Stand Still, Stay Silent

Stand Still, Stay Silent
Author(s) Minna Sundberg
Website http://sssscomic.com
Current status / schedule Ongoing; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Launch date 1 November 2013
Genre(s) Post-apocalyptic fiction

Stand Still, Stay Silent is a Finnish-Swedish webcomic started by Minna Sundberg in 2013. Set in post-apocalyptic Scandinavia, the webcomic is praised for its beautiful visuals and cartography. Stand Still, Stay Silent won a Reuben Award in 2015.

Overview

Minna Sundberg's Stand Still, Stay Silent portrays a post-apocalyptic Scandinavia, where the countries are returned to their mythical Nordic past. Various legendary monsters roam the landscape, and people can use a form of magic. However, the disease and tragedy that caused the massive depopulation of the area is not focused upon. Instead, Stand Still, Stay Silent puts a strong emphasis on transportation: the main group of character boards various vehicles on their adventure. Sundberg is a large fan of maps and topography, making heavy use of projections of coastlines, mountains and fjords,[1] or charts like a linguistic family tree.[2]

Development

Sundberg created the 500-page long "practice" webcomic A Redtail's Dream in 2012 while studying graphic design in the university of industrial arts in Helsinki before she started Stand Still, Stay Silent in November 2013.[3][4] Sundberg has held an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to publish a print version of the webcomic, which earned almost $125,000 USD.[5]

Reception

Etelka Lehoczky of NPR praised Sundberg's artwork, saying that "her style isn't unique, and it certainly isn't experimental, but it's perfectly assured" and that though Sunberg's characters "are immediately situated in a comfortable cartoony world," the post-apocalyptic compositions and intricate maps of the world are "awe-inspiring."[5] Emily Gaudette of Inverse called the artwork in Stand Still, Stay Silent reminiscent to J. R. R. Tolkien’s drawings of Middle-earth and described it as "breathtaking".[6] Lauren Davis of io9 said that "Sundberg has a remarkable ability to balance the charming and the creepy".[7]

In 2015, Stand Still, Stay Silent won a Reuben Award in the "Online Long Form" category.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Cruz, Larry (2014-09-05). "'Stand Still, Stay Silent' Visits Lovely Post-Apocalyptic Scandinavia". Comic Book Resources.
  2. ↑ Trendacosta, Katherine (2014-12-01). "This Linguistic Family Tree Is Simply Gorgeous". io9.
  3. ↑ Sundberg, Minna. "About the Comic". Stand Still, Stay Silent.
  4. ↑ Morris, Steve (2016-02-19). "Weekender: Brandon Graham, EgyCon, Harpy Gee and 'Stand Still Stay Silent'". Comics Alliance.
  5. 1 2 Lehoczky, Etelka (2016-01-31). "A Sampler Of Web Comics To Keep You Clicking". NPR.
  6. ↑ Gaudette, Emily (2016-01-28). "The 9 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Webcomics Still Running". Inverse.
  7. ↑ Davis, Lauren (2014-02-26). "After a global pandemic, monsters stalk post-apocalyptic Scandinavia". io9.
  8. ↑ Cavna, Michael (2015-03-24). "2015 Reubens: Roz Chast’s big award caps a winning event for women creators". The Washington Post.
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