Broken Saints
Broken Saints is an award winning, partially animated, online comic by Brooke Burgess, Ian Kirby and Andrew West. First published in 2001, it is a hybrid of the comic and animation artforms that its creators refer to as a "cinematic novel". Like a comic, characters are (generally) kept in static poses and dialogue is indicated by speech balloons. However, rather than using sequential panels to advance the story, animation is used to switch scenes and advance the story, providing an animation-type flow of events. Music (composed by Tobias Tinker and Quentin Grey) and sound effects are added in as well, giving the viewer a more complete experience than one would get from a comic alone.
The story consists of 24 chapters, all published online between 2001 and 2003. Centered on philosophical and religious themes, it tells the story of 4 people from opposite ends of the world, connected by a vision they all receive of a coming evil, and by their search for its meaning, and for the truth. Each of the chapters were written and directed by Burgess, with Kirby doing the technical direction and West providing the artwork. The site was originally hosted (for the first 6 chapters) by Switch Interactive.
Broken Saints is the winner of various awards including the 2003 Audience Award at the Sundance Online Film Festival.
In 2005, a DVD version was released in association with Budget Monks Productions and Telefilm Canada featuring voice acting from William B. Davis, Kirby Morrow, Michael Dobson, David Kaye, and Emmy-award winner Janyse Jaud.
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Categories: Web comics