Power Pills
is a superhero webcomic written by
Bookfangeek that kicks off when a dorky college student named Caleb Budde receives a pill from a stranger at a party his roommate forced him to go to. The pill gives Caleb powers and turns him into a superhero.
Power Pills consists of:
- Alliterative Title: Power Pills
- Art Evolution: This comic has been going since 2015, and as one would expect, the art style has gone from this, to this, to this.
- Art Shift: Bookfangeek will occasionally change her art for comedy sake, using things like a chibi style and a cutesy style.
- Beat Panel: After Guy leaves Caleb alone at the party, the author uses the same panel of Caleb with his head down three times.
- Confused Question Mark: When Caleb meets Lightbringer for the first time, this is utilized to show his shock. [1]
- Dramatic Ellipsis: This trope is EEEVERYWHERE in this comic. For example, here, here, here, and here
- Speech Bubbles: In the comic, other character's thoughts are outlined with yellow rather than black. [2]
- Speech-Bubbles Interruption: The author utilizes this trope quite a bit. The first example of this is when Caleb cuts off Guy's thoughts when he is proving he can read minds [3]
- Unsound Effect: When Caleb peeks around a corner, there is an accompanying "peek" [4]
- Visible Silence: Bookfangeek uses this trope quite a bit, for example here.
- Webcomic Time: Despite taking over a year to get to the point it is at now, Power Pills is still set in 2014.
- Written Sound Effect: Like most comics, Power Pills uses written sound effects to help immerse the reader in the scene, adding thump sounds for punches or even smaller sound effects like a "shf" for a character sitting up in bed.
