Anders Loves Maria



Anders Loves Maria is a webcomic by Rene Engstrom about the lives of Anders von Silfersked and Maria Holm, starting from the time they decided to have a baby. Take Finagle's Law, Dial it Up to Eleven, toss in a Love Dodecahedron, and as a finishing touch sprinkle Swedish royalty on top. Began 9/11/2006, ended 2/5/2010.

It can be found here. Spoiler Alert!!!

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130918025356/http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2006/09/11/2006-09-11/ The first page. Start here.]

"Anna: I'm going to be a grandma. Anders: No you bloody well aren't!"
 * Art Evolution
 * The Alcoholic: The Holm parents
 * All Love Is Unrequited
 * The Baby Trap:
 * Big Ol' Eyebrows: Johnan.
 * Bi the Way: Anna and Madame Von Silfersked
 * Bottle Fairy: Maria, pre-pregnancy
 * Butt Monkey: Anders, Maria, really anyone who gets involved in this hurricane.
 * The Casanova:
 * Convenient Miscarriage
 * Dead Guy, Junior:
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Bjorn to Maria
 * Driven to Suicide:
 * Fan Disservice:
 * Anders' aged mother sitting around without a shirt is certainly not put in for titillation.
 * Finagle's Law
 * Fridge Brilliance: The title.
 * Funetik Aksent: In flashbacks, Maria's thick northern Swedish accent is represented in English by a phonetic representation of a Yorkshire accent.
 * Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Averted:
 * Has Two Mommies: Played with. Anders does not approve of his mother's new lover.
 * Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Averted:
 * Has Two Mommies: Played with. Anders does not approve of his mother's new lover.


 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Johan and Bjorn are classic examples. Anders (usually) means well, but poor impulse control paired with worse personal judgement gets you here.
 * Knight Templar Big Brother: Johan to Maria, having had to look after her since childhood.
 * Ladykiller in Love: Anders to Maria
 * Longest Pregnancy Ever: Maria is pregnant for nearly all of the comic's run.
 * Love Dodecahedron: Anders
 * Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content suggested the title "Anders Has Sex With Everyone".
 * Noodle People: A single character example: Anna is unrealistically thin compared to the other characters.
 * Series Hiatus: Every now and then.
 * Slice of Life
 * Social Services Does Not Exist: Averted; Johan and Maria were placed in a foster home as children due to neglect.
 * Twist Ending:
 * Wham! Episode: The ending caught a lot of people off guard.
 * Wham! Episode: The ending caught a lot of people off guard.
 * Wham! Episode: The ending caught a lot of people off guard.