Serenity Rose

"Chuck: Look, there's been a lot of debate-real scientific debate-over whether or not a... creature as powerful as Ms. Rose can even be considered human at all. Skarsdayle: Is that right? Chuck: That's right. And y'know what? If she's not human, then the bill of rights does not apply! Skarsdayle: I'd like to see you enforce that one, Chuckie dear. Chuck: Well that's a-- Skarsdayle: Now listen here, my pretty little paper waver. I don't know if my friends are "human" or not, and frankly, I couldn't give two Bleep s. But what I do know is this: these "creatures" as you call them... Well they're forces of nature, Chuck. Godzillas in Tokyo. And it's not us gonna tell them what to do. Can't ask the tsunami to mind the lifeguard, now can we?"

A webcomic and print comic about Serenity "Sera" Rose, "the 10th youngest, 8th shortest, 6th 'gothiest,' 22nd most powerful, 38th most respected and 5th most reclusive of the world's 50 known witches." The story is set in Crestfallen, once the home of a coven of witches, later abandoned, and now the "Spookiest Lil' Town in the U.S. of A," and follows Sera as she attempts to live her life and stay out of the public eye.

Made by Aaron Alexovich, who also worked as a character designer on Invader Zim. The complete second volume and starting soon the entirety of the first volume will be available online.

It can be found here.

"Sera: Tiphane's prolly rubbing his nose in it right now... soaking it up in his hair."
 * Ambiguously Gay:
 * Art Evolution: Compare the first volume with the second. Wholly justifiable since there was nearly 4 years between books, plenty of time to practice.
 * Ax Crazy: Stiletta, complete with Slasher Smile. In her three main appearances so far, she has
 * Black and Nerdy: While Merrick is far from the standard type he definitely has a bit of a nerdgasm when he meets Sera for the first time.
 * B-Side Comics: "Welcome to Statickland," although it looks like it isn't continuing in the second volume.
 * Buffy-Speak
 * Chekhov MIA:
 * Cluster F-Bomb: Tess's first appearance in "Goodbye, Crestfallen"
 * Crawl: In the interspersed news stories in "Goodbye, Crestfallen" the crawl will start off as something realted to the story and then switch to stories regradeing Brittany Spears, a clown cop reality show, the sussess of the "Hooters Bowl", and Miss. America being caught with a "bong-like" devise.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Kelton.
 * Fan Boy: Tiphane Revile, Dread Mortado, and Agatha Eversong all idolize Sera a little too much. They even write songs about her.
 * Best illustrated after she hears their band play, and subsequently throws up:
 * Best illustrated after she hears their band play, and subsequently throws up:


 * Fatal Flaw: Sera's indecisiveness.
 * "You Never Do Anything."
 * Fiery Redhead: Tess.
 * Fourth Wall Mail Slot: Weekly Advice From A Fictional Rock Star Witch
 * Funny Background Event
 * The Lost Woods: The Inconsolable Woods, filled with trolls and other monsters.
 * The Man Behind the Man:
 * Also Skarsdayle for Rivet Hed.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: Rivet Hed.
 * Noodle Incident: The aftermath of the bus incident (itself not a noodle incident) is considered the 'second worst scandal in SSI history'. Makes you wonder what could top that.
 * Our Goblins Are Wickeder: Created by witches to act as messengers, assistants, and low-rent jesters. They've since lost direction, and now are primarily a tourist attraction in Crestfallen.
 * Our Vampires Are Different: Vampires are more animalistic than usually portrayed, and vampire blood is used as a drug. Vampires are kept sedated so their blood can be collected and sold off, and "The Curse" seems to spread mainly from drug use rather than vampire attacks.
 * Perky Goth: Vicious Whisper
 * Power Incontinence: Witches have pretty good control over their powers, but Sera conjures things in her sleep, including a monstrous creature that tears off a hiker's arm, and later violently tears apart the soldiers sent to stop it.
 * Series Hiatus: Several years passed between the first volume and the second.
 * Show Within a Show: "Bare Knuckles with Chuck St. Hardwell."
 * Shy Blue-Haired Girl: Sera.
 * Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Rivet Hed's cynicism versus Vicious Whisper's idealism.
 * Leading to a inversion of Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids; Rivet Hed is portrayed as immature and pathetic, and V as wise and mature.
 * The Snark Knight: Sera
 * Strange Girl: Sera is a witch who lives in a creepy old historic mansion, sleeps in a floating bed, and has a swarm of goblins that occasionally attack people outside her home.
 * Strawman Political: Aaron A. is fond of using these. The best examples are the preacher from the "Church of Right Thinking," and, for that matter, "The Church of Right Thinking" is a strawman political for, well, the religious.
 * Mr. Vogel is a caricature of an over the top Well-Intentioned Extremist, likely aimed at the right wing as well.
 * Teens Are Monsters:
 * Warrior Therapist:  in "Goodbye Crestfallen."
 * Witch Species: Some people are simply born with magical powers, but it's rare enough that there are only about 50 witches worldwide.
 * There is some method to it.