MS Paint Adventures
| MS Paint Adventures | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Andrew Hussie |
| Website | mspaintadventures.com |
| Current status / schedule | Hiatus until epilogue (as of May 20, 2016) |
| Launch date | 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, puzzle, comedy-drama, science fiction |
MS Paint Adventures, abbreviated MSPAdventures or MSPA, is a collection of webcomics written and illustrated by Andrew Hussie. According to some estimates, MS Paint Adventures is the longest collection of comics on the Internet, containing over 10,000 pages as of April 2016[update] among its four series thanks to its frequent updates.
The comics are written in serials, or "adventures", in a manner that parodies interactive fiction games. The characters' actions were originally driven by commands suggested by fans in the comics' official forum, but fan suggestions were eventually abandoned due to the size of the fanbase and the author's desire to tell a more coherent story. The comics tend to draw inspiration from video games, imitating and parodying genres such as RPGs and simulation games. They frequently reference other aspects of current internet culture. Despite its name, the site's comics have been created primarily in Adobe Photoshop, not Paint, since the second page of Jailbreak; Hussie decided after the first page that telling a story using Paint was not feasible. Over time, the comics have evolved from simple static images and captions to frequent animations set to original music, (denoted by a [S]) and occasionally to interactive games created in Flash and HTML5.
The most recent adventure, Homestuck, has given rise to a large fan community as made evident by the increasing amount of fan art and cosplay at comic book conventions. The rapid rise in the popularity of Homestuck has led to its recognition at the Toronto Comics Art Festival for two years running, and it brings, on average, over 600,000 unique views to the site daily. An adventure game spinoff of Homestuck titled Hiveswap is planned for a 2016 release, produced with funds contributed by fans of the comic via Kickstarter. This project raised nearly $2.5 million, exceeding its goal of $700,000 in a little under two days, at that time being the 6th largest Kickstarter drive.
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