The Wormworld Saga

I am not certain who on Twitter passed this fantastic treasure along, but they were retweeting someone else's suggestion, so let me just thank Twitter people in general for passing along The Wormworld Saga.

This beautifully illustrated, capably written, completely free webcomic -- the first chapter of which is available right now -- is a work to be celebrated. And though I am not as familiar with webcomics as most of my peers, or even probably most of you reading this, The Wormworld Saga really opened my eyes to the form.

I maintain that comic books lose something significant when they are taken out of their original form. Comics have a tactile sense association, at least for me; I need to feel the paper, smell the paper (with older comic books), even run my finger over the panels if I am so moved. The handful of webcomics I've seen until recently were little more than scans of pages or strips, despite how they were created, laid side-by-side, page-by-page. The Wormworld Saga uses a vertical layout, but it goes far beyond that.

This is an all-ages piece about a young, somewhat frail, daydreamer told beautifully through painted panels. I do not know if the work was handpainted or created through some graphics or even comic book -creating program, but it is very nice. It looks handpainted, but I cannot tell, and it is not only beautiful, it tells the story capably.

This is a truly beautiful work that is free, appropriate for all ages, and just plain good. Highly recommended.

© C Harris Lynn, 2010