Introduction

Thanks for coming to The Fish Institution, and I hope you enjoy your stay.

Feel free to skip this and click the link at the bottom of the page if you don't feel like reading this; this short introduction just serves to explain what Fish Institution is, what it isn't; what to expect, what not to expect and so on.

Fish Institution is first and foremost a story comic, and as such there's not always going to be something laugh-out-loud funny every time. This is because I'd much rather convey a real sense of character and create a deep story than have a comic that's got a joke and punchline every strip. Some parts of the story are serious, and that's sometimes reflected in the art style I use, but in the end it should be a mostly humorous ride.

If you can't tell, this comic is British; my personal main influences are the works of Douglas Adams, Monty Python and Red Dwarf. Whether that's noticable in the strip or not I'm not sure; I certainly wouldn't say Fish Institution was like any of those other works.

The characters of this strip include a purple fish named Vinnie, who was experimented on by scientists, a yellow and brown pyjama cardinalfish named Arthur, and a green octopus named Eddie, whose origins will become clearer in time.

The third chapter of the story has Arthur taking up the narrative reigns, delving into Eddie's past. There is a visual shift in style to compliment the change of narrative, and to convey that this was a dark and confusing time for Eddie.

You can start reading by looking at the current strip, work backwards and try and pick it up from there, you can click through the strips in the archives, or you can click the link below that takes you to the start of the story. There is also an extra section of the archive that shows some disconnected non-canon strips that were mostly done right at the beginning before the story started. These extra strips are "gag-a-strip" comics.

I go into a lot more detail about all of this on the forums, so if you still have any questions or are wondering why I did something a particular way, then I suggest checking that out.

Anyway, without further ado: