The Dreamland Chronicles
The Dreamland Chronicles is an all-ages fantasy webcomic and comic book series created by Scott Christian Sava with 3D computer graphics.
Plot summary
The Dreamland Chronicles is about a college student, Alex, who returns to a realm of dreams after eight years. There he discovers his childhood friends such as Nastajia the elf princess, Paddington the rock giant, Kiwi the fairy and Felicity the catgirl. Together they battle against the evil dragon King Nicodemus; in the real world, Alex must work with fellow university students Nicole and Dan in finding a means to influence and access events in Dreamland. Along the way, the characters in both realms become entangled in the politics of Dreamland. The story is inspired by Winsor McCay's early twentieth century newspaper comic Little Nemo.Critical reaction
Publishers Weekly has described The Dreamland Chronicles as "deftly paced, sprinkled with just the right amount of action, clever suspense and innocuous romance" and described the computer generated artwork as "creat a world of beautifully detailed environments and colorful characters".School Library Journal gave a more mixed review, writing that "the characters have a lively sense of 'acting'" and "the settings are composed with a significant eye for detail", but they criticized the character designs as "more like plastic toys than CGI characters", and the dialogue that "veers between functional and hokey".
Sequential Tart praised the story, saying that although the characters appeared "fairly generic" at first, they "gradually show that they have a lot of depth and inner conflicts".
The comic was nominated for four awards in the 2006 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards. The Dreamland Chronicles also won Best Graphic Novel of 2006 in the Comics Buyer's Guide 25th Annual Fan Awards.