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''[http://baritarianboy.thecomicseries.com/ Baritarian Boy]'' is a webcomic created by married couple Fyodor Pavlov and Lawrence Gullo. As the title and subtitle would indicate, it's less of a straightforward slice of life comic, but an exploration of the (fictional) country, a small island nation in the Black Sea. The story follows two contemporary young men -- Havel, a Baritarian musician turned tour guide, and Felix, a Russian art student - and the discovery of several "missing" paintings illustrating near-mythical incidents from Baritaria's history. Gullo and Pavlov alternate illustrating chapters, the comic updates on Mondays, and [http://baritarianboy.thecomicseries.com/blogarchive/6995 a dead-tree edition of the story so far (plus an entirely new story) is now for sale.]

 

* [[Author Appeal]]: The comic's subject matter and queer characters would come as ''no'' surprise to anyone familiar with the creators' other artwork. Pavlov also states he's a monarchist, hence why the political history of Baritaria and its kings and queens make up a significant portion of its subject matter.

* [[Childhood Friends]]: Annibale and Valliet I. {{spoiler|Leading into a [[Childhood Friend Romance]].}}

* [[Dark Mistress]]: Queen Zsu Zsa's consort [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnq13u1U1I1qkycczo1_500.jpg looks like this]. That is all.

* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]: Not of the royal variety, but the London Monster's Club featured in the second section is plenty Decadent (in the literary and artistic sense) and populated by artificially constructed humans, occultists, le Comte de St. Germain, individuals who appear to personify the Seven Deadly Sins...

* [[The Exile]]: King Valliet III [[Royal Fugitive|spent his life in exile in Europe.]] His closest friends are similarly escaping Russian nobility.

* [[Fictional Counterpart]]: Baritaria is this, in some ways, to Russia and wherever the hell Pavlov and Gullo feel like drawing inspiration from.