Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Webcomics of the Apocalypse: Las Lindas

Going over the past few reviews I've done, it occurs to me that I've been relatively nice as far as the vitriol-fest that is the internet goes. But, people don't come to this blog to...well, people don't come to this blog at all.

Where was I?

Oh, yeah, today I'm going to fight a comic that is actually worthy of the millenarianist title that I give to these reviews. Today, though it may kill me, I will review Las Lindas.

Las Lindas is awful on a number of levels. As a practical matter, I could probably simply point out the quasi-pornographic rendering of an underage furry, and call it a day. But, as I am a man of courage, I will point out the other flaws in this webcomic...which is kind of like saying that the Hindenburg's air conditioning system sucked.

Anyway, Las Lindas is the story of a bunch of furries banding together to save a small farm from...I don't know, bankruptcy, I guess. The main character is a she-cow (I have no idea if that's the right terminology) named Mora who begins the comic by blackmailing a young cat-dude into slavery.

The other characters include some man-cow who ends with Mora, an oddly chaste bunny-girl, two cat-girls who exist in order to round out the cast, and some weird nano-technology spirit thing that makes the idea of a bunch of people working on a farm make even less sense than it already does.

Finally, there's the villain of the piece, Alejendra, apparently, who will stop at nothing to shut down Las Lindas. Her devilish schemes include offering to buy Las Lindas at a reasonable price, and then later retracting that offer. Oh, she also plans to legally purchase the farm after Mora's genius slave-and-vagabond labor plan doesn't pan out....and that's where an already bad comic gets downright weird.

Just as Mora is about to lose her farm...where the work was all done by hand, a spaceship lands. Some sort of galactic higher-up shows up and offers an awesome deus ex machina deal whereby Mora can keep her farm if she wins some sort of farming contest. (By the way, it's amazing how well the reaction of the villain matches anyone's reasonable response to this situation.) In a shocking twist, Mora manages to sort-of win the contest when said galactic higher-up changes the rules. And once, again, the villain manages to sum up exactly why that is such a shitty resolution. I can't decide if the authors have wildly misjudged their story, or are self-aware. Then the characters go shopping, and accidentally kill the spirit-thing....and that's about it.

There's also a clumsy attempt at world-building, explaining how furries came to live alongside humans after they blew up our planet, which is nice of them, I suppose. Actually, I don't understand the setting of this comic at all. They work on a farm, but there are spaceships and shopping malls and nanotechnology, and you'd think that if you had that technology, a small family farm wouldn't be particularly viable. It probably gets explained in the spinoff comics, but I really, really, really don't want to check, as one of the comics is called "Breasts are the Best" and my spirit just can't take it.

Okay, let's wrap this up by talking about the art, because that really gets to the heart of the matter. I guess the art isn't bad, in that I think it's well-done from a technical perspective, but seeing as the art is that of a bunch of overly-endowed furries...

You know what, fuck it. If you want to see furry porn but feel compelled to justify your curiosity by claiming that it's integral to the plot of a story, I guess Las Lindas might be your cup of tea. Although, in that case, I'd suggest you either come to terms with your furry-philia (Note: there is probably a proper term for what I'm describing, but, again, my spirit), or look at normal porn.

So, I guess what I'm saying is that if you really, really, really, need to whack off to a bunny-girl, there are probably faster ways to do it.

P.S. I originally thought that this review would be funnier, but it just turned out to be depressing and miserable. Sorry.





2 comments:

Unknown said...

You dont pay for the comic and honestly its not the only comic that has giant breasted characters... Super Ronzo Murphy, DarkerEve, Bloody Shanglong, MaxBlackRabbit, Chalo, ect. all these artists create characters with super ginormous breasts, its just the style of art they do. Second, the story really isnt that bad, especially for someone who is not really getting paid for it. It has a few silly moment that are pretty funny, but its really a comic designed to appeal too the hentai anime reader or watcher.
Whats wrong with that? Everyone out there needs a comic they can admire and identify with and honestly with the comics being put out these days, Yea Las Lindas is NOT the worst one out there.

Just Look at the X-men, Superman, Latern Corps and the rest of the BULLSHIT put out by DC and Marvel these days.

Oh yea and Look at " Spinerette "
A comic with a real good storyline that also has very large breasted women... Stupid Fuck

JackMcSlay said...

@axelduel1206
"You dont pay for the comic and honestly its not the only comic that has giant breasted characters... Super Ronzo Murphy, DarkerEve, Bloody Shanglong, MaxBlackRabbit, Chalo, ect.
all these artists create characters with super ginormous breasts, its just the style of art they do."
Out of these, chalo is the only one doing a webcomic. What's your point?

"Second, the story really isnt that bad, especially for someone who is not really getting paid for it."
Amber Williams is not being paid for doing DMFA and she's doing a great job at it despite working alone.
Las Lindas, on the other hand, is done by 4 people (currently) and they seem completely unable to make the story believable or the characters likable.

"It has a few silly moment that are pretty funny, but its really a comic designed to appeal too the hentai anime reader or watcher."
Why would a hentai fan bother with a comic that has no actual sex or nudity in it and lacking in proper anatomy?

"Whats wrong with that? Everyone out there needs a comic they can admire and identify with and honestly with the comics being put out these days, Yea Las Lindas is NOT the worst one out there."
I think Las Lindas is actually a pretty good candidate for being one of the worst webcomics ever...

"Just Look at the X-men, Superman, Latern Corps and the rest of the BULLSHIT put out by DC and Marvel these days."
You are really comparing Las Lindas to things such as 1602 and Kingdom Come?

"Oh yea and Look at " Spinerette "
A comic with a real good storyline that also has very large breasted women... "
There's a very big difference between featuring big breasted woman and constantly shoving pointless scenes for the sole purpose of fanservice.

"Stupid Fuck"
Ending an argument with an insult. What a way to ruin one's own credibility...