Bluechair
| Bluechair | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Shen |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Updates every Wednesday and Saturday |
| Launch date | 2014 |
| Publisher(s) | WEBTOON |
| Genre(s) | Slice of Life/Comedy |
| Rating(s) | 9.72 Stars on WEBTOON |
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Bluechair is a comedy webcomic created by Shen, the Pen name of artist Andrew Tsyaston. It began publishing on the platform Webtoon in 2014, and was one of the first series by a North American creator on the service. Bluechair has been one of the top comics on Webtoon; as of 2019 it had 112 million views.
The comic was nominated for a Ringo Award in 2019 for Best Humor comic.
Publication[edit]
Publication of Bluechair began in 2014 on the webtoon publishing portal Webtoon.[1][2] It was one of the first series by a North American creator on the service.[1] In 2020 Bluechair was updating three times a week, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday[2] and had over 500 episodes.[3] As of 2021 the comic updates twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.[4]
Bluechair is written and illustrated by Shen, the pen name of artist Andrew Tsyaston.[5][6] Shen also publishes Live with Yourself on the Webtoon platform and Owlturd (also called Shen Comix) independently.[7]
Style and themes[edit]
Bluechair is a slice of life/comedy comic with episodes (usually)independent of each other. The comic has a light, comedic style; Shen has said that his "comics are usually based on thoughts I have when I forget to think 'no, wait, that's stupid.'"[5] Bluechair comics are presented by Shen's cartoon avatar. While there is no narrative between strips, there is occasional use of a supporting cast of creatures.[2] One reviewer compared the series to 2000s-era "man-on-sofa" webcomics, but noted it differed from those works in that it bears no ill will to anyone.[2]
The art style has changed and developed since its start in 2014. While early strips relied more on shading and a 3D effect, recent strips are more delineated and looser and are drawn with an uneven digital brush".[2]
Reception[edit]
Readership figures[edit]
In 2019, Webtoon reported that Bluechair had received 112 million views and was Webtoon's seventh most popular comic.[8] As of August 2020 the popularity of Bluechair along with the comics Owlturd and Live with Yourself had earned Shen 2 million followers on Instagram.[5]
Awards and reviews[edit]
The comic was nominated for a Ringo Award in 2019 for Best Humor Comic, but lost to DC Comics' Mad magazine.[9][10][11]
in a review at WomenWriteAboutComics, Claire Napier said that the gist of the comic was "a decent guy makes puns or surreal associations or pretty funny rimshot gags, with a fair bit of self-deprecation but no visible contempt." Napier praised the improvement of art over the years, saying that recent strips "appear far more confident, with both body language and hairstyle loosened notably", using "well reduced cartooning". She concluded by saying, "This isn’t the type of strip I need any more, but it’s clearly serving a purpose and looks like a pretty good, influencer-responsible place for kids to get laughs."[2]
Writing for CBR, Saad Shoaib, called Bluechair "highly shareable",[5] while on Geek Girl Authority, reviewer Julia Roth said the series had "a lot of ‘same’ feelings".[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Milam, Jace (16 January 2019). "Bluechair Spotlight with Shen – Webtoon Wednesday: The Comic Source Podcast Episode #681". LRM Online. Retrieved 15 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Napier, Claire (27 February 2020). "Insta Made Me Read It: Midnight Poppy Land and Bluechair". WomenWriteAboutComics. Retrieved 15 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roth, Julia (5 August 2020). "Ten WEBTOON Comics To Get Lost In". Geek Girl Authority. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bluechair". www.webtoons.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Shoaib, Saad (23 August 2020). "10 Webtoon Artists To Follow On Social Media If You Enjoy Slice Of Life Comics/Anime". CBR. Retrieved 15 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Emotions explained with buff dudes /Andrew Tsyaston. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ↑ Destito, Deanna (22 February 2021). "A Year of Free Comics: Would you be able to LIVE WITH YOURSELF?". The Beat. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (17 January 2020). "Sales Charts: The Top 30 comics on Webtoon in 2019". Comics Beat. Retrieved 16 April 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Johnston, Rich (24 August 2019). "Korea's LINE Webtoon Make Presence Known in Ringo Awards 2019 Nominations". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (8 August 2019). "2019 Ringo Awards nominations are announced". The Beat. Retrieved 8 June 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Beat Staff (2019-10-21). "Presenting the 2019 Ringo Awards winners". The Beat. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Unknown parameter
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