The Bright Side
is a Web Comic about friendship, optimism, and the realities of life. The Slice of Life strips focus primarily on the friendship between cheerful optimist Suzie Pumpernickel and gloomy pessimist Stormcloud Johnson. Other characters include Stormcloud's sassy sister Rainbow, bookworm Egret Rivers, and the laid-back Daisy Damselfly.
This webcomic provides examples of:
- Art Evolution: The comic was originally done completely digitally, but is now hand-painted in gouache.
- Deliberately Monochrome: Most strips utilize a limited color palette.
- Vague Age: All of the characters are portrayed as "young", but their exact ages are deliberately vague.
- Will They or Won't They?: An interesting case in that it's never explicitly stated *what* Suzie and Stormcloud's relationship is. You're never sure if they are just good friends or if they are already dating. Also interesting in that delineating their relationship is of very minor importance, if any at all, in the comic. Any of the strips would work regardless of their relationship status, it's only important to know that the two care about each other and are very close.
