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[Link] Desert Rocks [Date] 1/1/04 [Comments] 
Proof that the World Wide Web is big enough for really important things to get lost in. This is a graphic novel, updated weekly, apparently. It's on sabatical until next week, but that hopefully will give you enough time to read the archives and catch up with the story. It starts with a guy, possibly a refugee, who is drifting around somewhere in the Middle East taking odd jobs and having small adventures. He meets up with a couple of women doing some kind of hippie pilgrimage, travelling on foot to visit a series of temples. You begin to get the sense that it's not actually in the Middle East, because the men and women in this comic interact with no hint of tension or inequality. A map eventually appears in the comic, and we get the final proof that Desert Rocks is, as advertised, not set in "the real" world. However the economics, religion, politics and every other aspect of human nature in the environment of Desert Rocks are exceedingly realistic. More importantly, the characters are becoming more and more interesting as their backgrounds are revealed. Although it's gone for two years and 100 pages, this novel seems to be just beginning, so I hope to continue to be impressed by the quality and style for years to come.
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