A while ago I produced a few episodes of a web comic entitled Maul which rips off the visual style of a friend’s substantially more successful series. This one is entitled RomCom and is based on the Hollywood romantic comedy genre. The idea came from a conversation about how trite and formulaic romantic comedies are, invariably involving some sort of chase (normally to an airport) once the troubled protagonist[1] realises the he/she cannot just let the other one slip away. The result is invariably a reconciliation and a beautifully flawed life together. A happy ending.
Somehow it seems more fun to think of what could be the worst possible ending to a romantic comedy. Let’s keep the chase (possibly even to an airport) and the troubled/yearning roles, but what would be the worst possible revelation that could happen in the very last scene? So here we go – RomCom, a web comic of despair.