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Fight or Flight Comics!
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| Language | English |
| Creator(s) | Ian Campbell |
| Website(s) | http://www.fofcomics.com |
| Update Feed | http://feeds.feedburner.com/http/wwwfofcomicscom/rssxml |
| Update Schedule | weekly, every Thursday |
| Launch Date | Nov. '08 - Issue 1 |
| Genre | American webcomics, Humor, Minimalist, Workplace, 2000s webcomics |
| Format | comic-strip, pixel art |
Fight or Flight is a webcomic created by Ian Campbell.
The humor is sarcastic, cynical, cathartic, very edgy at times, and makes light of stress in general. From egos in the workplace to relationship problems, from social snobbery to petty politics, this comic-strip addresses various mundane aspects of life. The punch line is typically the most annoying thing that could happen in a situation. The feeling is emphasized by its black-and-white, pixelated, over-simplified format, entirely drawn using Microsoft Paint. In each three-frame structure there is a brief exchange, with little or no verbiage and varying repetitive expressions.
[edit] Style
The format and the humor of the comic-strip was inspired by Jim Davis' Garfield in its' typical 3-frame structure and moody dialogue, and draws from Max Cannon's Red Meat as well in its' general lack of action from frame to frame, "Featureless Void," and offbeat humor.
Otherwise the artwork and exchange of Fight or Flight is extremely minimal to accentuate and emphasize the comic's overall focus of the mundane.
[edit] Categories
- Friends - hipster snobbery, societal peer pressure, ego imbalance, repressed emotions, psychological abuse
- Work - tyrannical bosses, mundane social niceties and oddities, bad communication and mismanagement, ego battles and superiority complexes on the job
- Belief - the more oppressive aspects of faith, ranging from Christian to “New Age” themes
- Politics - addressing issues such as global warming, gay marriage, abortion, etc. from ignorant and closed-minded points of view
- Aliens - depicting various ways in which to feel alienated, personified by an extra-terrestrial
- Cops - authority at its’ worst, the abuse of power in uniform, confrontational behavior reminiscent of “the playground bully”
- Girls and Boys - from male chauvinism to snooty princesses, stubbornness, infidelity, relationship issues
- Robots - sarcastic commentary on the more negative influences of technology on human behavior, personified by a robot
- Violence - more confrontational behavior reminiscent of “the playground bully,” violent sensationalism in response to feelgood clichés
