Atavism is a finished webcomic written and drawn by Richard Bidencope.It revolves around several tenuously connected characters in the criminal underworld of a fictional city, who are caught up in the war between a religious cult called the Spiritual Renewal Society and an uneasy alliance of of Skandatech (a technology company) and the Lupus crime syndicate.
It ran from 2004 to 2008. The author is currently working on a second webcomic called Cerintha.
This series provides examples of:
- Badass Boast: I. Am. FUCKING INVINCIBLE!
- Boisterous Bruiser: Vagrant Grey
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Vagrant Grey, again. She actually weaponizes it, using a recording of her jabbering to draw her target out into the open.
- Fragile Speedster: Vagrant Grey would probably be immobilized by one hit from Severi, if he could only hit her.
- Mighty Glacier: Despite hit incredible strength, Severi doesn't move that fast compared to more or less anyone he fights.
- No-One Could Have Survived That: Vagrant grey deliberately invokes this, commenting that her attack was unsurvivable and then being surprised when Severi doesn't appear
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: a few people have tried this on Grey. It doesn't end well for any of them.
- Straight Gay: Leander. At least, in the way that his sexuality is rarely mentioned and it's not really a big deal to the other characters.
- Super-Soldier: Severi/Sigma.
- Who Wants to Live Forever?: some people are exited about the possibility of immortality. Others are horrified.