Breaking the 4th wall, anyone? Let's share

[amilcardraws]

(I found a thread about this, but it's two years old, so...)
Hello, i am aware most part of the comics around here are romantic/isekai stuff, and breaking the 4th wall would break the immersion for readers, as it fits better in a funny environment, unless you're Alan Moore or something.

So let's share some examples of characters doing it, or using an avatar inside the comic to talk to your readers. I'm fairly curious about how people do it.

I use an eye-shaped angel to represent myself rarely, and often, Melastroma, a guardian angel, to talk to the readers, as a host talk show style.

[Fedriz_Marini]

I actually have a character (one of the two antagonist), who is quite a cloud-kukoolander, and He has the bad habits to Monologue, and Monologue, and Monologue (as He like to talk by himself thanks to his time in isolation), but it is almost like he is aware of the fourth wall, and so, wants to give as much exposition as He can, unlike all the other Characters.
I'll just post the part He appears because using a few panels here would be showing little on how far He goes: https://tapas.io/episode/2017917

[Stargazer31]

This is Loki, they sometimes break the fourth wall.

[darthmongoose]

I only break the 4th wall for omake and extras, because I wanted a "cinematic" feeling for Errant, which doesn't even usually use narration (outside of text to tell the reader a new major location or that a large amount of time has passed), thought bubbles or other internal monologue.

So any examples of things like me turning up in my own comic...

Or Rekki referencing the fact that she's the protagonist and expressing frustration at how Jules has been the recent fanart favourite...

Are things that turn up outside of actual story pages.

[TheGentleArtist]

My character Carrie breaks the fourth wall at random to talk to the audience

When I do it, I either draw my self or an egg head icon

[Chaz]

from "Absolutely Positively...Not!, Part 5": https://tapas.io/episode/2377035

[Chaz]

from "Down in the Dumps. Part 2": https://tapas.io/episode/2447282

[pinxfoxx]

In one of my Christmas themed updates Morgan does this.

Witchy Life update 8: https://tapas.io/series/Witchy-Life/info

[powerplantanimations]

Episode 1 is one big wall break. I came to this decision since Naota, the protagonist, literally thinks he's the "Protagonist of Life" (plus it fits the whole theme that the "the universe doesn't revolve around you").

I also have another character in the story who breaks the fourth-wall, but he doesn't use it for comedic purposes. I won't spoil him, but I wanted to go all out and take advantage of the fact that he knows he's in a comic in trippy ways. Not art wise either.

But yeah, I honestly think this story is the only time I will ever break the fourth wall.

That Stick Figure Isekai | Tapas

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