Paranatural
Webcomic
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Paranatural is a supernatural action/comedy webcomic created by Zack Morrison. The comic has been written and illustrated by Morrison since its debut in 2010, with eight completed chapters and a ninth chapter currently ongoing. Set in the fictional town of Mayview, the comic follows the Activity Club, a group of middle school students who have the ability to interact with the supernatural world.
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| Author | Zack Morrison |
| Website | paranatural |
| Current status/schedule | Updates Fridays |
| Launch date | June 30, 2010[1] |
| Publisher | Hiveworks Comics LLC |
| Genre(s) | Action, comedy |
The comic began on ComicFury and Smackjeeves before later moving to its own site.[2][1][3]
Synopsis
The comic follows the adventures of Max and the Activity Club throughout their adventures. They fight ghosts and bullies, play hitball, and solve the mysteries of the town.[4]
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The story is told through an omniscient third person, sometimes including guest art or mini-comics. The comic was drawn page by page in a standard panel format, including shifted panels and extraneous movements depending on the activity going on, but was changed to traditional novel-esque story telling with illustrations due to the author's poor health. Morrison also includes alt text on each page (starting with the 24th page of the 1st chapter[5]), with a short comment on the page.
Morrison interacts with their readers through the text underneath the pages as well as both their Twitter[6] and Tumblr[7] accounts.
Reception
Comic Book Resources has described Paranatural as "fun, action-packed and visually inventive", with "enjoyable character moments", and compared it to Dragon Ball Z.[4] PopOptiq considered it to be "brimming with wit and humor",[8] while io9 emphasized that there is "a rich story sitting behind all that humor,"[9] and recommended it as worthy of an Eisner Award.[10] The Hawkeye praised its humor, which it described as "a mix of almost self-aware snark, fun-loving parody, and downright great standalone jokes", its art, which it described as "a mix somewhere between western cartoon and anime", and its cast of characters.[11] Inverse praised its "sly use of manga-esque stylistic tropes", remarking that "its characters leap off the screen".[12]
Paranatural reached the final round of the Mix March Madness 2014 Webcomics Tournament, a single-elimination tournament between 128 contestants.[13][14]