The Cide

I came across this yesterday. It is an experimental, interactive web comic called The Cide. There are currently 4 episodes. It was created by Videns Pictures bringing together the creativity of designers, screenwriters, photographers, programmers, sound engineers, musicians, flash animators, editors and actors.

On their blog they describe a little of their process in creating it.

There is also this interview:

I like how they use photographic stills for each panel and manipulate the images to look graphic style. I especially like how on pages 23-24 of episode 1 the TV in his room is playing an actual music video in real time and as you’re reading through you can still hear the music video playing on the TV until the main character turns it off on another page.

In this comic animation, sound effects, or music is incorporated on every single page. For instance, when he’s walking you can hear footsteps. On pages 89-90, while he’s driving in his car in one panel you can hear him flipping through radio stations and then finally settling on a song.

Navigating through it is pretty easy because all you have to do is turn the page like you would in a physical comic book.

The episodes end the way movies do, with a triumphant song and rolling credits. It’s impressive how many people it took to create it.

The only thing is that because it is experimental, the story isn’t the best, but you can get the idea of what this way of creating comics could accomplish. Talk about an immersive experience.