Paranatural

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Paranatural
Paranatural Webcomic Logo.png
Author(s)Zack Morrison
Website paranatural.net
Current status/scheduleUpdates Fridays
Launch dateJune 30, 2010 (2010-06-30) [1]
Publisher(s)Hiveworks Comics LLC
Genre(s)Action, comedy

Paranatural is a supernatural action/comedy webcomic created by Zack Morrison. The comic has been written and illustrated by Morrison since its debut in 2010, with seven completed chapters and an eighth chapter currently ongoing. Set in the fictional town of Mayview, the comic follows the Activity Club, a group of middle school students who have the ability to interact with the supernatural world.

Contents

The comic began on ComicFury and Smackjeeves before later moving to its own site. [2] [1] [3]

Synopsis

The comic follows the adventures of Max and the Activity Club throughout their adventures. They fight ghosts and bullies, play hitball, and solve the mysteries of the town. [4]

Max, the protagonist of Paranatural Max, Paranatural (Webcomic).png
Max, the protagonist of Paranatural

The story is told through an omniscient third person, sometimes including guest art or mini-comics. The comic is drawn page by page in a standard panel format, including shifted panels and extraneous movements depending on the activity going on. Morrison also includes alt text on each page (starting with the 24th page of the 1st chapter [5] ), with a short comment on the page.

Morrison interacts with their readers through the text underneath the pages as well as both their Twitter [6] and Tumblr [7] accounts.

Reception

Comic Book Resources has described Paranatural as "fun, action-packed and visually inventive", with "enjoyable character moments", and compared it to Dragon Ball Z . [4] PopOptiq considered it to be "brimming with wit and humor", [8] while io9 emphasized that there is "a rich story sitting behind all that humor," [9] and recommended it as worthy of an Eisner Award. [10] The Hawkeye praised its humor, which it described as "a mix of almost self-aware snark, fun-loving parody, and downright great standalone jokes", its art, which it described as "a mix somewhere between western cartoon and anime", and its cast of characters. [11] Inverse praised its "sly use of manga-esque stylistic tropes", remarking that "its characters leap off the screen". [12]

Paranatural reached the final round of the Mix March Madness 2014 Webcomics Tournament, a single-elimination tournament between 128 contestants. [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". paranatural.thecomicseries.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Pellegrini, Mark (2012-11-13). "Paranatural (A Webcomic By Zack Morrison) – AiPT!". Adventures in Poor Taste.
  3. ↑ "Paranatural :: Comics - The Story Begins". 2011-05-31. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  4. 1 2 Cruz, Larry (May 27, 2014). "'Paranatural': It's over 9,000 (spooks)". Comic Book Resources .
  5. ↑ "Paranatural - Chapter 1 Page 24". paranatural.net. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  6. ↑ "Zack Morrison (@paranaturalzack) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  7. ↑ "HUMAN RANCH". firstnamezacklastnamemorrison.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  8. ↑ Rico, Elizabeth (January 11, 2015). "'Paranatural' is witty, humorous, and filled to the brim with spirits". PopOptiq.
  9. ↑ Davis, Lauren (April 13, 2013). "Saturday Webcomic: Being haunted isn't the weirdest thing about Paranatural's bonkers middle school". io9 .
  10. ↑ Davis, Lauren (April 16, 2014). "51 Awesome Webcomics The Eisners Have Completely Failed To Recognize". io9.
  11. ↑ Doyle, Cooper (2015-12-01). "Side effects to new age media". The Hawkeye.
  12. ↑ Gaudette, Emily (2016-01-28). "The 9 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Webcomics Still Running". Inverse .
  13. ↑ Hauman, Glenn (2014-04-14). "The Winner(s) of the 2014 Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament Are…". Comic Mix .
  14. ↑ Hauman, Glenn (2014-03-11). "Announcing the Mix March Madness 2014 Seeding Round!". Comic Mix .
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