History Webcomic / CobwebAndStripes

''[[http://cobwebandstripes.deviantart.com/gallery/45512354/English Cobweb and Stripes]]'' is a FanWebcomic by [[http://adasulewska.deviantart.com AdaSulewska]], which can also be followed on [[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; currently it's being translated into French as well.

* CoitusInterruptus: Implied (and confirmed by WordOfGod) to be the case when Lydia issues an InconvenientSummons in chapter 17.

''[[http://cobwebandstripes.deviantart.com/gallery/45512354/English Cobweb and Stripes]]'' is a FanWebcomic by [[http://adasulewska.deviantart.com AdaSulewska]], 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; currently it's being translated into French as well.

* CameraFiend: As in the film, Lydia is a shutterbug.

* TheEvilPrince: Prince Vince, while a benign and friendly character in the cartoon, is portrayed here as the antagonist. He's out to make Betelgeuse's afterlife a nightmare, and it has yet to be revealed exactly why. (It's also not clear why he calls himself a prince, other than that he's declared himself in charge of part of the Neitherworld and has the connections to pull it off.)

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: if Betelgeuse had been more attentive to his job while working with Juno, Bertha wouldn't have been stuck wondering the college clueless all those years]]

* HiddenDepths: Lydia discovers BJ was into dancing and big band music at some point. When confronted with this he shrugs it off as being just something he did. When she ask if he could teach her something he doesn't outright say yes or no

* KidWithTheLeash: Literally. For the first part of the comic, Betelgeuse is firmly tethered to Lydia and can't go very far from her. Once the leash is removed, he's gone... then comes back by his own choice. From that point forward, the leash is an emotional one, though he won't admit it.

* NumerologicalMotif: WordOfGod confirms that it's not a coincidence that Lydia's dorm room number ends in '''13'''.

* OrphanedSeries: In May 2020, after a hiatus of roughly a year, the artist [[https://cobwebandstripes.tumblr.com/post/617470602773757952/im-alive announced]] that she will not be returning to the comic, owing to burnout from finishing her master's degree and other obligations being more pressing. She will allow the existing chapters and the Tumblr account to remain intact, however, and thanked the readers for their loyalty.

* UnmovingPlaid: The stripes of Betelgeuse's costume are almost always perfectly vertical, or at least always straight, whatever the pose he's in. This gives him a somewhat otherworldy look, which -- considering the character -- is of course entirely voluntary.

* 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. As the next page shows, she does pretty well.

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* AltumVidetur: Chapter 20 reveals that Lydia is actually fluent in Latin, which is a problem for Betelgeuse, who likes to mutter to himself in that language since he figures other people don't understand it.

* BiggerontheInside: Lydia notes that BJ's house is this

* [[CameBackWrong Died Wrong]]: Betelgeuse explains to Lydia that he looks more "stale," as she puts it, than the Maitlands because they accepted their situation faster than he did; to avoid looking like him after death, he says, she needs to abandon her body as soon as she's sure medical science can't revive her.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Ginger in the cartoon was a spider, full stop. In the comic, she's presented with the head and torso of a woman but the thorax and legs of a spider. While chatting with Lydia, she explains that Betelgeuse is responsible for her odd appearance.
* HalloweenEpisode: Chapter 5.

* LongingLook: Lydia is starting to be on the receiving end of these when her back is turned.

* PetTheDog: His kindnesses to Lydia aside, Betelgeuse is actually sweet to one other individual - Jacques's wife Ginger. When she's first introduced, he greets her as "my favorite wife of my favorite skeleton." Admittedly, he's about to ask her for a small favor; but the affection doesn't seem forced and she doesn't appear even slightly surprised by it, suggesting that it's normal behavior for him.

* WhatTheHellHero: Betelgeuse unleashes this on Adam and Barbara near the end of chapter 19, when they finally track Lydia down at college after having forgotten to check in with her for over a ''year''. He puts in an appearance when he realizes she's in tears, and he verbally shreds the pair for basically abandoning her. The fact that he's so enraged by the whole thing is another indicator of just how much he's growing to care about her.

** The end of the chapter reveals that [[spoiler:when Jacques and Ginger died, Ginger was left with no lower body. BJ found them on the streets of the Neitherworld and was able to acquire the legs and lower body of a giant spider, and fused her onto these so she could move and they could get themselves a proper residence and find work]]. In lieu of payment, Jacques is simply in a sort of permanent servitude to BJ, helping him out any time he finds himself in trouble.

* InMediasRes: In chapter 18, Ginger explains how she and Jacques died and met Betelgeuse. The whole thing is told in sepia-toned flashback.

* VitriolicBestBuds: It doesn't seem, the way they interact in their earliest scenes together, like Betelgeuse and Jacques particularly like one another. But like in the cartoon, Jacques and his wife Ginger are Betelgeuse's only real friends in the Neitherworld and he's actually rather (quietly) fond of them. Their later interactions show the "best buds" aspect much more clearly, and Ginger confirms in dialogue with Lydia that they, and she, are his only friends.

* YouOweMe: Something BJ says in chapter 18 implies that one aspect of his friendship with Jacques is based on the skeleton owing him some sort of major league favor. It has yet to be revealed why Jacques is beholden to the spook.

''[[http://cobwebandstripes.deviantart.com/gallery/45512354/English Cobweb and Stripes]]'' is a FanWebcomic by [[http://adasulewska.deviantart.com AdaSulewska]], 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.

* GratuitousFrench: Jacques, as in the cartoon, peppers his speech with French words and phrases. When his wife Ginger appears later, she also speaks a little French. Justified in that he, at least, was French in life; it's not yet clear whether Ginger was also French or if she just picked it up from him.

* InMediasRes: In chapter 18, Ginger explains how she and Jacques met each other and later Betelgeuse. The whole thing is told in flashback.

* KidWithTheLeash: Literally. For the first part of the comic, Betelgeuse is firmly tethered to Lydia and can't go very far from her. Once the leash is removed, he's gone... then comes back by his own choice. From that point forward, the leash is an emotional one.

* HappilyMarried: Jacques the skeleton and Ginger the spider. Them being married is implied in chapter 14, during Lydia's birthday celebration; she actually meets Ginger in chapter 18.

* VitriolicBestBuds: It doesn't seem, the way they interact in their earliest scenes together, like Betelgeuse and Jacques particularly like one another. But like in the cartoon, Jacques and his wife Ginger are Betelgeuse's only real friends in the Neitherworld and he's actually rather (quietly) fond of them. Their later interactions show the "best buds" aspect much more clearly.

* WeirdnessCensor: Prudence, Lydia's college roommate, is so absorbed in her reading that she is completely oblivious to ''everything'' - including not just Lydia's presence, but Betelgeuse magically unpacking Lydia's things for her.

* {{Shapeshifting}}: As noted above, Betelgeuse is particularly adept at this. He can even change his gender at will, and tells Lydia that he once spent several years as a ''femme fatale'' named Bernadette - simply because after the first few centuries in the Neitherworld, he started to get bored.

* DemBones: Jacques, as in the cartoon, although he doesn't seem to be a fitness-obsessed bodybuilder here.

* GratuitousFrench: Jacques, as in the cartoon, peppers his speech with French words and phrases. Justified in that he (presumably) was a Frenchman in life.

* VitriolicBestBuds: It doesn't seem, the way they interact in their earliest scenes together, like Betelgeuse and Jacques particularly like one another. But like in the cartoon, Jacques and his wife Ginger are Betelgeuse's only real friends in the Neitherworld and he's actually rather (quietly) fond of them.

* InterspeciesRomance: Setting aside the UST between the leads, Jacques the skeleton is married to Ginger the spider. They're both ghosts, so this isn't as weird as most examples of the trope.

* JuryAndWitnessTampering: During the course of Betelgeuse's trial, it's revealed that Prince Vince bribed, threatened, or browbeat several of his witnesses into testifying against the B-guy.

* ParentalObliviousness: Charles and Delia, as in the film. Delia is the worse of the two, as during her rare appearances she barely even registers Lydia's presence; she seems to have actually gotten worse since the movie. Charles is a BumblingDad, but he does love his daughter.

* TarotMotifs: Chapter 17 ends with Betelgeuse helping Lydia pick up a pile of tarot cards she accidentally spills on the floor of the occult shop. All of the cards are face-down except for two, with the final strip revealing these two (naturally very significant) cards.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Starting toward the conclusion of chapter 14, this is becoming palpable between the two leads.