Comic:The Mary Comic
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| The Mary Comic | |
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| Artist: | Jing |
| Writer: | Dave & Jing |
| Characters: | Mary, Jo, Kate, Lenny, Tim, Inh |
| Updates: | weekly (supposedly) |
| Began: | 2002 |
| Ended: | |
| Art style: | Comic Strip |
| Rating: | Web-14 |
| Website | The Mary Comic Website |
The Mary Comic is an urban fantasy comic strip drawn by Jing and co-written by Dave (a.k.a. Jamtrousers). It is primarily a gag-based strip, typically in three panels, and has fluctuating levels of shading, colour and backgrounds. The main focus of the strip is the endless series of conflicts between Mary and Jo, two tertiary students sharing a house in a fictional city.
While never explicitly stated in the strip, The Mary Comic takes place in a 'lite' version of the sci-fi/fantasy universe of Jing's graphic novel Living in the Last Sane City on Earth and contains several cross-over characters and locations.
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Plot
The plot of The Mary Comic is fairly straightforward, but is confused somewhat by the inclusion of random filler comics and guest strips. The sequence of strips opens with a Christmas special, but the actual comic itself does not begin until strip eight.
| Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. |
Christmas Special: "A Very Mary Christmas" #1 - #7
Kate and Tim discuss the meaning of Christmas, and it all ends in a Nativity with Mary as Mary, Jo as Joseph, Kate as a narrative Angel, Tim as The Innkeeper/King Herod, and Lenny as A Wise King. Mary gives birth to a bouncing baby pillow and Lenny looks Fabulous.
In the Beginning 1+1=argh! - But They Taste Like Soap
When Jo's girlfriend kicks him out he shows up on Mary's doorstep and assumes she'll let him stay. There are Issues on both sides, including: why there is suddenly no furniture [1]; what to do about the mouse [2]; and whether or not one needs a reason to be a ninja [3].
The Psycho Psychic Fair PF#1 - PF#14
Mary takes Jo to the Psyshic Fair. They become seperated and Jo has a merry adventure tormenting the natives. There is a salami [4].
And So It Goes Happy Birthday - Please Keep Off the Hydrangeas
More of the usual.
Insert Name Here INH#1 - INH#10
Mary's life is ruined when Jo brings home a girl she can't stand. Obligatory breaking of the fourth wall ensues [5]. Kate isn't very good at being supportive [6], Lenny isn't wearing any pants [7], and Mary gets a pig thrown at her head [8].
Seasonal Greeting of Choice SGoC#1 - SGoC#8
A series of Christmas cards starring Winnie, the girl who lives up the road, and Andrew, her long-suffering older brother and guardian. Not a lot to do with The Mary Comic at all.
Back to the Grind Of course not! - Hello, Frank
More of the usual, punctuated with fillers.
Demon Demon#1 (ongoing)
Inh does something silly with magic, and sends Mary tumbling off into the magical aether [9]. Mary ends up in Tim's summoning circle[10] avec horns and a tail [11]. When she finally makes her way home she goes to give Inh a piece of her mind only to find that Inh has torn a hole in the fabric of reality [12]. With her new demon powers, Mary turns Inh into a toaster [13].
What happens next is a mystery.
Characters
Major characters
| Character | Full name | Age | Bio | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Leigh Lewis | 21-ish | Mary is a total fangirl net-junkie. She studies Film at St Jude's College of the Arts in Kallai and is permanently house-sitting for her non-existent older-brother who has gone to India to 'find himself' (and probably lots of bhang). Her wardrobe is mostly faded black (like her hair) and she strongly resists change.
As of the Demon arc, Mary has acquired demonic traits. | Race: Half-demon |
| Joakim ibn al-Fayed | 21-ish | Jo is your typical ex-skater run-amok non-practicing Jewish boy. Everything he does is questionable, either legally or logically. He is living in Mary's house but pays no rent, does very few chores and generally takes up space. Everyone likes him, though, so he gets away with murder. | Bonus to Charisma, Penalty to Wisdom |
Other characters
| Character | Full name | Age | Bio | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Anne O'Hare | 20 | Well, she's a bit of a tomboy, really. Kate and Jo have been best friends ever since she hit him in the head with her skateboard (age eleven-and-a-half). Mary is the only girly friend she has, which says a lot, really. She's one of those irritating bouncy people who can drink like a fish and still jump on your bed first thing in the morning. | Merit: Resistance to Alcohol, Flaw: Weakness to Sugar |
| Leonardo Daniele Ziccarelli | 26 | Lenny is *gasp* Italian. He's also a complete nutcase. Lenny lives in his own private world where everything is fun and occasionally scandalous. He sleeps with anyone who takes his fancy, and isn't particularly fussy about little things like gender. He was, once upon a time, Mary and Jo's supervisor at St Jude's, but now they just hang about in his office eating soft cheese. | Feat: Rolls twenties. Beeatch! |
| Timothy Ian Thomas Sims | 19 | Tim lives in his parents' basement. He plays AD&D. He likes Harry Potter. He watches Charmed. He likes to use the word 'machiavellian' a lot and spells magic with a 'k'. His mother thinks he's 'misunderstood'. Occasionally he casts Circles of Summoning in his bedroom and melts the carpet. Tim is basically a lot less harmless than we'd all like to think. | Alignment: Neutral Evil |
| Insert Name Here | 18 | Jo's erstwhile 'girlfriend' and the burr in Mary's beach blanket. Jo was mainly interested in her because she looked like she might invite one of her undead girlfriends over for a threesome. She's a toaster now, so probably not going to happen. Sorry Jo! | Feat: Bloody Annoying |
Links
Other comics by Jing include:
- The Boy, the Vampire and the Bear
- Pretty Zombies with EvilDan -- ADULT CONTENT WARNING!
Other comics by Dave include:
- High Flying Joe's Guide to Australia
- The Young Groundhog and the Giant Magical Flying Kipper
