OF TIME this story is stretched along. It’s clear that the story occupies an immense timeline, the brief glimpses the narrator will take into how things went in the future (or the past, just a little closer) and cutting back to the current story, it really intrigued me. The entire thing feels like it’s written like a campfire story, the narrator recounting things dear to him.
And of course, it's primarily made by one person. sick!!
CHECK IT OUT!! crosslink.flaminglog.net by BearGlyph.
spoiler territory below!
Most Memorable Moment: When Bryph hugged Arcturus after he came to the conclusion that Arcturus must be a child in dragon years. That GIF alone really put things into perspective, how much more vast dragons are, and how little Arcturus understands about the world of the Sapes. I… love that Bryph’s first reaction is to comfort, even when the other is so wildly alien from what he knows.
