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[http://www.broken-lines.com/ Broken Lines] is a hybrid of prose, spot illustration, and comic art by Tom Pappalardo. It is a comedy/non-adventure story about a cowboy, a spaceman, and a waitress travelling cross-country fighting evil in a stolen rental van. Pappalardo has been publishing the story a few chapters at a time in 8"x8" black & white comic book format since 2007, and online since 2010. Pappalardo is also the author of [[The Optimist]], a weekly comic strip.

 

* [[Amusing Injuries]]

* [[Beat Panel]] - An often-used device in the comic, as seen [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=6 here],

* [[Character Overlap]]

* [[Comic Book Time]] - The timeline of events in the story are left intentionally vague.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]] - Cowboy is almost always [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=10 scowling].

* [[Face Palm]]

* [[Homage]] - Scenes from several movies are referenced, quotes and reenacted throughout the story: Blade Runner, Magnificent Seven.

* [[Law of Disproportionate Response]]

* [[Lazy Artist]] - Artwork is often re-used with slight tweaks, for example, two panels on [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=18 this page] followed by [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=19 this page]. Or this series of pages: [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=34 1], [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=35 2], and [http://read.broken-lines.com/?paged=36 3]

* [[Rubber Hose Limbs]]

* [[Series Hiatus]] - Broken Lines is published somewhat sporadically both in print and online.

* [[Strip Buffer]] - Pages currently being published online were originally published in print approximately three years earlier.