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It's a Hard Life (extremely dark Pokemon webcomic)

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CrimsonLotus
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Colombia1123 Posts
February 04 2013 19:50 GMT
#1
I randomly ran into this:

http://itsahardlife.smackjeeves.com/comics/1214481/chapter-1-page-1-cover/

It's a comic about a nuzlocke challenge Pokemon run (if your Poke faints you must release it, you can only catch the first one in each area, etc) that quickly turns into an extremely dark and depressing story with it's "realistic" take on the Pokemon world.

I found it extremely interesting, with each pokemon (they can talk) having unique personalities and good character development. I must warn that it gets rather gory at times, as pokemon die a lot and many times in rather bloody ways.



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ThunderGod
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
New Zealand897 Posts
February 04 2013 20:31 GMT
#2
Have read first 10 pages and gotta say this is awesome!
"Certain forms of popular music nowadays, namely rap and hip hop styles, are just irritating gangsters bragging about their illegal exploits and short-sighted lifestyles." - Shiverfish ~2009
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
February 04 2013 21:36 GMT
#3
Read first 15 pages. Liking it a lot. And I've experienced so much of this myself T.T
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51456 Posts
February 04 2013 22:03 GMT
#4
Wow so good xD Thanks for sharing. End of chapter 1 pretty good!!
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LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1756 Posts
February 04 2013 23:05 GMT
#5
yay, read the first chapter instead of studying, thanks
LML
darkrage14
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada173 Posts
February 04 2013 23:11 GMT
#6
I read all of this in one sitting. This is amazing.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32739 Posts
February 04 2013 23:16 GMT
#7
I love Nuzlocke comics, thanks for sharing.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
February 04 2013 23:30 GMT
#8
Had to read all of it, looking forward to the next chapter, thanks for the tip.
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3291 Posts
February 04 2013 23:39 GMT
#9
man that was pretty funny. thx
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
February 05 2013 04:11 GMT
#10
I love these stories that people make through playing games. Here's another one of my favorites, Alice and Kev, an experiment that follows two "homeless" Sims through their lives: http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com/
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6591 Posts
February 05 2013 04:33 GMT
#11
this was pretty interesting. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
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james5
Profile Joined September 2012
United Kingdom26 Posts
February 05 2013 04:39 GMT
#12
This was very interesting.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
February 05 2013 05:06 GMT
#13
read the first chapter so far, hope it doesn't end soon. Thanks for sharing!
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fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-05 05:27:35
February 05 2013 05:11 GMT
#14
Holy shit, this is dark as hell. Pokemon...... is crazy.

I kept reading. Jeesus christ is this every good. The story is pretty deep and very dark. And it's pokemon. I can't stop reading.
Random player, pixel enthusiast, crappy illustrator, offlane/support
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
February 05 2013 05:21 GMT
#15
This is actually fantastic...wow. Like everyone's been saying, soooo dark, but it's still so good.
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
February 05 2013 05:24 GMT
#16
At Chapter 8. Dang this is good. Gary you evil fiend...
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
February 05 2013 05:24 GMT
#17
Wow, haha, I looked it up and apparently it's a whole genre of comic, Nuzlocke comics. For those who read through the entire thing linked by the OP, here's another one that looks interesting http://pettynuzlockelg.smackjeeves.com/ ...This is really gonna cost me a lot of sleep, haha.
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
itkovian
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1763 Posts
February 05 2013 08:13 GMT
#18
Cool stuff. I like the art style a lot. Got through all the chapters, now I'm bummed I have to wait for the rest to come out, haha. It was fun to watch the pokemon develop and evolve. Can't wait to see warturtle evolve into Blastoise. Didn't really seem as dark as everyone was saying, but I guess it can only be so dark when the protagonist is like a 12 year old girl lol. Still, kind of a neat twist on the pokemon idea.
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Bommes
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany1226 Posts
February 05 2013 11:13 GMT
#19
On February 05 2013 14:24 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:
Wow, haha, I looked it up and apparently it's a whole genre of comic, Nuzlocke comics. For those who read through the entire thing linked by the OP, here's another one that looks interesting http://pettynuzlockelg.smackjeeves.com/ ...This is really gonna cost me a lot of sleep, haha.


Nuzlocke is just a style to play the Pokemon games iirc, with the rules being something like you can only catch 1 Pokemon per road, you have to nickname every Pokemon you catch and whenver you lose a Pokemon you HAVE to release it. There are also some optional rules like you mustn't enter the same Pokemon Center more than once and stuff like that.
vndestiny
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Singapore3438 Posts
February 05 2013 15:06 GMT
#20
Damn it was so good I reached the last chapter alrdy T__T. Yeah it was really dark, and in the end I dont think we'll have a happy ending.
ProV1
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States980 Posts
February 05 2013 17:58 GMT
#21
lol, all the troubles ashe faces because of scumbag gary. Who also happened to kill bulbasaur!
Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7593 Posts
February 05 2013 19:31 GMT
#22
Thanks to Reddit. I breezed through this entire webcomic created by Qlock in about 2 hours. Absolutely AMAZING..was going to make a General thread.

If you all liked it, post a supporting comment in the latest chapter. I"m sure it'll motivate Qlock.
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
February 05 2013 20:39 GMT
#23
On February 05 2013 20:13 Bommes wrote:
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On February 05 2013 14:24 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:
Wow, haha, I looked it up and apparently it's a whole genre of comic, Nuzlocke comics. For those who read through the entire thing linked by the OP, here's another one that looks interesting http://pettynuzlockelg.smackjeeves.com/ ...This is really gonna cost me a lot of sleep, haha.


Nuzlocke is just a style to play the Pokemon games iirc, with the rules being something like you can only catch 1 Pokemon per road, you have to nickname every Pokemon you catch and whenver you lose a Pokemon you HAVE to release it. There are also some optional rules like you mustn't enter the same Pokemon Center more than once and stuff like that.


No, I know that Nuzlocke is a custom set of rules for playing Pokemon, I'm pointing out that there's been a whole genre of webcomics that have been created to revolve around the storytelling of said Nuzlocke playthroughs. Check out r/nuzlocke
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
February 05 2013 22:36 GMT
#24
Now I want to try using these rules to play Pokemon...
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1756 Posts
February 06 2013 12:47 GMT
#25
I love this, finished the first two chapters by now, it's really great.
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Even though squirtle could have really done more to save rattata, or at least beedrill could have stepped in earlier, such dicks..
LML
Animzor
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden2154 Posts
February 07 2013 21:07 GMT
#26
This is great! Here's my favourite page so far, so fucking funny:

http://itsahardlife.smackjeeves.com/comics/1293268/chapter-3-page-14/
MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10340 Posts
February 08 2013 01:38 GMT
#27
Aerisky linked this too me, I couldn't stop reading them. I read all 8 (at the time) chapters in one sitting.
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Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
April 07 2013 20:55 GMT
#28
Chapter 9 is emerging now, detail in the art even better.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12328 Posts
April 08 2013 04:40 GMT
#29
this is so good, the art style reminds me a little of scott pilgrim.
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Betty_Smith
Profile Joined October 2014
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2014-10-29 10:59:14
October 29 2014 10:57 GMT
#30
Even I like it! Found it in this list of 100 best web comics for 2014 http://webcomicshub.com/webcomics/top_100 . You can also check 'cyanide and happiness'; I prefer it over any regular web comic.
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