Standup Comics

Standup Comics


"For the profession, see Stand-up comedy"
Infobox webcomic|
title = Standup Comics


caption = Standup Comics logo
author = Basil White
url = http://www.basilwhite.com/comics
status = Updating Weekly
began = October 23 2003 [http://www.basilwhite.com/comics]
ended =
genre = Dark humor
ratings =

Standup Comics is a webcomic by Basil White, debuting on October 23, 2003. The comic is material from Basil White's live standup comedy performances presented in comic strip format. The unchanging single image of White is a tongue-in-cheek reference to White's deadpan performance style. Several comics were adapted for two mass-market joke books in 2006, "It's a Man's World" (ISBN 0-7607-6829-3) and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes" (ISBN 1-59257-538-2).

etting and storyline

The setting is Basil White, presumably onstage, with Basil White's unchanging head in front of a Featureless Void. As every comic is based on White's stage act, the storyline mirrors the same topics: science fiction conventions, murder, religion, and sex.

Time frame

As the strip is a transcription of a comedy show, there is no time frame beyond an individual strip, and there are no obvious story arcs among any two strips.

Cast

The comic has one character: Basil White, rendered as a static image that almost never changes.

Drawing style

The only image in the strip is a single clip art rendering of White.

References

* [http://www.basilwhite.com/comics Standup Comics website]


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