Steve Ogden's Moon Town

Periodically, I share with you webcomics that I think are extraordinary in one way or another. The latest is Jump Leads, which bills itself as a British Sci-Fi Comedy Webcomic, and that it is. It is funny, and has lots of great sci-fi hardware and other elements. It pays homage to Star Wars here and there – the graphic above shows the Jump-Leads take on the Booking-Passage-on-Han-Solo’s-Milennium-Falcon scene – (such homages are always sure to get me hooked), but it also has a voice all its own, with maybe a little bit Kevin Smith’s Clerks slackers mixed with a little Red Dwarf with maybe an occasional jaunt through Tolkien-land as our brave heroes roll through several dimensions all in a day’s work.

Jump Leads is mainly credited to Ben Paddon and Jjar, although several other people appear in the credits for the strip. One is green with envy at the whopping size of such a team, perhaps more likely to keep a steady stream of content coming one’s way, as opposed to the frustratingly inconsistent update results one frequently gets from, say, a webcomic written and drawn by one person.

May I unhumbly suggest if you like Moon Town, you’ll like Jump Leads.  The comics do share a similar sensibility – fun hardware, interesting-looking characters, and a solid, character-based sci-fi story with a bit of humor. And a healthy dose of British to boot.

Be sure to tell ‘em Og sentcha. They’re a bunch of nice guys over there.