Warning Label
I’ve enjoyed just about all of Thom Zahler’s comics — Love and Capes, Time and Vine, Long Distance — so I don’t know why I haven’t yet talked about Warning Label, his new digital release.
It’s available to read, in its entirety (so far), at Line Webtoon. The format’s a little odd, a series of single panels, but I think that’s to improve visibility on portable devices. The concept is genius, though. Danielle has been cursed so that anyone interested in her gets a warning label, a list of her flaws when it comes to interacting with others. Jeff isn’t scared off by this, and their relationship grows. Since she’s a game designer and he works at a super-cool movie theater, there’s lots of geeky references, too. (I really want to play the convention card game Danielle designs, where you have to run a successful con.)
Here are four panels from the first chapter that explain the premise.
Fans of Long Distance should particularly enjoy this romantic comedy (with a hint of magic). The characters are realistic, interesting, and entertaining. There are already 21 chapters available, with a new one every Thursday. And Thom has started posting a few behind-the-scenes notes at his website.
1:26 am
Thanks for the heads up on this, I had somehow missed it completely.
Thom Zahler is really one of my favorite creators right now, when I finally started a convention sketchbook a few years ago I had him do the very first piece in it- a wonderful Duo Damsel & Bouncing Boy illo.
8:02 am
Line Webtoon seems to have a different audience from the usual webcomics. I couldn’t tell you much else that’s on it. I should explore it more.