Web Comic Review: Romantically Apocalyptic

Hello all!
Here's another web comic review for you.  I've been following this one for a while.  Romantically Apocalyptic is written by Vitaly S. Alexius.  It's about Zee Captain and her two "minions" Pilot and Snippy.  While the origins of the characters are still fuzzy, each one has a clear personality that interact with the others well and cause interesting and hilarious conflict.  The Captain seems to live in her own world (she'll often refer to herself as "laddie"), almost oblivious to the destruction and death around her.  She interacts with the environment with imagination and fun.  She'll have conversations with skeletons and send her minions on ridiculous errands.  Snippy is very logical and seems to grasp the seriousness of the situation much better than The Captain.  This of course leads to conflict, but usually of a humorous nature.  Their relationship is fraught with conflict, but when it comes down to it they care deeply for each other.

The first think that strikes you about this comic is the quality of the art.  It's all digital, but has the level of craftsmanship and attention to detail as any good painting.  The environment is detailed and gives a very pointed sense of desolation and destruction (this is a post apocalypse world).  The characters feel and look real, though their faces are covered by gas masks.  Alexius expresses their emotions through the speech balloons and symbols.

The story itself started out as more fun and light, but more recently has become heavier and reveals more about the origins of the apocalypse and characters.  The writing at the beginning made me laugh, but now things are starting to get a little confusing for me.  There is still the humor, but also more serious matters.  It's becoming more about the clash of the man-made vs. nature.  I still enjoy the comic, but I do get a little lost sometimes and need to take a second read to get everything.  Maybe things will be easier to follow as more is revealed.

Over all this is a great comic.  Artistically it is beautiful, despite the subject matter and humorous nature.  The writing is funny, though now with the more serious twist can be a bit confusing.  If a reader wants to delve even deeper into the characters and world there is a blog attached to it that is the journal entries of each character.  I definitely recommend you take a look at Romantically Apocalyptic. http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/