Imminent Moose
Imminent Moose is a somewhat quirky Journal Comic webcomic written by Kyle Travers.
The series chronicles the life of the author through his day-to-day existence as a college student in Burlington, VT. Earlier strips focus on everyday dorm life but have shifted into focusing on apartment living and working retail. The comic is mostly self-reflective and often centers on the author’s life experiences and observations on life with frequent appearances by friends and roommates.
Occasionally the strips take a more surreal turn in chronicling the struggles of Squid Fairy, a winged squid that grants wishes…pertaining to squids, as well as a short story about a snail’s dreams of flight.
The comic updates on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Tropes used in Imminent Moose include:
- Anachronic Order: The only thing set in stone about a strip's position in the timeline is which semester it took place in.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: A non-video game example: Though Kyle is the main character, a few comics have focused on other members of the cast such as Robin, Allison, or Eboney.
- The filler comics early in the series' run focus on a snail which has nothing to do with the author or the main cast.
- Animesque: The short saga of Kyle running to catch a bus.
- Art Evolution: It's subtle, but there is a definite shift in style from the beginning strips to the current ones.
- Author Avatar: The main character IS the author.
- Badass: Apparently, Kyle's cat, appropriately named Moxie Jones.
- Baleful Polymorph: Kyle theorizes that some of the neighborhood cats might be humans cursed by witches
- Beauty Mark: Kyle has a small mole on his left cheek under his eye.
- Berserk Button: Do not take Kyle's nutella
- Beware the Nice Ones: Allison, as evidenced here and here.
- Big Eater: Several strips focus on the author's love of food
- Big Guy, Little Guy: Ryan and Kyle, respectively. Though, the series has not shown one being any less intelligent than the other.
- Bishie Sparkle: Tends to manifest when Kyle is pleased with something
- Bottle Fairy: Chico
- Boss Subtitles: Every character introduction
- Cloudcuckoolander: Allison, most definitely.
- Maybe Kyle, sometimes. Not nearly as much as Allison.
- Cute Little Fangs: Jeremy sports a pair of these
- Demon Head
- Demoted to Extra: Go through more recent comics and count the amount of times Allison, Ryan, Scott, or really any introduced character that is not Kyle, Jeremy, or probably Chico shows up. It seems like some may have even been Put on a Bus considering they rarely if ever appear these days, although YMMV as the comic has always had a more self-reflective tone.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady
- Eldritch Abomination: Beware the reindeer.
- Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods: Squid Fairy!
- Expressive Hair: When excited, Kyle's hair will often curl upwards
- Five-Token Band
- Freudian Trio: Detailed in terms of money here.
- Superego: Ryan
- Ego: Kyle
- Id: Robin
- Long Hair Is Feminine: This can be problematic for Kyle
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Introducing Fishamelphant
- Mood Whiplash: The month of comics detailing the chronicles of a snail who wishes he could fly is immediately followed up in June by a comic announcing that Robin is leaving the school/main cast.
- Also, a comic poking fun at the strange noises Kyle's dormmate and his girlfriend made when she was visiting is followed up by an RIP comic for his cat, Hank.
- Odd Job Gods: Squid Fairy, who's only power is to grant wishes relating to squids
- Allison uses this to her advantage
- Owl Be Damned: Of the stuffed variety.
- No Indoor Voice: Robin
- Put on a Bus: Robin
- Real Life Writes the Plot
- Redheaded Hero: Now that Kyle's redyed his hair red
- Splash of Color: The comic is done in grayscale save for Kyle's hair color
- Spring Is Late
- Strip Buffer: Happened at the beginning of the comic's run
- Still happens occasionally, depending on the author's life at the time.
- Those Two Guys: Kyle and Ryan in earlier strips of the comic
- Unsound Effect: The author prefers them in lieu of real sound effects.
- Weather Dissonance: Welcome to Vermont!
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Kyle has moments of this
- Word Salad Title: There is no moose anywhere in the comic. It is hard to tell if one is imminent, but there has been nothing pointing to that part being true either.
- This may be a Stealth Joke in reference to the many "Moose Crossing" signs that are stationed all over Vermont.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: One of the only colors ever seen in the whole comic is Kyle's blue hair.
- Which is now red.