Webcomic Review: St. Beal’s
on March 6, 2017 at 12:01 am
Webcomic: StBeals
Creator: Stephen Beals
Format: 3-4 panels
Updates: At least five days a week
Genre: autobiographical (I think)
Themes: slice of life
Characters: Claremont, Harvey, Stephen (I think)
Archive: Goes back to November 2013
Stephen Beals’ comics, I think, are about him. There’s no cast list on the site, but he does have another site called Adult Children. Beals does a gag-a-day strip about normal people observing about normal life things in funny ways. Harvey, I think, is in a relationship. Stephen (who looks like the artist and I assume is supposed to be him) is single. They’re buddies. Stephen is more of the “crazy” character, although Harvey seems to have his wacky adventures. But when I say “wacky” it’s within the context of normality. Claremont is Harvey’s dog and I only mention him because I know his name.
The artwork is pretty good. Beals mixes up the layouts. It’s in color, but that kind of sketchy and/or water color look. It looks hand drawn for sure. Not overly slick. Some of the early strips are in black and white and I suspect the first strip was prior to the link above. Sometimes he just goes off the reservation to do a stand alone joke. He’s not bad. Totally worth checking out.
The site could use some updating. It’s pretty standard, but definitely needs a bio page and perhaps a more dynamic navigation feature. I mean, it’s in order by date and that’s it. Perhaps some milestones or important strips should be linked. Check out Stephen Beals. I kept calling his comic “Saint Beals” because of the website address. I’d like to see more of the background of the characters Stephen. Give us a link!
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