Shorter Comics - Under 50 Pages

[Jabbage]

Hey Tapastic!

I love shorter stories, particularly in comic form! I love writing them (I've got a couple updating on here right now) and I LOVE reading them. I'm particularly on the lookout for short stories that aren't just mini versions of giant multi-arced epics, but which use the kind of conventions that prose short stories use to make an impact, with a visual twist.

Since I'm new here and amazing comics abound, I thought I'd make a thread just for shorter stories. Whether its an anthology of comics just a few pages long, or comics like mine that are nudging up to that 50 comic line, this is your place to post! Could be your comic, or could be one you're a fan of.

(Just to make it clear, this thread isn't for stories that will eventually be over 50 pages long, but haven't got there yet. It's for stories that are designed to be short)
(And my definition of a short story being under 50 pages is pretty arbitary, but I work out that takes 15/20 minutes to read, like a longer prose short story might.)

[joannekwan]

My absolute favorite anthology of shorts is Silent

The shorts are unrelated but share a common theme, at least that's what I've noticed from the two up so far.
The art is beautiful, and everything is conveyed effectively without dialogue.

Prepare for feels and tears.

[jdthomaswriter]

Page 2 will be uploaded this weekend. Here's my web-comic series "Lockhart". Script/Lettering by Jacob Thomas. Illustration by Sarah Arrowsmith. Here's a preview of Page 2. http://tapastic.com/episode/268493

[YamamotoRyuunosuke]

I have two silent comics that have 13 and 14 pages each. They read from right to left.
Mother Earth
Oboete... Kimi no Koto

[AnnaLandin]

I did a 24-page oneshot in December last year, counting down to Christmas. It's called Wishlight!

[thomasfallaeriksen]

Currently have 3 series with 12 to 50 pages. They aren't really traditional comics. They are more like series of illustrations that are supposed to be seen in a sequence. Two of them are marked as NSFW just to be safe. There aren't anything explicit in them in my opinion, but you never know. Here they are:
http://tapastic.com/series/7series
http://tapastic.com/series/Below1
http://tapastic.com/episode/211078

[efdvorsky]

I have one called Gone Fishing which is more of an anthology that expands on the world of my main comic Cosmic Fish, so a slight head's up on that if it isn't to your taste as you said the "mini versions"? However you don't need to have prior knowledge or be following the main comic to understand what's going on. It just has the same characters but with different themes and art styles in every chapter since each is a self-contained story.

GF only has one chapter where one of the guardians finds a toy. So far and it's about 8 pages long so there's that! (The pages have pretty big height though so it's more like 32 pages)

It's meant to be read like a children's book almost like it's teaching the reader about the so-called "divine forces" that run the world before the ending rears its head in. And there's been a lot of love for that C:

[Kayke]

My comic 'Snips' is a series of unrelated short stories, all about 10/15 pages

[jdthomaswriter]

‪#‎Lockhart‬ ‪#‎webcomic‬ is finally here folks!! Check it out!

Script/Digital Flat Colors: Jacob Thomas
Illustration/Final Colors/Lettering: Sarah Arrowsmith

http://tapastic.com/series/Lockhart

[Jabbage]

It's about time I report back on some of the amazing comics this thread has brought me to!

@joannekwan Oh woooooow this is some quality storytelling, thanks for sharing!
I think if anyone ever asks me my art/visual storytelling goals, I'll just point at this comic and wave my arms frantically for emphasis.

@jdthomaswriter Is it going to be a short story?

@YamamotoRyuunosuke - I enjoyed reading both of those! Oboete... Kimi no Koto was very sweet, and I thought that Mother Earth was especially subtle and clever.

@AnnaLandin - That's a really clever idea! I've kept thinking of doing a comic for Christmas and releasing it over advent, but I've not had the idea or the time so far. I really love the colouring and the atmosphere.

(I'll have to come back, check out the rest and post some suggestions of my own later, I've run out of time for now!)

[jdthomaswriter]

@helengreetham This series currently doesn't have a planned end issue/chapter so it may continue in arcs and fillers.

[jdthomaswriter]

Page 2 of Lockhart Is Now Available Folks!

http://tapastic.com/episode/269651

[epiale]

It would be fantastic if you could not spam threads. You've made three post on the exact same comic, give it a rest.

[Jabbage]

@jdthomaswriter Yes, and I wonder if you might find more appropriate threads to advertise in. If you read my original post, I tried to explain that this thread is for short story comics: comics that are intended to be small, quick reads, not comics with no determined end that may fun for multiple story arcs.

[nickysoh]

Wow, thanks for sharing Silent. The art is really amazing! I just finish reading it. Such a beauty.

[panistheman]

I've just finished posting the first story (The Curse of the Blood Zombie) in my anthology horror series VOIDCALL. It's 12 pages long.
I'm about 2/3rds of the way through making the next story, roughly 20 pages.