Today’s webcomic is slightly different than the previous webcomics I’ve reviewed. It is a doujinshi, an unofficial fan-comic of another series. This webcomic’s name is Grim Tales From Down Below and the series that it is based on is The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, though characters from other cartoons make cameo appearances. It takes place in a future when Mandy and the Grim Reaper have married and stars their two children, Grim “Junior” Reaper, Jr. and Minimandy “Minnie” Reaper. The first chapter features the two sneaking into a forbidden part of Hell where they run into an unfriendly demon. The next several chapters are in the form of a flashback where Junior remembers how Minnie changed from a beautiful young girl into a corpse sewn together and reanimated. The plot itself is fairly dark, with themes centered around death, demons and other such things, though the characters are fairly cartoonish – over-the-top and entertaining. The complexity of the characters is hard to judge at this point because not much of the story has been explained.

Each page is in full color. The style is a mix between anime and classic American cartoons. I find no complaint with it, though the dialogue has become less crowded and more readable since the beginning of the comic.

The website that Grim Tales is hosted on is also slightly different than the ones I’ve reviewed before. Grim Tales is one of several comics hosted on the same website (the others are accessible through thumbnails at the top of the page) and all of the links to the comics’ special features lead to the same webpages. The only exception is the cast page, which only shows the cast of the Grim Tales comic and what series each character originally appeared in.

The comic is updated on Sundays. It is hard to judge the target audience for this comic. Readers should be warned of supernatural and Satanic themes, death, heavy violence and blood (though oddly, there is no swearing).

Rating: B