Webcomics: Miss Abbott and the Doctor

Link to Miss Abbott and the Doctor on Line Webtoon

The interesting thing about Miss Abbott and the Doctor is that it's a webcomic that is designed specifically for an app. The Line website even says "Continue reading this in your bed by downloading the Line Webtoon app!" Miss Abbott and the Doctor is meant to be read by scrolling down through the story, and it is easiest to do this on a smart phone. Scrolling down on a computer always feels clunkier, while scrolling on the phone feels natural and helps you become engrossed in the story. To me this is one of the most convenient ways to read a webcomic.

Unfortunately, Miss Abbott and the Doctor is the only comic that I've become invested in from the Line Webtoon app so far. The app has tons of comics, but MA&tD is the one I'm loyal to. Since it's on the app, not many people have heard of it yet.

Now onto the content of the comic. MA&tD is a romance comic set in not-entirely-accurate 18th century England. What attracted me to it was how bare bones it is. The art is bare bones, though charming and beautiful, made up of only pencil sketches and suggestions of a background. The story is also very bare bones, at least at first. To me, the story feels like if there was a romantic subplot in a movie, and the movie was trimmed to only include the most romantic scenes. The beginning of the comic is mostly just romantic tension between the main characters with not much plot. Plot and backstory is explored later in the comic, but the romance is the most important part. And it is a very sweet romance.

Other webcomics I'd recommend:

Best Friends Forever- 200 pg free pdf on Gumroad
Cucumber Quest
Neokosmos (I haven't read much of this but it has a unique format for a webcomic)