Lost in Weblation

July 13, 2009 6:33 PM

Can anyone identify this webcomic?

I remember reading it maybe 6-7 years ago. I think it was a single-panel black and white strip with sort of blocky art. Mostly it was about a guy (I think based on the author) who lived in some big city or other, and it had sort of a melancholy feel with a lot of the strips just being romantic statements about city life, and others were probably about an unrequited crush or something. I remember it having a sort of "Lost in Translation" feel. The guy who did it was speaking English as a second language and what I liked about it was how strange the dialog was because of that...I want to say he spoke Spanish, Portuguese or Italian. I'm not sure if it was popular or how I ran across it. Vague, I know. Any guesses?

posted by Post-it Goat to writing & language (5 comments total)

Is it Happysad?
posted by lore at 6:41 PM on July 13

lore, nope, that's not it. this one was drawn more realistic with backgrounds. thanks though!
posted by Post-it Goat at 6:55 PM on July 13

Shenzhen kind of has similar melancholy feelings to it, but it's of a French-speaking comic based in Shenzhen.
posted by FuManchu at 7:12 PM on July 13

Could it be Mekka Blue? He's been at it since 2002. I wouldn't call his style blocky but it's b&w, he lives in Vienna and I'm not sure whether his second language is English or German.
posted by Rash at 5:37 AM on July 14

Neither of those, although they look interesting...dang.
posted by Post-it Goat at 10:14 AM on July 14