Looking for a more contained type of fantasy comics

Fedriz_Marini 2021-01-28 07:24:30 UTC #18

This is up to you, but my debut series is an Anthology of Short stories! Now it's in the prologue arc, but next month there will be a Valentine themed arc (And two months later it will be an easter one, then the Halloween one and in the end christmass).

Feel free to check out

Enjoy your stay, have a nice day!

thedude3445 2021-01-28 11:44:17 UTC #19

This one starts out making you THINK the stakes are really high, but actually the story is a lot more contained when you get into it. I think it fits pretty well.

surenlicious 2021-01-28 13:58:11 UTC #20

Mine is a webcomic of small stand-alone comics highlighting the characters and lore from my novel, maybe that could be something for you?

thecrystalrook 2021-01-28 14:34:09 UTC #21

It's definitely not short, and there is a larger overall mission but there is definitely no prophecy or chosen-one. There is a reason the main character is the one involved, but it's not because of some larger destiny thing.

darthmongoose 2021-01-28 14:41:13 UTC #22

Aaaah... thank you for the recommendation, but I should probably say as the creator of Errant, trying my best to avoid to avoid spoilers, that my comic is about big stakes but explored through small relationships. Similar to Dragon Age 2 or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the stakes are actually big and have national or even global implications, but most of the story is based around a single region and one small group of people.

So really... I'm on the fence about whether I'd say it's the kind of thing OP is after. There are no ancient prophesies or chosen ones, but it's definitely not going to be short or low-stakes.

CttMaurice 2021-01-28 18:50:11 UTC #23

If your still looking then I have my own comic that you could check out. It's still focusing and will continue to focus on the two main characters eventually meeting. Then it will simply change to their personal endeavors and changes, I hope this is right up your alley. Enjoy!

DelythThomasArt 2021-01-28 23:56:09 UTC #24

I have a chill comic which re-tells various myths n legends. Each ep being like a lil bedtime story.

Lucca_Vendramel 2021-01-29 01:56:22 UTC #25

I think you'll like mine! It's fairly small within the bigger picture of the Universe and the protagonist is pretty unimportant as a mythical figure or something like that. It's also scifi!

LWriter 2021-01-29 02:18:25 UTC #26

If you like crime drama, here's a fantasy murder mystery with elves! There's a dragon ^^ I'm releasing the first full issue on my Gumroad soon, but the first pages are here on Tapas so people can check it out and see if they like it ^^

pepasmaga2 2021-01-29 13:28:02 UTC #27

i read your comic and i think is great, that is what i was looking for, thank you ^^

Rhonder 2021-01-29 17:21:45 UTC #28

Ah yeah, I saw all of your likes on the pages the other day Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

GloamingCat 2021-01-29 17:35:32 UTC #29

Oh man, I know plenty, I love those!

I'm surprised no one mentioned Ultramarine Weather, it's a very fluffy fantasy drama:

Actually I think many stories with a "magical boy" with fit this as they tend to be romance rather than action.
One example is this is mine It's pretty slice-of-lifey with bits of psychological drama. There's a major plot with a villain and stuff and it's still pretty local and the character barely leave the school.

There's also Magical Boy Basil, Witch of Luminoza and Magical Boy Troubles. All of them share similar tropes. I don't know if their stories will scale for something bigger, but so far they're been pretty much slice of life drama too.

The last ones may not have actual magic but they are drama featuring mythological creatures.

NiWo21k 2021-01-29 18:01:26 UTC #30

I understand what you are searching for.
A lot of times stories tend to follow an overall arc, which isn´t a bad thing, but sometimes you just want to have some fun. Or just dive into a world without any big bad guys and wars.

I have to admit, I haven´t found one for myself

That could be a reason why I decided to create my own story/comic like that. A kinda road trip story through a fantasy world with short little stories, that build upon each other, but aren´t about a world on the brink of destruction, just some characters and their "normal" daily adventures.

Bree_Mana 2021-01-29 18:11:43 UTC #31

Most of my comic takes place within the household of one family so it might be up your alley!

The comic is about a young girl that gets kicked out of an orphanage for her unpredictable powers and ends up getting taken in by a shapeshifter into a mish-mashed adopted family. she has to learn what it means to be herself, be part of a family, and uncover whatever the family's butler is hiding before its too late!

The comic has got aspects of modern fantasy, mystery, found family, slice of life and LGBT themes (mostly in later chapters). I'd probably rate it at PG-13 (specific Pages with PG-13 content are flagged as such in the episode tittles as well)

Heres the link if interested!

snowy 2021-01-29 18:44:16 UTC #32

Short bites out of an eclectic awesomeburger

And my own thing, which is self-contained short stories featuring the same characters

peach 2021-01-29 20:40:03 UTC #33

Hi My comic has a bit of fantasy because it's about two boys discovering a girl who can bring the dead back to life, but I'd say it's much more drama or angsty slice of life. No big war or anything

pepasmaga2 2021-01-29 22:18:03 UTC #34

ooh, yeah, thats pretty much how i feel

from this thread i can already recomend these:

feel free to share yours, the road trip one that you mentioned on the reply

pepasmaga2 2021-01-29 22:27:44 UTC #37

lol, yeah, im reading slowly, there is a lot of cool stuff around here, i recomend you to take a look too

NiWo21k 2021-01-30 10:19:03 UTC #39

Hehe, we are not alone with this feeling

I will check them out, thanks for the recommendation.

I won´t post mine here for two reasons, we only start next week on the first of February (but we already posted some preview stuff on Tapas), and I don´t want to get flagged for self-promoting ^^ If you are interested you can search for it "Fox & Spirit"

pepasmaga2 2021-01-31 22:09:24 UTC #40

ooh, ok, i will try to find it