Shartak MS Paint Adventures
Shartak MS Paint Comics is a project with Fester Shinetop as illustrator and main writer. Styled after amateur cartoonist Andrew Hussie's MS Paint Adventures, the comics are released as serials. The content is in part contributed by a user base, and overseen by Fester's editorial decisions.
As with many fantasy genre series, the adventure follows a motley crew of diverse members, resulting with complementary traits and driving character dynamics.
In this case, the major characters are:
- Issac Shepherd - Your bald, slightly unorthographically named, foolhardy youth of a protagonist with a penchant for trouble. Has the longest character description because he is the central figure and deserves the most text devoted to him as a rule in fiction writing.
- Neil - A hardy bruiser useful as a meat shield. His real name is Thor but he never got around to correct anyone. Also known as 'Barbarian'.
- Merlin - Learned wizard as soothing as he is inefficient. Possible pedophile. As with many in the trained arts, he is absent minded and calls the hero 'Dave'.
- Morty - Everyone's favorite skeleton who totally isn't dead. While most people have 206 bones, Morty usually has 45, yet is still considered complete!
Contents
Comic Pages
The story plots their exploits starting from a castle prison, as they continue to tumble into bigger messes. Some of the themes of the work include the growth of the main character, sarcastic banter, and metafiction.
The following is a compilation of the strips released so far. Some of the resized thumbnails unfortunately uploaded incorrectly, but the full images themselves are properly archived, so appreciating the strips in full size is recommended.
Protagonists in Prison
The hero shows his diplomatic skills by threatening the king, resulting in his incarceration, and the fellowship is assembled. Sort of.
- Comic 1
- Comic 2
- Comic 3
- Comic 4
- Comic 5
- Comic 6
- Comic 7
- Comic 8
- Comic 9
- Comic 10
- Comic 11
- Comic 12
- Comic 13
- Comic 14
- Comic 15
- Comic 16
- Comic 17
- Comic 18
- Comic 19
- Comic 20
- Comic 21
- Comic 22
- Comic 23
- Comic 24
- Comic 25
- Comic 26
- Comic 27
Breakout and Bone-Chewers
After making it out of the cell, the group tippytoes into a cavern and adds a charming skeleton to their roster.
- Comic 28
- Comic 29
- Comic 30
- Comic 31
- Comic 32
- Comic 33
- Comic 34
- Comic 35
- Comic 36
- Comic 37
- Comic 38
- Comic 39
- Comic 40
- Comic 41
- Comic 42
- Comic 43
- Comic 44
- Comic 45
Profiles and Stats
A few short pages overviewing character files and skill progression.
