History Webcomic / CobwebAndStripes

Along with her father and stepmother, Lydia Deetz moves into a new house. It turns out it used to belong to the Maitlands, a young married couple who died in an unfortunate accident. The Maitlands' ghosts don’t want to share their house with new occupants and decide to summon a bio-exorcist - Betelgeuse. But as his methods turn out to be more harmful than anticipated, the Maitlands choose to deal with the Deetzes by themselves. Moreover, they're growing fond of the teenage Lydia. But when a friend of Lydia's stepmother somewhat unintentionally starts performing an exorcism on the Maitlands, Lydia summons the mad ghost to save them. To pay the price of this aid, Lydia must marry Betelgeuse. However, in the nick of time, the ceremony is cancelled; Betelgeuse is chased away, and the Maitlands and Deetzes agree to coexist in harmony. Everything ends well.

Two years later, only the Maitlands and Lydia remember the events of that strange, strange night. One day, the Maitlands have news - they have gotten far enough in the Neitherworld paper trail that they can start the process of moving on to whatever awaits. Just after they break this to Lydia, a familiar bio-exorcist appears in her bedroom with some news of his own; having been arrested for an unrelated crime, he's invoking an ancient, [[SuddenlySignificantRule rarely-used magical law]], and Lydia is given the task of being Betelgeuse's [[KidWithTheLeash "anchor"]] in the real world until his case goes to trial.

* ParentalObliviousness: Charles and Delia, as in the film. Delia is the worse of the two, as during her rare appearances she's still totally self-absorbed; Charles is a BumblingDad, but he does love his daughter.

* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: In order to visit the Neitherworld, Lydia must first ingest some of Betelgeuse's "essence."

* PsychicPowers: Doc concludes, at the end of his introduction to Lydia, that she has some latent psychic ability which is probably keeping her from having too many difficulties when visiting the world of the dead.

* MageTower: Doc's home. It ''looks'' like an EvilTowerOfOminousness, but as Doc is thus far implied to not be an evil character, it remains to be seen whether it qualifies.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: Betelgeuse isn't big on physical affection, so when he embraces Lydia on their first meeting after several months, she immediately wonders if he's drunk. (He ''is'' tipsy.)

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "The Doc" has no other name, at least thus far.
* OriginalCharacter: Chapter 16 sees BJ and Lydia on their way to visit Doc, a character who was never in either the film or the cartoon, whom Betelgeuse describes as being sort of like his godfather.

* {{Protectorate}}: Lydia quickly becomes this for Betelgeuse; like in the cartoon, he doesn't put up with anything threatening her.

* TranquilFury: When he takes Lydia to the Neitherworld carnival, Betelgeuse gets set upon by a pair of Prince Vince's goons. He tells her to run for it, but otherwise isn't too concerned for himself; on some level he seems almost amused. Then one of them starts chasing her... and Betelgeuse stands up straight and goes stone cold calm.

* UnwittingTestSubject: When Lydia finally meets Doc for the first time, he skips right past any sort of pleasantries and immediately starts grilling her about the image on the card he's holding, attempting to determine whether she has any sort of psychic ability.

* BlackTower: Doc's home, first seen in chapter 16.

* CompensatingForSomething: This is Betelgeuse's theory about why the Doc's BlackTower is so ''big''.

* MadScientist: "The Doc," first introduced in chapter 16, is implied to possibly be one of these, although Betelgeuse notes that he also does a lot of medical research.

* OriginalCharacter: Chapter 16 sees BJ and Lydia on their way to visit "the Doc," a character who was never in either the film or the cartoon, whom Betelgeuse describes as being sort of like his godfather.

''[[http://cobwebandstripes.deviantart.com/gallery/45512354/English Cobweb and Stripes]]'' is a FanWebcomic by [[http://adrienne-the-ripper.deviantart.com Adrienne-the-Ripper]], which can also be followed on [[https://www.facebook.com/cobwebandstripes Facebook]] or [[http://cobwebandstripes.tumblr.com Tumblr]]. This is what happens when a talented Polish artist decides to show how the elements of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' and the drastically different [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} animated series]] can be fused together into a cohesive whole. It can be enjoyed in English, Polish, or Russian.

* RaceLift: Of the DiversifyingACast persuasion. The comic version of characters from the cartoon are sometimes of a different ethnicity than they were originally drawn; for example, Prudence has been changed from a tiny white girl to a DarkSkinnedRedhead.

Two years later, only the Maitlands and Lydia remember the events of that strange, strange night. One day, the Maitlands have news - they have gotten far enough in the Neitherworld paper trail that they can start the process of moving on to whatever awaits. Just after they break this to Lydia, a familiar bio-exorcist appears in her bedroom with some news of his own; he's invoking an ancient, [[SuddenlySignificantRule rarely-used magical law]], and Lydia is given the task of being Betelgeuse's [[KidWithTheLeash "anchor"]] in the real world. If he proves that he's become a better person, he'll be pardoned for his actions.

* AffectionateNickname: Defied. Unlike in the cartoon, where "BJ" is Lydia's pet name for her ghostly pal, she calls him that in the comic because he doesn't want her using his name except in the incantation.

* AlphaBitch: Claire Brewster, as in the cartoon, still enjoys making Lydia miserable while they're in high school, calling her 'ugly' and 'a witch.' She gets very little screentime, however, and Betelgeuse quickly sends her packing with bugs in her hair.

* KidWithTheLeash: Literally. For the first part of the comic, Betelgeuse is firmly tethered to Lydia and can't go very far from her.

''[[http://cobwebandstripes.deviantart.com/gallery/45512354/English Cobweb and Stripes]]'' is a FanWebcomic by [[adrienne-the-ripper.deviantart.com Adrienne-the-Ripper]], which can also be followed on [[https://www.facebook.com/cobwebandstripes Facebook]] or [[http://cobwebandstripes.tumblr.com Tumblr]]. This is what happens when a talented Polish artist decides to show how the elements of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' and the drastically different [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} animated series]] can be fused together into a cohesive whole. It can be enjoyed in English, Polish, or Russian.

''[[http://cobwebandstripes.deviantart.com/gallery/45512354/English Cobweb and Stripes]]'' by cobwebandstripes (which can also be followed on [[https://www.facebook.com/cobwebandstripes Facebook]] or [[http://cobwebandstripes.tumblr.com Tumblr]]) is what happens when a talented Polish artist decides to show how the elements of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' and the drastically different [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} animated series]] can be fused together in the form of a FanWebComic. It can be enjoyed in English, Polish, or Russian.

Along with her father and stepmother, Lydia Deetz moves into a new house. It turns out it used to belong to the Maitlands, a young married couple who died in an unfortunate accident. The Maitlands’ ghosts don’t want to share their house with new occupants and decide to summon a bio-exorcist - Betelgeuse. But as his methods turn out to be more harmful than anticipated, the Maitlands choose to deal with the Deetzes by themselves. Moreover, they're growing fond of the teenage Lydia. But when a friend of Lydia's stepmother somewhat unintentionally starts performing an exorcism on the Maitlands, Lydia summons the mad ghost to save them. To pay the price of this aid, Lydia must marry Betelgeuse. However, in the nick of time, the ceremony is cancelled; Betelgeuse is chased away, and the Maitlands and Deetzes agree to coexist in harmony. Everything ends well.

* RaceLift: Of the DiversifyingTheCast persuasion. The comic version of characters from the cartoon are sometimes of a different ethnicity than they were originally drawn; for example, Prudence has been changed from a tiny white girl to a DarkSkinnedRedhead.

* RoommateCom: The college portion of the story is shaping up to potentially be this. Although Lydia requested a single dorm and was apparently promised one, she nevertheless has a roommate who has yet to speak. The artist confirms that this roommate is the comic's version of Prudence, one of Lydia's friends from the cartoon.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Prudence, Lydia's college roommate

* MoralityChain[=/=]MoralityPet: Lydia is growing into one or the other (as well as a LoveInterest) for Betelgeuse.

* PutOnABus: The Maitlands almost never contact Lydia once they leave the Deetz house. It upsets her greatly, which in turn makes BJ very grumpy.

* RoommateCom: The college portion of the story is shaping up to potentially be this. Although Lydia requested a single dorm and was apparently promised one, she nevertheless has a roommate who has yet to be introduced.

* BagOfHolding: Lydia only takes one suitcase with her when she leaves for college, because Betelgeuse has turned it into one of these. He even carries it and unpacks it for her.

* BiggerOnTheInside: Lydia only takes one suitcase to college. Once she arrives at her room, it's revealed that Betelgeuse used his RealityWarper powers to make it this, so everything she needs fits inside.

* BrickJoke: When they visit the haunted house in chapter 14, Betelgeuse bets Lydia a dollar that she screams like a little girl; she bets him the same. They ''both'' do. At the very end of the chapter, he sends her a note with a dollar inside, reminding her that she owes him a dollar too.

* ParentalObliviousness: Charles and Delia, as in the film.

* TimeSkip: Set two years after the events of the movie.