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[Link] Unicorn Jelly [Date] 02/13/03 [Comments] 
Just found this one, can't have been going long... let's see... May 2000??? How could I have not heard about this before now? And it's even ending, I can tell because the story has jumped ahead 300 years. Unicorn Jelly is many things, among them a serial, so don't bother starting at the most recent strip; my link is to the very beginning. Includng that, this comic fulfills almost every potential of webcomics. It is a completely realized, richly layered graphic novel exploring the relationships between the spiritual and technological, as well as between all kinds of people, set in a unique universe with its own physics and dangers, with a faithful japanese magnaesque storytelling method, complete with such touchstones as jellies and slimes, witches, lost technology, and sound effects such as "Jiri, Jiri". As if all that wasn't enough, just about evey other day in the archive has an easter egg, a link to additional bonus content that helps explain the dense background (usually just at the right times), or expands the story. But most of the times the easter eggs are just for fun, such as one day's comic rendered in blacklight poster colors for instance. Sorry to give such late notice on this one, but read the archive and catch the exciting conclusion! Update 6/5/03 The story is over, read the entire story.
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