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Line 2: A [[Web Comic]] that, unlike most webcomics that have a set story and [[Sure Why Not\|swipe reader speculation periodically]], takes a ''lot'' of reader input. Frequently, the author will take so much reader input that nearly the entire webcomic is made of user suggestions. As such, they ''always'' have some way to put in suggestions, whether it's a designated forum where you can post in a suggestion box, comment in a comment box, a [[Shout Box]], or an email address you can send suggestions to. In fact, many of these comics had their origins in forum threads, where the update panels are [[Direct Demographic\|in-line with the discussion of said panels and the suggestions]]. In many cases (nearly all since the [[Trope Codifier]] ''[[~~MS Paint Adventures (Webcomic)\|~~MS Paint Adventures]]''), the webcomic will be [[Framing Device\|presented as if it were a log of an]] [[Interactive Fiction]] game (with pictures). Because commands are parsed by a human and only one (or a very select few) command paths are actually used, the story usually ends up [[Kudzu Plot\|far more complex than is possible to program into a game]] (mostly because the [[Combinatorial Explosion]] is much smaller and can thus be handled manually). [[Write What You Know\|Due to the sort of people who make these comics]], these comics also frequently spoof such things as [[Adventure Game\|Adventure Games]], [[Simulation Game\|Simulation Games]], [[Puzzle Game\|Puzzle Games]], [[Role -Playing Game\|Roleplaying Games]], or [[Turn -Based Strategy]] games. These comics generally update with only one panel at a time and as such can be updated ''very quickly''. [[Archive Panic\|Often even more than once a day.]] Line 8: For obvious reasons, these comics cannot use a [[Strip Buffer]] at all. Frequently these comics straddle the boundary between [[Web Comic]] and [[New Media]]/[[Web Original]]. General precedent seems to be to put [[Interactive Comic\|Interactive Comics]] in the Webcomic category. More and more however, traditional web comic creators are experimenting with the medium. == Tropes often used include == * [[Foregone Conclusion]]: ''Homestuck'' has proven that as any [[Interactive Comic]] becomes popular enough, it begins to defy the medium. The creator of ''Homestuck'' has said that before ultimately closing the suggestion boxes, there were so many suggestions that he could pick any direction he wanted, subverting the idea of the interactivity. ** ''Homestuck'' is also an interesting case study in that the author eventually got incredibly fed up by endless streams of countless moronic suggestions; something usually considered a strength of this genre. * [[Ontological Mystery]]: Often of the [[You Wake Up in Aa Room]] kind. [[Sturgeon's Law\|Fortunately or unfortunately]], this type of beginning to a story is ''incredibly'' easy to pull off. * [[Present Tense Narrative]] * [[Second Person Narration]] * [[~~Schrodinger~~Schrödinger's Gun]] * [[Sure Why Not]]: and ''nothing but''. Collectively, these comics may well be the best example. ** Beyond direct suggestions, authors often take direction of the future updates by canonizing fan speculation. Line 25: [[Category:Web Comics]] [[Category:Webcomic Tropes]] ~~[[Category:Interactive Comic]]~~ ~~[[Category:Index Index]]~~