I thought it fitting that the first comic reviewed by me should actually be the one webcomic that started it all for me: Sabrina Online by Eric Schwartz.
Quite some years ago I stumbled upon this comic and I liked it from the start.
The main protagonist of this comic is (of course) Sabrina, who is a graphics designer – and also a skunk furry. For those who don’t know what furries are, here’s one definition of the term:
“Furry fandom is a category (or sub-genre) of fantasy dedicated to anthropomorphics: fictional animal characters given human personalities and characteristics.” (www.urbandictionary.com, one of many entries)
I won’t go into length at discussing furries here, mostly because then I’d have to write a couple hundred pages of essay, and also because this is about Sabrina now.
Sabrina has it all: Good art (though some may think the b/w line art, self-written texts a little “retro”), a loveable cast of characters, good plots, punch lines and covers a lot of things other webcomics don’t. There may be a lot of gamer comics out there (we’ll get to those later), but I can think of no other comic that revolves around Amiga (a computer system nowadays not known anymore … I actually owned one back in the late 80’s, where it was one of the best computers for games) or Transformer toys (as Sabrina collects them, and the little toys also feature in some comics, even interacting with the people).
Of course many people will soon remember Sabrina through the very frequent appearances of Zig Zag (created by Max Black-Rabbit), a skunk/white tiger hybrid who has her own adult film production (called Z. Z. Studios), where Sabrina starts working early on in the comic, constantly struggling to stay normal in a rather raunchy and sometimes insane environment.
Sabrina’s struggle to stay normal and, sometimes, to rebuff the advances of Zig Zag continues on to this day, although you never get the feeling you’re in a plot stalemate as their relations change over the years.
Also, Sabrina’s life advances throughout the comic, and there has been a steady (but not unreasonable) stream of new cast to the comic throughout. I highly recommend you enjoy Sabrine the way it’s meant: From strip 1.
And, if you want to support Eric, you should simply buy the Sabrina books (details to that on his site).
Sabrina Online stays SFW (safe for work) though, although the adult atmosphere makes me suggest it to be PG 12.
And now it’s time to rate this first comic:
- Updates: Monthly (2-5 strips)
- Safe for work: Yes
- Art: 7/10
- Plot: 9/10
- Originality: 9/10
- Overall: 8.5/10
- Fun: 8/10
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