Real Life
Strip from 2005-08-01
Author(s)Maelyn Dean
Websitereallifecomics.com
Current status/scheduleSemi-active
Launch date1999-11-15[1]
Genre(s)Exaggerated reality

Real Life is an American webcomic drawn and authored by Maelyn Dean.[2] It began on November 15, 1999, and is still updated, after breaks from December 10, 2015, to September 10, 2018, and again from July 16, 2019, to June 15, 2020, and most recently, from December 6, 2022 to February 26th, 2024. The comic is loosely based around the lives of fictionalized versions of Dean and her friends, including verbatim conversations, as well as fictional aspects including time travel and mecha combat.[3] Characters regularly break the fourth wall. Real Life focuses on humor related to video games and science fiction, and references internet memes.[4]

Development

Real Life launched in 1999 and became part of Keenspot shortly after. Dean switched to the Blank Label Comics collective in 2005[5] before going solo again in February 2010.[6] The Real Life website is currently self-hosted by Dean.

Year one of Real Life was published as a paperback by Starline Multimedia Inc. in 2004,[7] and a second book published by Lulu was released in 2008. A German translation of some portions of the webcomic has been made available on the website's archive.

Characters

Reception

Maelyn Dean won the "Outstanding Reality Comic" category of the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards four times: in 2001,[11] 2003 (when her webcomic tied with Nowhere Girl),[12] 2004,[13] and 2005 (when her webcomic tied with The Devil's Panties).[14]

Collected editions

References

  1. ^ Dean, Maelyn (1999-11-15). "1". Real Life Comics. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. ^ Sjöberg, Lore (2006-09-01). "Real Life Comics, Remixed". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02.
  3. ^ Horton, Steve (2008). Webcomics 2.0: An Insider's Guide to Writing, Drawing, and Promoting Your Own Webcomics. Course Technology. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-59863-682-6. One popular autobiographical webcomic is the appropriately named Real Life, by Maelyn Dean.
  4. ^ Delafuente, Anna (2013-09-26). "Geek Parenting: Meet the Deans! (Part 1: Interview with Creator of Real Life Comics, Maelyn Dean)". Nerdy Minds Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
  5. ^ Guigar, Brad (2005-06-22). "Dave Kellett and Greg Dean Join Blank Label Comics". Comix Talk. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  6. ^ Dean, Maelyn (2010-02-09). "Blank Label Comics". Real Life Comics. Archived from the original on Mar 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-16. I have officially tendered my resignation from Blank Label Comics.
  7. ^ Dean, Greg (2004). Real Life: The Complete Year One Collection. Starline Multimedia. ISBN 0-9746966-2-5.
  8. ^ Dean, Maelyn (2008-08-15). "2055". Real Life Comics. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  9. ^ Dean, Maelyn (2007-10-22). "Wagons East!". Real Life Comics. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  10. ^ Dean, Maelyn (2011-06-29). "2856". Real Life Comics. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  11. ^ "2001 Winners and Nominees". Web Cartoonists Choice Awards. 2001. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  12. ^ "2003 Ceremony". Web Cartoonists Choice Awards. 2003. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  13. ^ "2004 Results". Web Cartoonists Choice Awards. 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  14. ^ "2005 Results". Web Cartoonists Choice Awards. 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.

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