What is it, you wonder? It's Married To The Sea, a website that deems itself "The Champagne of Comics".
If Married To The Sea were not already married, I would marry it. Who knew that snarky text could spice up simple black and white two-dimensional comics?
Married To The Sea is the brainchild of Natalie Dee, an artist who boasts several webcomics from her pen, including the most popular, Toothpaste for Dinner.
What I appreciate about MTTS is that Dee has put together a collection of comics with an old-school visual feel and made them relevant with sarcastic banter. Check out her take on the D.C. monument for a better idea of what I mean.
Dee's comedic genius is but one way to enjoy words and images together. MTTS has also inspired me to expand my own ideas on how to "tell a story with images" for next week's post. Even I-a writer!-can take crumby, boring pictures, and make them hilarious by adding outlandish commentary.
A delightful combination of word and image, if you ask me.
PS, as a poor, unemployed, no-I-don't-have-7+years-experience-doing-anything-other-than-maybe-chewing-food member of society still hopelessly job searching, I greatly appreciated this MTTS spoof.
*Since I have linked to several of Married To The Sea's webcomics in this post, I would like to thank Natalie Dee for her brilliant artistry.
I think these comics are a good example of combining images and text. The comics are funny. Are you thinking of doing similar work for the next project?
ReplyDeleteThese comics are great! They seem so simple, but they are really clever and funny; a cool example of how images and text can work together. I am getting a better feel for how all of this works...
ReplyDeleteSara, you highlighted some of my favorite web comics, and introduced me to a few I've never seen but will keep an eye on --- Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteSara, I love these web comics. Thanks for the laughs.
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