Although my experience with web comics has been very limited, I have already found one that I simply adore. It’s called Axe Cop and it’s one of the most entertaining pieces of literature I have ever read.
The drawing style is professional quality, and resembles what I would know as 90’s American comics. The artist is a professional illustrator, who like most web comic artists, does this series in his spare time. The writer and creator of the series however, is his five year old (now six) brother. The “about Axe Cop” section of the website explains the writing process, and while Ethan will help his younger brother by asking questions to explore the world of Axe Cop, all the ideas and plot points as well as dialog come from Malachai’s brain and mouth.
I love the ridiculousness of this comic. It really shows how creative the young mind can be when not bogged down by the stress of pressure of reality. Axe Cop is a normal patrolmen until he comes upon a fire axe, and thus is know as Axe Cop. Together with his team of auditioned super heroes like Dinosaur Warrior (formally Flute Cop, and ever changing), Sockarang who has socks for arms that fly like a boomerang, and his trusty steed Wexter who is a T-rex with Gatling gun arms and sunglasses that can fly and breathe fire, they fight the forces of various aliens and equally silly super villains.
I really enjoy this comic. It’s quite new to the world of web comics, having only started on January 25th of this year, it saw 750,000 unique visitors in the first month. It’s a viral hit, and I hope that it’s popularity will continue for quite some time. It’s great for a relaxing break form reality and I would highly recommend it to anyone of any age.
Axe Cop Website
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