Life can be chaotic, but sometimes the best way to deal with it is to laugh. That's where slice of life comics come in. These hilarious and relatable comics capture the absurdity of everyday situations, making us chuckle at ourselves and our fellow life forms in this week's What's Trending.
Kids of the Black Hole, 109 pages - Published by Blucloud Comics, (cc/ @JamalJones)
A slice-of-life story that centers around a group of young adults in the city’s punk underground grappling with the experiences of healing from generational trauma, the scars left by their pasts and their families and growing apart as their lives change. Guadalupe “Loop” Alverez, the photographer of the band The Daphnes, is faced with returning to her long-discarded family life in hopes of bringing them together again.
Story and Art by Blucloud Comics
Offtask, 640 pages - Published by Alin Laphel, (cc/ @alaphel)
Two friends are determined to make a graphic novel and fulfill a dream they had back in high school. Despite being determined, they often find themselves off task and doing an assortment of other things. Will they ever finish their story or is it just a far off dream to move on from? UPDATED BIWEEKLY!!
Story and Art by Alin Laphel
Monday's Forecast for Hareyakana-shi, 96 pages - Published by AmberCloudComics, (cc/ @chopsuey)
Hareyakana-shi is a city in Japan known locally as the city of redemption. Wholly unrelated, "Monday's Forecast for Hareyakana-shi" is both a depressing and casually erotic tale of 4 estranged youths and their day-to-day adventures in finding the meaning in life, or whatever comes close. Also, one of them is an absolute alien.
Story and Art by AmberCloudComics
Blood Stain, 393 pages - Published by Top Cow, (cc/ @vincelongo)
Mad science at its finest. Chemistry major, Elliot Torres has been unable to keep a steady job and eventually accepts a job by a rumored mad scientist Dr. Vlad Stein. Humorous hijinks ensue as their collaboration becomes epic.
Story and Art by Linda Sejic
Cirque Royale, 1478 pages - Published by Atomic Comics, (cc/ @Atomicbritt)
Go behind the scenes of the circus as the new royal family lives and learns in this sometimes silly, sometimes dramatic episodic slice-of-life comic. Note: This comic started in 2016 and the first 5 episodes are traditional comic format while everything after is scrolling format.
Story and Art by Atomic Comics
I'm Mortal, 192 pages - Published by J. Lovelace, (cc/ @JutaLovelace)
Morty is a reaper, but he wishes to befriend a human. It's not easy, since most humans see him as an intimidating skeleton, which makes it hard to start any friendship at all. However, one day Morty meets Lance who not only sees him as a regular person, but also believes that Morty is just a regular guy. Scared that Lance may reject him once he knows the truth, Morty decides to pretend to be a mortal himself.
Story and Art by J. Lovelace
