There’s a genre of webcomics called “slice of life,” which deals with normal people living normal lives, for values of “normal” that make sense in a comic strip. It’s generally wacky roommates with wacky girlfriends in a wacky apartment working wacky jobs, plus a cute mascot.

A Slice Of Life isn’t one of those.

A Slice Of Life is a single-panel gag strip featuring a blank, nameless protagonist (if you can imagine such a thing) in a parade of unrelated and unrelenting situations, some mundane, some not so much. In fact the term “protagonist” doesn’t really apply, either, as the comic isn’t so much driven by him as it happens to him. Okay, it’s a bit elusive to describe. But it’s amusing, often micro-ranty stuff.

At any rate A Slice Of Life is really about the art: stylized, black-and-white linework executed with a brush or brush pen (or maybe a Wacom tablet simulating a brush? I never asked). It’s a distinct style with an appealing hook and crosshatchy flair. (I found it doubly catchy when I first saw it. I was playing with brush pens after the start of Gordian Algebra, toying with similar techniques. Then I ran across ASOL and thought “Oh, that’s how it’s done.”)

The strip is created by Noel Graham, a webcomic enthusiast and generally nice chap (and avid Stumbler, for those of you arriving randomly). Pop on over and swim through the archives. Maybe you’ll get hooked.