I heart Anders loves Maria
Anders loves Maria is my new favorite comic next to Sinfest and Gunnerkrigg Court. Check it out. Awesome webcomic. The art style near the beginning isn’t too hot, but the artist really hits her stride later on. Check out this little interlude done in a slightly more artsy style. In fact, medium changes like this appear to happen frequently, as the artist gets tired of vector graphics, or her scanner breaks preventing hand-inking. But the underlying style is the same regardless. Human expressions are conveyed expertly, in a slightly exaggerated way that’s a bit offputting at first, but you later grow to love. The author, a Swede, is not prudish in the way many Americans are, which is refreshing. (It’s a webcomic, god dammit! I’m an adult! A little nudity won’t reduce me to a small puddle of mush! (Though nudity and sex aren’t the only ways this is exhibited in the comic.)) Updates are fairly consistent, though frequency has been all over the place. Currently it’s at 3/week.
The story explores the evolving relationship between its two main characters, Anders and Maria. We follow them through her impregnation, Anders’ affair and their breakup, and then the ways in which they eventually reconcile. We take trips into the past to explore the history of each character to see how it shapes their current character. Everything stays quite realistic, only asking you to suspend disbelief that Anders is the inheritor of a large fortune and a celebrity in Sweden. (Maria, on the other hand, hails from the working class.)
Oh, and I’ve linked to them before, but Gunnerkrigg Court is still awesome.
