Ian On The Red Dot

I have discovered a new webcomic that I totally love. It isn’t a ‘haha…nice…’ kind of webcomic. More like a ’sigh….i feel that too’ and ’shucks…that’s so true’ kind of comic.

After going through the archives, there was a knot in my chest and an inexplicable sadness that seems to flirt with a hope about life that I’m clinging onto.

The site: tinyghosts.com

Some of my favorites plus my own notes.

Waiting For God To Call. He Needs Help.

I’m Not Interest In A Condo, 2 Room, 3 Room, 4 Room Flat, Landed House. I Just Want A Home With You.

Why Some People Like Children - Metaphorically speaking of course

I Hope My GF Is Not Thinking These Thoughts

For me, I think 11 would have been just about right

I like how the creator wrote about the site:

A while back I had this idea of telling an entire story in just two sentences, kinda like a haiku, but two sentences instead of 17 syllables and with some semblence of plot. So I wrote a bunch of them down, but nobody really cared. Then somebody gave me a copy of photoshop and I thought maybe some photos might make the stories go down a bit easier. You are supposed to be able to use each comic as a jumping off point to create an entire world/characters/storyline in your head. If you feel like thinking that is.

It’s about what it feels like to be a monster/ghost/robot/toy/etc. but not the scary kind. It’s about being frightened of war and what you might turn into when you grow up if you aren’t careful. It’s about loss and longing and love and hope and being small and scared of a big world and not knowing your place in it and wanting to belong but always being on the outside and not being sure that God loves you but really hoping he does even though pretty much everyone else thinks you are a weirdo. Stuff like that.

The idea was freeform self-expression, not money or fame. If I charge people money (or eyeballs) there is an expectation that they will receive something of value in return. If I publicize myself and talk about how cool I am for having an avant-garde online comic, then I open myself up to criticism that I’m not as cool as I think I am. By gaining nothing and remaining anonymous and non-profit, then I’m under no obligation to entertain you. If you want to like it, you can, if you think it sucks, that’s fine too. You can criticize the work, but you can’t criticize me because I’m not gaining anything by creating it.

Everything in this world is similar to other things. There are only a limited number of new ideas. This comic is not the first to use photos instead of drawings, or to not be funny, or to not have recurring characters, but that doesn’t mean it’s not unique in it’s own way. Would you say Calvin & Hobbes is a ripoff of Peanuts because they both deal with an unpopular kid and his talking pet?